Credentials

LICENSES AND BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist  – Minnesota
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist  – Wisconsin
Licensed Social Worker – Wisconsin
Approved Supervisor, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Board Approved MFT Supervisor in Minnesota and Wisconsin
Certified Prepare/Enrich Trainer and Facilitator

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Wisconsin Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Minnesota Society for Psychoanalytic Studies
Minnesota Rorschach Society

EDUCATION:
Marymount College, Tarrytown, New York, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History, 1969.
University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin, Master of Science (M.S.).    COAMFTE accredited program in Marriage and Family Therapy, 1988.
University of St. Thomas, St.Paul, Minnesota, Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.).  Program in Counseling Psychology, 1996.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1988-Present
Psychotherapist in private practice providing individual, couples, and family therapy for a variety of mental health concerns.  Facilitate adult children of alcoholics groups and incest survivors groups.  Administer and interpret a variety of psychological tests.  Since 1996 provide supervision and consultation to marital and family therapists.

1997-Present
Faculty, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota.  Adjunct member of graduate professional psychology faculty, teaching courses in family psychology, marriage and family development, and methods of couples and family therapy.  Provide supervision to students enrolled in Marriage & Family Therapy internship.

2005-Present
Faculty, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin.  Adjunct member of graduate faculty teaching courses in psychopathology, psychometrics,
and alcoholism in the family.  Provide clinical supervision to 2 year students enrolled in 3 semester couples and family therapy practicum.

1996-1998
Post-Doctoral Intern at Clinical Services Center, Menomonie, Wisconsin.  Supervise master’s level marriage and family therapists.  Administer and interpret personality, intelligence, and projective testing as needed.  Write and/or review all MMPI-2 interpretations for the clinic.  Also provide individual therapy for children, adolescents and adults.  Provide couples and family therapy as well as premarital counseling.

1997
Faculty, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin.  Co-taught psychopathology graduate class.

1995-1996
Doctoral Intern, Hamm Memorial Psychiatric Clinic,St. Paul, Minnesota.  Provide long-term therapy for individuals using psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches.  On-going consultation with medical doctors to monitor patients’ psychotropic needs.  Conduct personality testing as needed.

1993-1994
Doctoral Intern, Clinical Services Center, University of Wisconsin-Stout.  Provide therapy for individuals, couples, and families.  Conduct marital and family testing as needed.  Offer play therapy for children.

PUBLICATIONS:

Ramage, F.A. & Barnard, C.P.  (2005). Custody evaluations:  Critical contextual and ethical considerations.  American Journal of Family Therapy.  Vol. 33:338-351.

Hayes, M. & Ramage, A. (ed.) (1999).  Readings in advanced family systems psychology. St. Paul,MN: University ofSt. Thomas Press.

Ramage, F.A.  (1996)  Group Therapy for Adult Children of Alcoholics:  Amplifying Resiliencies.  Unpublished doctoral dissertation.

Barnard, C.P. and Ramage, F.A.  (1991)  Group as a metaphor for the family:  Treating adult children of alcoholics.  Journal of Family Dynamics of Addictions Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1, 22-31.