Raymond is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist currently in Private Practice in Southern California. Raymond received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy (cum laude) from the University of California, San Diego, and his Master of Arts degree in Marriage & Family Therapy from the University of San Diego.Raymond’s Areas of Clinical Interest Include:• Helping victims, perpetrators, and families experiencing Intimate Partner Violence including designing and implementing outcome research on shelter effectiveness, working with victims and families, as well as treating perpetrators in Batterer Intervention Programs.• Helping adults, adolescents, and their families who are experiencing Alcohol and Drug Abuse issues including how alcohol and drug abuse affects the entire family as well as the individual.• Helping Adolescents and their families regarding growth and development issues, depression, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, stress, trauma, conflict, communication problems, drugs and alcohol problems, self-injurious behaviors, and aggression.• Helping individuals, couples, and families experiencing Affective Disorders such as depression, anxiety, Bi-Polar disorder, stress, trauma, and adjusting to life changes and unexpected crisis.• Helping Families with communication problems, conflict, intimacy issues, parenting techniques, and divorce decisions.• Men’s Growth & Empowerment Issues including the changing expectations of men in society, men as husbands in the 21st century, the role of fathers in families, men and their own fathers, as well as the coping with the various issues listed above.Raymond currently is an Affiliate Faculty member of the University of San Diego Marriage & Family Therapy Program as well as a Trainer for the Academy for Professional Excellence through the San Diego State University School of Social Work.