ABOUT ALICIA BONAHOOM
Alicia Bonahoom earned her Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy from Wayne State University and dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Psychology and Social Work from Miami University of Ohio.
She has been fortunate to work in both outpatient clinics and private practice settings applying the knowledge and foundation from her training to help individuals, couples and families facing a variety of issues that impact their health and daily life.
Having particular experience working with marital difficulties, blended family/communication/divorce issues, and conflict resolution, she focuses her treatment on working collaboratively with clients in a safe, trusting environment to help identify goals and a deeper awareness of themselves. She works together with clients finding ways to overcome obstacles and challenges by building on strengths and opportunities to make positive changes in their lives.
In addition to her private practice, she has facilitated sleep research studies for the National Institute of Mental Health at Henry Ford Health Systems and evaluated the impairing effect of alcohol and sleep deprivation for NASA. She has traveled across the country presenting the research findings and publications at national conferences.
In other field work, she has worked at Miami University Psychology Clinic helping with the suicide and rape crisis program. Further, she has been an assistant teacher of Adult Psychotherapy and Marriage and Family Therapy courses for Masters and Ph.D. students at Wayne State University.
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