COUNSELING AND MENTAL HEALTH EXPERIENCE

Since 1969, Dr. Agigian has maintained a private practice, currently focusing on serving those struggling with anxieties, fears and the aftermath of traumatic events.

 

At the V.A. Medical Center in Palo Alto (1967-1975) Dr. Agigian directed several outpatient psychiatric programs and taught couples and family therapy at the Family Study Unit.  One of the programs was copied by over 100 mental health agencies nationwide and generated presentations at the national  conferences of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association and the Veterans Administration Division of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences.

 

Dr. Agigian and a colleague later published a book, The Community Training Center, based on this program.

 

He was Chief, Social Work Service, at the V.A. Medical Center in Martinez (1975-1980).

 

Dr. Agigian counseled adults at the V.A. Drug Dependency Treatment Program in Berkeley (1980-1985).  During this time he also earned his doctorate at U.C. Berkeley.

 

He served as Director of Catholic Counseling Service of the East Bay (1986-1989).

 

In 1990 Dr. Agigian became Executive Director of Jewish Family and Children's Service of the East Bay.

 

At the Oakland Vet Center (1996, 1998-2001) Dr. Agigian specialized in the treatment of anxiety disorders, primarily post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

 

From 2001 to 2005 Dr. Agigian served as a management troubleshooter and

clinical consultant at Family Service Agency of San Francisco.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Dr. Agigian taught counseling methods and other subjects at U.C. Berkeley, Washington University, the University of San Francisco, California State University at San Jose and at the Family Study Unit of the V.A. Medical Center in Palo Alto.

 

He provided on-site clinical supervision for graduate and post-graduate students and interns in psychology, social work and marriage and family therapy for U.C. Berkeley, the California School of Professional Psychology, the Wright Institute, California State U. at San Francisco, California State U. at Sacramento and the College of Notre Dame.

AWARDS

 

• Award for Clinical Outreach Services, Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), 2001.
• Superior Performance Award (for clinical work), DVA, 1984, 1985.
• National Institute of Mental Health Fellowship, 1980-1981, 1981-1982.
• Award for Service to the Public, DVA, 1974.

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

• Quality and Quantity Assurance Manual for Hospital Social Work Departments.  (1979) Chicago: American Hospital Association (with A. Abbondandolo, N. Butler, C. Coulton and F. Tucker).
• The Community Training Center. (1977) New York: Brunner/Mazel (with M.D. Spiegler).
• A comparison of the effectiveness of contingency contracting with behavioral rehearsal and modeling in teaching assertive skills to a chronic psychiatric population.  Catalog of Selected Documents in Psychology.  1975, 5, 331 (with D. Funabiki and J. Younggren).
• Day Treatment Center Program Guide.  (1974) Washington, D.C.: Department of Veterans Affairs (with others).

 

EDUCATION

D.S.W.      School of Social Welfare                            1985

                    U.C. Berkeley, CA            

M.S.W.     Hunter College School of Social Work  1965

                    NY, NY        

B.A.           Rutgers, the State University                      1961 

                    of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ        

TAKE THE NEXT STEP      

If you'd like to contact Dr. Agigian for more information or to learn whether he can help you, call to arrange a free 30-minute consultation at (510) 653-7596.

 

He can also be reached by e-mail at agigian@earthlink.net.