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Ms. Becker is a licensed psychotherapist who received her Masters Degree in Social Work in 1988 from San Diego State University. Her minor was in business and healthcare administration. She has spent the last 20 years of her career in the combined areas of health and mental health, both, in the delivery of direct patient care, and within leadership roles. She has also worked in a wide variety of healthcare settings and systems, including the Veteran’s Health Administration, in-patient hospital settings, emergency departments, out-patient clinics, and, most recently, within the university system of academic medicine. She has extensive training and experience working with patients diagnosed with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, including victims of sexual trauma, violent crimes, and combat veterans. Most recently, she was the Director of Behavioral Programs for the University of California, San Diego, Physician Assessment and Clinical Education (PACE) Program where she facilitated remediation programs for healthcare providers identified as having behavioral problems.
Although Ms. Becker left PACE to develop her own consulting business, she continues to work with healthcare facilities and individual providers offering a variety of educational workshops and personal and professional growth opportunities. Most maladaptive behavior on the part of healthcare providers is not psychopathology, but most often a combination of a lack of information, poor coping skills, personal discontent, ineffective leadership skills, and system dysfunction.
In 1999 Ms. Becker developed the original Professional Boundaries Program (PBP). The PBP was the first psycho educational training program in southern California developed specifically to address the unique needs and circumstances of healthcare professionals. Since then, she has worked with hundreds of physicians, dentists, and therapists, teaching and coaching them on how to reduce their professional risks, communicate more effectively with patients and colleagues, reduce and manage personal and professional stress more effectively, and to live a more balanced and satisfying life. She believes her greatest impact on patient care has been to support and empower the healthcare facilities and physicians who provide direct patient care. Patients receive better health care when their providers and healthcare team are functioning at their optimal level.
Ms. Becker is also an Executive Coach and master facilitator with advanced clinical training in coaching and a variety of group facilitation methods including action methods, the use of art (art therapy), and the T.O.P and ORID methods. Her experience as a coach, trainer and facilitator helps program and workshop participants have a powerful learning experience in a positive and supportive setting. Her CV and references are available upon request.
Links to publications authored by Ms. Becker:
- Becker, E., Norcross, W., Dealing with Disruptive Physician Behavior, Forum, Oct. 2006, vol.24, #3; www.rmf.harvard.edu/forum
- Sieber, W. Becker, E., Knowledge of Professional Boundaries: Initial Validation of a Measure, Federation of State Medical Boards, Journal of Medical Licensure and Discipline, 2006, Vol. 92, #2; www.FSMB.ORG
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