Charles Brinamen, Psy.D.
(415) 505-4048
Flood Building
870 Market Street, Suite 753
San Francisco, CA 94102
License #PSY17926
Publications & Presentations
OVERVIEW EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Book & Chapter
Johnston, K. & Brinamen, C. (2006). Mental Health Consultation in Childcare: Transforming
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Relationships Among Directors, Staff and Families. Zero to Three Press: Washington, D.C.
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(The proposal for this book won the 2003 Irving B. Harris Book
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Proposal Award for contributions to Early Childhood Scholarship)
Johnston, K. & Brinamen, C. (2009). Mental health consultation: A transactional approach in
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childcare. In (Ed. C. Zeanah) Handbook of Infant Mental Health, 3rd Edition. Guilford Press: New York, New York. pp. 564-579.
Peer Reviewed Articles
Brinamen, C., Taranta, A. & Johnston, K. (in press). Expanding early childhood mental health
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consultation to new venues: Serving infants and toddlers in homeless and domestic violence shelters. Infant Mental Health Journal (Special Edition on Mental Health Consultation).
Johnston, K. & Brinamen, C. (in press). The consultation relationship – from transactional to
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transformative: Hypothesizing about the nature of change. Infant Mental Health Journal (Special Edition on Mental Health Consultation).
Brinamen, C. & Mitchell, V. (2008). Gay men becoming fathers: A model of identity
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expansion. The Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 4 (4), pp. 521-541.
Johnston, K. & Brinamen, C. (2005). Integrating and adapting infant mental health principles
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in the training of consultants to childcare, The Journal of Infants and Young Children,18 (4), pp. 269-281.
Other Articles
Page, F., Johnston, K., & Brinamen, C. (2006). The developmental therapeutic group (DTG)
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in the childcare setting: A statement of the need in San Francisco; recommendations for the DTG’s use, planning and implementation; and a summary of training needs for the DTG staff. A position paper written at the request of First Five San Francisco and San Francisco’s Department of Public Health.
Brinamen, C. (2005). Throughout childhood children are developing a sense of self. What
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does it mean to be a girl or a boy? Our Family Coalition Newsletter, 10 (1), pp. 1-6.
Brinamen, C. (2002). Preparing your child for school. Children’s News, 28 (4), pp. 1-3.
2011
National Presentations
Emotional Development in Early Childhood, WestEd Program for Infant Toddler
Care (PITC), (4 sessions), Alexandria, VA. February 27-March 1, 2011.
2011
Emotional Development in Early Childhood, WestEd PITC, (3 sessions), San
Diego, CA. January 9-11, 2011.
2008
Therapeutic for Whom? How a MultiDisciplinary Therapeutic Preschool
Nurtures Children, Teachers, Families, and the Community, Zero To Three 23rd
National Training Institute, Orlando, FL. December 6, 2008. Co-presenters:
Donna Waldman & Joseph Harris.
2008
Transforming Relationships: The Process of Mental Health Consultation,
Portland State University, Early Childhood Training Center, Early Head Start
Conference, Vancouver, WA. July 31, 2008.
2007
Transforming Formative Relationships: Mental Health Consultation in
Childcare, Zero To Three 22nd National Training Institute, Orlando, FL,
December 1, 2007. Co-presenter Kadija Johnston.
2007
Growing Up Healthy: Services to Promote Healthy Development, National
Conference on Ending Homelessness. National Alliance to End Homelessness.
Oakland, CA, February 8, 2007. Panel discussion.
2002
Creating Therapeutic Environments in the Face of Deprivation and Loss in
Children, Parents, and Teachers, National Association for the Education of
Young Children (NAEYC), Annual Conference, New York City, York,
November 22, 2002.
2001
Mental Health Consultation and Therapeutic Services in Child Care, Child
Welfare League of America National Conference on Child Care. Cleveland,
Ohio, November 2, 2001. Presented with Farris Page.
2001
Infant Mental Health – What Is It?, San Francisco State University, Marian Wright Edelman Institute for the Study of Children, Youth, and Families, Infant Mental Health Conference, San Francisco, California, October 26, 2001. Panel discussion.
1999
Mental Health Consultation in Child Care, National Association for the
Education of Young Children (NAEYC), 1999 Annual Conference, New
Orleans, Louisiana, November 13, 1999. Presented with Farris Page.
Regional & Other Presentations
2011
The Transformative Power of the Consultation Relationship, Grand Rounds, Child and Adolescent Services, Department of Psychiatry, SFGH, UCSF,
March 9, 2011. Presented with Kadija Johnston.
2010
Gay Men’s and Lesbian’s Transition to Parenting, Anka Behavioral Health
Services, Grand Rounds, Concord, CA. December 15, 2010.
2009
Creating Therapeutic Environments for Children and Their Caregivers, San
Francisco Childcare Providers Association Annual Leadership Conference,
San Francisco, CA. September 19, 2009. Presented with Farris Page.
2008
Transforming Relationships in Child Care Through Mental Health Consultation, Arizona Early Childhood Summit, First Things First, Scottsdale, AZ. April 23, 2008.
2007
Finding the Therapeutic in Child Care, Visitacion Valley Community Center Child Development Programs. Training for child care providers and supervisors. San Francisco, CA.
2006
Capturing the Clinical Forces in Child Care, Every Child Counts: First Five,
Alameda County. Early Care and Education and Early Childhood Mental
Health: Promoting Partnership Symposium, San Leandro, CA, April 2006.
Keynote Speaker. Presented with Farris Page.
2006
The Transactional Nature of Children’s Development: Considering Ourselves in Relationships and in Services. Annual Children’s Council Conference. Children’s Council, San Francisco, CA, November 17, 2006. Keynote Speaker.
2005
On Becoming Fathers: The transition to parenting for gay men. Grand Rounds,
Child and Adolescent Services, Department of Psychiatry, SFGH, UCSF.
December 14, 2005.
2003
Gay Parenting, Alliant University, California School of Professional Psychology,
Clinical Work with Gay Men & Lesbians, Guest Lecturer, San Francisco, CA.
2002
The Effects of Violence on Young Children and Therapeutic Environments,
Safe Start, Bay Area Center for Training in Violence Intervention and
Counseling, San Francisco State University, Violence and its Impact on
Children and Families at Canada College. March 7, 2002.
2002
Attachment Disorders, San Francisco State University, Infant Mental Health Course. March 19, 2002. Guest Lecturer.
2002
Separation Anxiety and Treatment, San Francisco State University, Infant Mental Health Course. March 21, 2002. Guest Lecturer.
2002
Caring for Children with Challenging Behaviors, Children’s Council and the Department of Human Services Training for Child Care Providers,
April 27, 2002.
2001
Mental Health Consultation and Therapeutic Services in Child Care, “Voice
of the Neighbors,” KEST-AM1450, May 28, 2001. Chinese bilingual radio
interview with host James Lau.
2000
Connecting with Parents and Children, Medical Intern Training, Department of
Pediatrics, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San
Francisco.
2000
Somatoform Disorders in Children, University of California, San Francisco
General Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Grand Rounds. San Francisco,
CA, May 2000. Presented with Miriam Martinez, Ph.D., Director of Child
and Adolescent Services.
1998
Promoting Mentally Healthy Children, 8-hour workshop presented at Kansas
State’s Head Start’s Collaboration Interactive Television Project. 10 cities in
Kansas, February 28, 1998. Presented with Farris Page and Christina Shea.
1997
Promoting Mentally Healthy Families, 8-hour workshop presented at Kansas
State’s Head Start’s Collaboration Interactive Television Project. 10 cities in
Kansas, November 15, 1997. Presented with Farris Page and Christina Shea.
1995
Developing Mental Health Consultation Services in an R&R, California Child
Care Resource & Referral Network, Annual Conference. Asilomar, CA,
October 2, 1995. Panel presentation.
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