OUR MISSION
Berkeley Training Associates is committed to excellence in clinical license exam preparation and behavioral health care practice. We support the knowledge and skill foundations of effective, efficient and ethical professional practice through quality training materials and services.
BTA has specialized in clinical license exam preparation and staff development for over 25 years. We have assembled an outstanding team of mental health professionals and educators to develop the finest quality exam preparation and training materials available.
ABOUT BTA
BTA associates have substantial direct practice experience in applying the clinical knowledge and skills we teach. Our license exam preparation materials, publications for clinical practice, and staff development programs draw heavily upon this extensive, community based, direct service experience. Berkeley Training Associates does not take an academic approach to training, and we are not affiliated with any university.
University based instruction typically takes the position that "we are preparing students for a lifelong career, not for a specific job and not to pass a particular license exam." In contrast, the Berkeley Training Associates approach is to prepare license exam candidates for the specific type and level of licensure used in their state. Our in-service training programs are specifically geared to address the regulatory, policy, procedural, and service delivery concerns of the host organization.
ABOUT DR. STAN TAUBMAN
Stan Taubman, PhD, is the Program Director of Berkeley Training Associates and teaches on the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley, graduate program in Social Work. He is the former Director of the Alameda County Medi-Cal Behavioral Health Plan, as well a Director of Management Services for the Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services Department. His clinical experience includes private practice, mental health inpatient, outpatient and day treatment programs, child welfare and medical social work. Dr. Taubman is the author of Ending the Struggle Against Yourself(Tarcher/Putnam Publishing), as well as numerous journal articles addressing both clinical and administrative issues.
ABOUT DR. SHOSHANA TAUBMAN
Shoshana Taubman, PsyD is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years of experience providing individual, family, and group therapy services to children, teens, young adults, and families. Dr. Taubman has also facilitated psychoeducational classes on the topic of positive parenting and multi-family therapy groups on the topic of building social skills in young children. Previously affiliated with Kaiser-Permanente, Union City, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Dr. Taubman now has her own private practice in Orinda, CA where she provides in person and Telehealth psychotherapy services and AD/HD evaluations. She is also contracted by Regional Center of the East Bay's Early Start Program to perform developmental eligibility evaluations at Child Solutions in San Leandro, CA. Dr. Taubman has served as President of the Board of the Northern California Learning Disabilities Association. She has provided staff development training for child protective services and other child welfare workers on the topic of Solution-Focused approaches to working with multicultural families.
ABOUT JEREMY TAUBMAN, LCSW, CAS
Jeremy Taubman, LCSW, CAS, is the Assistant Program Director at the Kaiser Permanente, Chemical Dependency Recovery Program in Vallejo, California. He has been a featured Continuing Education Instructor for the NASW and the California Association of Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counsellors (CAADAC). He serves as a Psych education Instructor for The New Bridge Foundation, a residential substance abuse treatment facility in Berkeley, California, and teaches license exam preparation workshops with Berkeley Training Associates, catering to social workers and marriage and family therapists. Mr. Taubman has also served as an expert panel member for the Benicia Unified School District Community Forum on Substance Abuse.
