Ilissa Banhazl, Marriage & Family Counselor
Ilissa C. Banhazl, M.S., M.F.T.
License #44737
Address: 2220 E. Route 66 Suite 226
Glendora, CA 91740
Phone number: (626) 335-0903
Email: ilissa@ilissabanhazlmft.com
Education:
M.S., M.F.T., Marriage, Family and Child Therapy, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA, 2005
M.A. in Reading from C. W. Post University, Westbury, New York, 1984
B.A. in Elementary/Early Childhood Education, Boston University, Boston, MA 1979
Thesis, University of La Verne – Sept. 05
Created a group therapy manual for adolescent girls grades 7 thru 12, entitled, Girl power: Body Image and Eating Concerns for Adolescent Girls
Membership:
CAMFT California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
2001-present
Experience:
City of Chino Counseling Services
Nov. 04 – Dec. 07
Counseled individuals, couples, families, children, and adolescents
Chino Hills High School Chino, CA
Sept. 05 – June 07
Counseled adolescents and their families
Ramona Middle School Chino, CA
Sept. 05 – June 07
Counseled adolescents and their families
Buena Vista Continuation School Chino, CA
Sept. 05 – June 07
Counseled adolescents and their families
Pacifica Recovery Claremont, CA
Summer 06
Facilitated Eating Disorder Groups and counseled individual females
Angeles Community Counseling Center Monrovia, CA May 04-Jan. 05
Counseled individuals, couples, families, adolescents and children
Plymouth Elementary School Monrovia, CA
Sept 04 – Feb. 05
Counseled children and their families
Endometriosis Association
Sept 01 – present
Counseled, supported, and educated women and their families
The Reading Center Glendora, CA
Sept. 1990 – May 1995
Improved reading skills for children and adolescents
PS 45 Brooklyn, New York
Sept.1979 – June 1984
First Grade Teacher
Related Experience:
Speaking Engagements:
- 2014 Pomona Hospital Women’s Center Conference: Pregnancy, Eating Disorders & Body Image
- 2012 University of La Verne, CA: Private Practice
- 2011 UWest, Rosemead, CA: Body Image and Eating Disorders
- 2010 Luna Mom’s Club Glendora: Eating Disorders
- 2010 Stepping Stones for Women: Self-esteem, Communication, and Eating Disorders
- 2009 City of Chino Counseling Services: Eating Disorders
- 2008 Private Eating Disorder’s Group: Binge Eating in Older Women,