Tim Willison

Hi I'm Tim Willison Psychotherapist

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Tim Willison is a psychotherapist in private practice in Davis California. He was raised in San Pedro California and received his education at UC Santa Cruz, CSU Northridge, Meridian University and Esalen Institute. He has worked in the counseling field since 1985 and has experience across a broad range of populations and modalities.

Director of Family Counseling at Impact Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center

March 1990 - June 1993 | Pasadena

Helped design, implement and manage the family services component of a large residential chemical dependency treatment center. Duties included family education, individual, couples, and family counseling, and multi-family group therapy

Managing Case Manager at Impact Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center

January 1987 - January 1990 | Pasadena CA

Supervised 12 to 14 case managers in the treatment of chemically dependent inpatient clients.

Meridian University

1998 – 2004

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

Concentration: Desire

Activities: Dissertation: Prism of Desire: Loss, Discipline and the Father

California State University at Northridge

1989 – 1993

Master's in Counseling Psychology

Concentration: MFT

University of California at Santa Cruz

1980 – 1983

Bachelor's of Science in Literature/Creative Writing

Concentration: Creative Writing

Writing, Reading, Meditation, Yoga, Rumi, Basketball, Running