Education~Experience~Traing
DIANNE M. ARNETT, M.A., LMFT, LPC
Education
Master of Arts in Counseling: St. Edward’s University
Bachelor of Social Work: University of Texas at Austin
Author
2013 Sudden Wealth Blessing Or Burden?
Related Experience
2016-2018 St. Edward’s University Professor
2011-Present Counselor: Talking Points Psychotherapy
Present Practicum Substitute: St. Edward’s University
Present Wedding Minister
2013-2015 Human Resources Chair: Settlement Home of Austin Treatment
2009-2011 Counselor: Austin Family Institute
2009-2014 Counselor and Instructor: Juvenile Justice System
2008 Counselor: Settlement Home of Austin Residential Treatment
2004-2006 Spiritual Director: St. John Neumann Catholic Church
1997-1998 Samaritan Center for Counseling and Pastoral Care
1993-1998 Counselor: Parent’s Warm Line
1997-1978 Emergency Assistance: Travis County Emergency Social Services
Early Employment
1987-2003 St. Austin’s School Substitute Teacher
1980-1992 Director: Children’s Discovery Center
1979-1980 Preschool Instructor and Interim Director: Lanier Baptist Preschool
1978-1979 Legal Secretary: Gray B. Jolink, Attorney at Law
1976-1977 State of Texas Comptroller’s Office: Hinson-Hazzlewood Student Loan Officer
1974-1976 Receptionist and Bindery Clerk: Mix Printing Corporation
1975 Preschool Instructor: Open Door Preschool
Public Speaking Engagement and Professional Workshops
Present Compassionate Care and Compassion Fatigue
Present Sudden Wealth: Blessing Or Burden?
Present Body Language/Body Image
Present Dating With Dignity
Present Anger Management
Present Parenting Classes
Present Teen Wolf: The Transitional Years
Membership on Board of Directors
Present Settlement Home Of Austin Residential Treatment
Present St. Edward’s University
1994-2002 St. Stephen’s Episcopal School
1992-1998 Westlake United Methodist Preschool
1993-1994 Forest Trail Elementary
1988-1989 St. Austin’s Catholic School
1983-1988 Parent’s Warm Line: Founding Member
Civic Service
2022 Settlement Home Cashier Co-Chair
2005-Present Settlement Home Department Chair
1997-Present Settlement Home of Austin Residential Treatment Center
2008-2013 Hats For The Homeless
2008 St. Stephen’s Episcopal School Annual Fund Drive Chair
2004-2008 St. Stephen’s Episcopal School Parent Representative
1987-2003 St. Austin’s Catholic Church: Eucharistic Minister
1992-2003 Lost Creek Garden Club: Hospitality Chair, Sunshine Committee Chair and Communications Chair
1986-2003 St. Austin’s Catholic School Home Room Parent
2001-2008 Settlement Home of Austin: Adoptive Parent Representative
2001-2014 Settlement Home of Austin: Cottage Committee, Hostess and Communication Committee
2001-2003 St. Austin’s Catholic School Enrichment Committee
2001-2003 St. Stephen’s Episcopal School Academic Enrichment Chair
2001-2002 St. Austin’s Catholic School Fundraising Committee
2000-2003 St. Austin’s Catholic School Storyteller
1996-1998 Westlake United Methodist Preschool Class Assistant
1996 St. Stephen’s Episcopal School Staff Retirement Chair
1995-1996 St. Stephen’s Episcopal School Entertainment Committee
1994-1995 St. Stephen’s Episcopal School Endowment Chair
1993-1994 Forest Trail Elementary: Home Room Parent
1993-1994 St. Austin’s Catholic Church Courtyard Renovation Committee
1993-1994 Forest Trail Booster Club Committee Chair
1992-1994 St. Austin’s Catholic Church Acolyte Committee Chair
1988-1992 Lutheran Social Services Foster Parent (18 Children)
1988-1989 Eanes Elementary Language Arts Assistant
1997-1988 St. Austin’s Language Arts Assistant
1985 Austin Association for the Education of Young Children
City-Wide Parade Chair
1983 Muscular Dystrophy Event Coordinator
1978-1981 Big Brothers/Big Sister: Big Sister
1977 Brykerwoods Elementary Title XX Reading Program
1973 American Association for Hemophiliacs Fundraising
Training:
2023:
Narcissistic Abuse In-Depth with Ramani Durvasula
BHEC Meeting: Topics: Supervisory Requirements, Joining Compact, Uvalde, Tx Training for Crisis, Going Paperless
AFCC: The Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Young Children
Cross Examining the Hostile Witness: Youre Inner Chatter
Human Trafficking
2022:
AFCC Conference: Flipping the Script with Potentially High Conflict People
AFCC: Licensing Boards to the Courtroom: Everything you need to Know
Testifying is Terrifying
Virtual Ethics in Space
Managing Your HIPAA Compliance an Risk
NFTs in Family Law
The Case for Forgiveness fro Family Law Attorneys
Implementing HIPAA and Technology Assisted Services
Working with High Conflict Couples with Dr. Ellyn Bader
Treating Trauma
Jurisprudence Exam
Therapist Disclosure, Transference and Self-Care in the Work Environment
Resolving Ethical Issues During a Pandemic
Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council Updates
Assessment, Neurophysiological Understanding and Psychotherapeutic Treatment
Calming Upset Clients and Others
Acceptance Commitment Therapy Made Easy
2021:
Making Your Case: Proving Alienation in High-Conflict Custody Matters
Soar To Health and Wellness
A Complete Guide to Legal and Technology Challenges
Self-Harm Awareness
Moving Beyond Conflict: Enhancing Child Centered Decision-Making Post
Pandemic
2020:
Jurisprudence Exam
True Intimacy
Understanding About Domestic Violence
Safe, Effective and Workable Parenting Plans
Stacking the Deck in Favor of the Children
Trial Skills for Mental Health Professionals
Stacking the Deck in Favor of the Children
Teens in the Digital World
Alienation Meaning in the Field of Family Law
Safe, Appropriate and Workable Parenting Plans. Defining and Understanding Domestic Violence Acceptance Commitment Therapy
TAMFT Ethics Rule Updates
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Reflective Processes With Difficult Clients
Haunted by the Past: A Batter’s Nodal Events
Between Worlds: Working with Immigrant Families
Men’s Decision-Making Process in Infidelity
Board Changes for Marriage and Family Therapists
Practice Makes Perfect: Creativity in Therapy
Creating a Clear Path: Lighting the Way to Recovery
The Power of Meaning
Bowen Family Systems Theory in Therapy Practice
2019
Borderline, Narcissistic, Antisocial and Histrionic, Personality Disorders: Effective Treatment for Challenging Clients
How to Recognize, Understand and Talk About Domestic Violence
Ketamine Treatment in Mental Health
The Brain and Recovery: Neuroscience
The Enneagram and Relationships
The Expert, Expert Witness
The Pain of Trauma, The Trauma of Pain
The Three Basic Instincts
Ethics for Health Professionals, Essential Ethics/ Legal Issues
2018
Nurturing Program Facilitator
The Future of Resilient Families
Texas State Counselor’s Jurisprudence Exam
Recovery Forward: New Initiatives for Better Outcomes
Code of Conduct
Pornified: The Rise of Porn Addiction and the Impact on
Individuals, Relationships and Families
2017
Working with Muslim Couples
Attachment and Trauma: The Neurobiology of Healing
Law and Ethics: Mental Health Clinicians and the Legal System
The Trauma, Body and Chronic Illness Connection
Understanding Aging and Longevity: The Bio-Social Process
Ethics
Trauma: Expressive Therapy Exercises for Mind, Body and Spirit
Legislative Impact on Behavioral Health
Navigation of the Court Process
Near Death Experience International Symposium
Internal Family Systems
Healthy Body Image
Ethics in Psychotherapy
Neuro-Feedback Fundamentals
Finding Self In Relationship
2016
Your License and Your Future
Treating OCD in Complex Young People
New Ways For Families of High Conflict Divorce
Introduction to the Enneagram
2015
Contemporary Ethics on Couple’s Therapy
Antidepressants: How Well Do They Really Work?
Trauma, PTSD, Traumatic Grief: Effective Assessments
And Immediate Interventions
Practicing Spirituality in Recovery
LGBTQ+ 101
The Power of Apology and Forgiveness
Grief and Loss: An Integrated Approach
Beyond Body Image
Understanding CPS for Mental Health Providers
Teens and Eating Disorders
New Ways For Families
Public Speaking For Therapists
Adapting Addiction Recovery Strategies to Treat Binge Eating
ADHD Strategies For Treatment: Part I and Part II
Family Dynamics in Recovery
Nutrition Therapy in Recovery
2014
Mediation: UT Law School
Psychotropic Medications
Ethical Principles in Practice
HIV Treatment, Resources and Stigma Reduction
Understanding Counselor Liability
Male Eating Disorders, Symptoms, And Ethical Consideration
2014 Boyhood: Diagnosis and Discussion
Professional Counselors Jurisprudence Exam
Skills In Communication With Patients
Date Rape Culture: Fact and Fiction
2013
New Ways For Families
Working With Avoidantly Attached Men
Autism Is A Family Matter
Can Men Be Co-Dependent
Licensure Requirements
Professional Business Entities
Transference And Counter Transference
Electric Socket Sex
Better Sleep, Better Memory
2012
Ethics
Community Art Therapy
Crime After Crime
Traumatic Brain Injury
2011
Psychological and Spiritual Perspectives Of Suffering And Renewal In Families
Intuitive Mind In Relationships
Female Sexual Awareness
Internal Family Systems
The Explosive Child
Intervention and Co-Morbidities
Gottman Level I And Level II
Love In The Time Of Twitter
2010
How The Body Releases Trauma And Restores Goodness
Ethics Of Diagnosis
Journey Into Wholeness And Humility
Science Of Happiness
Imago Relationship Therapy
Neurobiological Information Processing
Trauma and The Body In Relationships
Integration of Hypnosis in Clinical Practice
2009 Neurobiology: 9 Month Studies Of The Brain And Behavior
Smart Marketing For Therapists
Surviving Their Infidelity
Healing Pathways After Trauma
Long Term Intimacy
Grief Recovery
Introverts: Are They Normal?
Social Isolation
Marketing On A Shoestring
Texas Jurisprudence Exam
2008 Collaborative Therapy
Relationship Energetics
State of the State for Marriage and Family Therapy
Texas Families, Drugs and Alcohol
Collaborative Problem Solving
Anger Management For Teens
Managing Medical Care
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Self-Care
Charter School Protocol
GLBT Awareness
Getting The Most Out Of Study Time
Therapeutic Recreation
Self-Injuring Behavior In Youth
Working With APD and Mental Health Officers
Utilizing Peer Mentors
Group Counseling Skills
Communication, Culture and Values
1980-1993
First Aide and CPR
1989
Expectations, Fragmentation and Validation
How Babies Learn
Family Affair
Dilemmas Of Helping
1988
Who’s Minding The Children?
Step-Families: A Cooperative Responsibility:
Yours, Mine and Ours
Stress Management
1987
Legal Ramifications
Neuro Linguistics
Child Development
Child Rearing and Development
Shaping Children With Language
Learning Disabilities In The Classroom
1986
General Principles Of Education
Management
1981
Your Child’s Self-Esteem
Personnel Management and Supervision
Personal Interests
Oil Painting, Reading, Gardening, Stitching and Travel
Professional Organizations
Texas Association For Marriage and Family Therapist
