RESUME:  ELIANE GEORGE, B.M., M.A. LMFT

Piano & Music Together Riviera Director & Teacher

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #38334

  
elianegeorge@gmail.com   +41 (0)76 341 38 88

www.musictogetherriviera.com          
Facebook: Music Together Riviera

EDUCATION/psychology & music

2009 - 2014    Music Together Training, USA - Certification I (Italy)
2003 - 2004    Training in Traumatology, Quebec, Canada
2002                     Field Traumatology Certification, ITI, South Florida University, Tampa, Florida
2002                    Traumatology Certification, ITI, South Florida University, Tampa, Florida
2002                     Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, (EMDR), ITI, Tampa, Florida
2001                     Marriage and Family Therapy License, California Board of Behavioral Sciences
1995                     Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology, Ryokan College, Los Angeles, California
1991                     Bachelor’s degree in Music Composition, California State University, Northridge, California
1981                     Bachelor’s in piano performance and piano pedagogy, Lausanne, Switzerland          

WORK EXPERIENCES/music

2010 - 2019     Music Together Riviera director & teacher
1975 - 2019     Pianist & educator: private studio & Conservatories, Switzerland & USA
1985 - 1994     Classical, contemporary, film compositions, performed, published & recorded. Conductor.   
1991 - 1994     Concert producer of contemporary classical music

WORK EXPERIENCES/psychology

2001 - 2007      Private practice in Los-Angeles, California
                                  Marriage & Family Therapy & parenting classes with the Active Parenting Program
2002 - 2003      Program for Torture Victims, therapist & expert witness in immigration court, California
1998 - 2001      Valley Community Clinic, Los Angeles, California
1997 - 2000      Private internship with Dr. Sietze VanDerHeide, Psy.D., Los Angeles, California
1997 - 1998      Counseling West, Los Angeles, California
1994 - 1996      Cedar Sinai, the Thalian Center, Los Angeles, California     

AWARDS/music

1993                     MOBILE recordings on Jeklin Musikhaus, Switzerland
1992                     Winner of the “Editions Musicales Suisses” Award, Switzerland
1991                     Winner of the Charles Ives competition, USA
1991                     Winner fo the BMI scholarship for film composition, USA
1990                     Winner of the ASCAP scholarship for film composition, USA
1990                     Winner at the Sonocklet Festival, USA

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/psychology & music

2008 - 2019        SSPM, ABRSM (Music Teacher Associations)
1999 - 2007        California (MTAC)
1995 - 2007        California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, CAMFT    
1999 - 2003        Los Angeles CAMFT - co-chair – marketing
2002 - 2007        EMDRIA International Association

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