Peaceful Solutions Team

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mens' group facilitators

Dean Eddy

Dean Eddy trained at The Southern California Counseling Center in The Abuse Prevention Program (TAPP) in 1992 with program founder, George Thomas.  He was the Director of Client Services for TAPP for nineteen years. Dean is a board member of ABIP and a n instructor in the ABIP in the 40-hour training where he teaches a four hour class on Substance Abuse and Interpersonal Family Violence.  Dean has been facilitating men’s & women’s perpetrator groups as well as women’s survivor groups for over 25 years. 

whitney showler

Whitney Showler, LMFT #98445, trained at The Southern California Counseling Center in the TAPP program.  She has been facilitating groups for nine years and has facilitated men’s perpetrator groups as well as women’s survivor groups.  She completed the Association of Batterers’ Intervention Program training in 2013 and has co-facilitated as well as run groups alone.  Whitney has completed the Community Resiliency Model Skills Training and is a volunteer crisis counselor with the Crisis Text Line.

Women’s group facilitators

linda franco

Linda M. Franco has been a licensed MFT since July 2000.  She has co-facilitated Batterer Intervention groups for men and for women since 2006.  She completed the 40-hour ABIP Fundamentals of Batterers’ Treatment Facilitation training, The Duluth MN 20-hour Comprehensive Training, the 40-hour Domestic Violence Victim Advocacy Training and the Trauma Resiliency Model Level 1 training by the Trauma Resource Institute.  Linda is also a CAMFT Certified Clinical Supervisor.

teresa jones

Teresa Jones has been a licensed MFT since July 2014.   She has co-facilitated Batterer Intervention groups for men and for women since 2012.  She completed the 40-hour ABIP Fundamentals of Batterers’ Treatment Facilitation training and the Trauma Resiliency Model Level 1 training by the Trauma Resource Institute.  Teresa has also completed 190 continuing education credits at Loyola Marymount University in Drug and Alcohol Counseling.  She is currently in private practice with offices in Beverly Hills and Valencia, California.