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"THEFT TALK" Staff Credentials
Over the years, "THEFT TALK"™ has received national recognition in magazines such as Seventeen, The Lookout, The Business Journal, Consumer Reports' Zillions Magazine, The New Yorker and Counseling Today. Recently HBO and MSNBC have featured our services. No other agency in the nation is known to provides specialized theft counseling services. "THEFT TALK's"™ staff have become known as the theft prevention and diversion experts. All counselors have a minimum of a Bachelors Degree in the social sciences and are supervised by a Masters level counseling psychologist.
No counselor is allowed to provide "THEFT TALK"™ counseling services until achieving Certified "THEFT TALK"™ Counselor status. Getting "Certified" is a lengthy process with very high standards including weekly training, video training, one on one training, full staff training, session observations, co-counseling, supervised counseling sessions, extensive reading and regular peer review. Once "Trained", counselors strive for Advanced "THEFT TALK"™ Counselor status. Our "Advanced"THEFT TALK"™ Counselors have achieved mastery of "THEFT TALK"™ principles, philosophy and delivery.
Trish Wyers, Ph.D
Executive Director
Ashley Beaudoin
Office Administrator
Betsy Ward
Office Administrator
Program Director
Certified TTCS Counselor
Certified "THEFT TALK" Trainer
Lisa Parker
Assistant Director, Central Oregon Regional Manager
Certified TTCS Counselor
Kim White
Certified TTCS Counselor
Jeanne Bandong
Southern Oregon Regional Manager
TTCS Counselor
Sonja Trigo
Hispanic Services
Certified TTCS
Counselor
Christine Kaiel
TTCS Counselor
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Joel Parris
Certified TTCS Counselor
"THEFT TALK"™ Counseling Service, Inc.
(503) 771-2542 or 1-800-888-4338
Steve Houseworth, MA
Employment
Employment as a Juvenile Court Counselor from 1975 to present
Employment as a College Instructor from 1983 to 1996
Program Director and Cofounder of "THEFT TALK" ™ Counseling Service Inc.
Education
Bachelor of Science, 1975, Psychology Major, Portland State University
Master of Arts, 1997, Counseling Psychology, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon
"THEFT TALK"™
Mr. Houseworth, a Juvenile Department Policy Analyst, is cofounder and Program Director of "THEFT TALK"™ Counseling Service Inc. He is the author of The Psychology of Stealing: The truth about why people steal. Counseling theft offenders is Mr. Houseworth's special interest. For more than 23 years, Mr. Houseworth worked in juvenile justice and detention. Mr. Houseworth also teaches juvenile law, delinquency and justice at the college level. Steve's strengths include his focus on trying to balance research, theory and practice.
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Dina Cyphers
In 1992 Dina graduated from Linfield College, (McMinnville, Oregon) with a bachelors degree in Sociology. She has been employed with "THEFT TALK"™ since 1992. She has moved from a Certified "THEFT TALK" Counselor, to our first Certified "THEFT TALK" Trainer (1996). Until March of 2006 Dina was our Executive Director.
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Lisa Parker
Lisa came to "THEFT TALK" with a well rounded history of experiences. Her focus has been with juvenile offenders. She has worked in group homes, shelter facilities, as a juvenile diversion program counselor and as a parole officer with Oregon Youth Authority.
Lisa obtained a bachelors degree in 1996 from Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. Her major was sociology and her minor was psychology. Lisa is "THEFT TALK's" Central Oregon Regional Manager and Assistant Director.
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3705 SE 39th, Portland, OR 97202
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Theft
Shoplifting
Stealing
Burglary Car
Theft
"THEFT TALK" Staff Credentials Over the years, "THEFT TALK"™ has received national recognition in magazines such as Seventeen, The Lookout, The Business Journal, Consumer Reports' Zillions Magazine, The New Yorker and Counseling Today. Recently HBO and MSNBC have featured our services. No other agency in the nation is known to provides specialized theft counseling services. "THEFT TALK's"™ staff have become known as the theft prevention and diversion experts. All counselors have a minimum of a Bachelors Degree in the social sciences and are supervised by a Masters level counseling psychologist.No counselor is allowed to provide "THEFT TALK"™ counseling services until achieving Certified "THEFT TALK"™ Counselor status. Getting "Certified" is a lengthy process with very high standards including weekly training, video training, one on one training, full staff training, session observations, co-counseling, supervised counseling sessions, extensive reading and regular peer review. Once "Trained", counselors strive for Advanced "THEFT TALK"™ Counselor status. Our "Advanced"THEFT TALK"™ Counselors have achieved mastery of "THEFT TALK"™ principles, philosophy and delivery.
Trish Wyers, Ph.D
Executive Director
Ashley Beaudoin
Office Administrator
Betsy Ward
Office Administrator
Program Director
Certified TTCS Counselor
Certified "THEFT TALK" Trainer
Lisa ParkerAssistant Director, Central Oregon Regional Manager
Certified TTCS Counselor
Kim White
Certified TTCS Counselor
Jeanne Bandong
Southern Oregon Regional Manager
TTCS Counselor
Sonja Trigo Hispanic Services
Certified TTCS
Counselor
Christine Kaiel
TTCS Counselor
iel
Joel Parris
Certified TTCS Counselor
"THEFT TALK"™ Counseling Service, Inc. (503) 771-2542 or 1-800-888-4338
Employment
Education
"THEFT TALK"™
Mr. Houseworth, a Juvenile Department Policy Analyst, is cofounder and Program Director of "THEFT TALK"™ Counseling Service Inc. He is the author of The Psychology of Stealing: The truth about why people steal. Counseling theft offenders is Mr. Houseworth's special interest. For more than 23 years, Mr. Houseworth worked in juvenile justice and detention. Mr. Houseworth also teaches juvenile law, delinquency and justice at the college level. Steve's strengths include his focus on trying to balance research, theory and practice.
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In 1992 Dina graduated from Linfield College, (McMinnville, Oregon) with a bachelors degree in Sociology. She has been employed with "THEFT TALK"™ since 1992. She has moved from a Certified "THEFT TALK" Counselor, to our first Certified "THEFT TALK" Trainer (1996). Until March of 2006 Dina was our Executive Director.
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Lisa came to "THEFT TALK" with a well rounded history of experiences. Her focus has been with juvenile offenders. She has worked in group homes, shelter facilities, as a juvenile diversion program counselor and as a parole officer with Oregon Youth Authority.
Lisa obtained a bachelors degree in 1996 from Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. Her major was sociology and her minor was psychology. Lisa is "THEFT TALK's" Central Oregon Regional Manager and Assistant Director.
Return to Staff Photos
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"THEFT TALK"™ Counseling Service, Inc.
3705 SE 39th, Portland, OR 97202 (503) 771-2542 or