SHCCI President & Co-founder - My Harmony Foundation Vicepresident - Psychotherapist - Social Worker - Speaker - Author - Catholic Singer -

• Catholic-Based Training Curriculum for Mental Health Trainees publication. 

• Catholic-Based Conference and  speaking

• Mental health clinical consultation

• Culturally responsive psychotherapy

• Church-based mental health promotion

• Faith-integrated social work practice

• Mental Health publications

• Christian Singer

Introduction

Biographical Statement

Hello! 

My name is Dr. Rocio Garcia Reyes. I am a Mexican immigrant, mother of six, and grandmother of four. It was an honor to be nominated as one of the 100 most influential women in Southern California in 2022 because this nomination it encouraged me to grow and be an agent of hope to the World. 

I was seventeen-year-old when I got married and decided to come to this country to pursue the American Dream, with a small back-pack and big plans for the future. My parents raised our family practicing strong Christian values, that were very powerful to overcome adversity with the challenge with no family or friends in this Country. My husband and I rised our family with many difficulties and worked hard to provide the most basic needs. We started our spiritual journey as a very active and committed couple at our Catholic parish, leading church activities and founding two different prayer groups. We spent 20 years raising our kids and serving the Lord’s flock supporting our Christian community and their Pastors. 

Later in life, we begin our journey in education. My husband and I were part of the religious leaders at our parishes first, in the San Gabriel Mission Catholic Church in San Gabriel CA, then at St. Margaret Mary in Chino, CA, and currently at Our Lady of Guadalupe Chino, CA  for 32 years. In my service to the Lord, I could observe the great need of mental health resources in our parish, especially in the Hispanic Catholic community.  We continued to strive for our master’s degree in Marriage in Family Therapy program at CBU, so we can aliviate our community. After my husband passed away from Covid, I decided to pursue my Doctorate in Social Work at CBU to obtain the leadership skills and resources needed to serve the community as the Lord's servant.  I am grateful to CBU and all the people who inspired and modeled my personal mission to serve others with love and passion.

Resume/Curriculum Vitae

e-Portfolio: https://sites.google.com/drrociogarciareyes

Rocio Garcia Reyes

7898 Tisdale St

Eastvale, CA 92880

Phone (909) 993-4858

E-mail: safeharborcci@gmail.com

RocioG.reyes@calbaptist.edu

alfa6omega@aol.com

Education

            Doctor in Social Work                                                                                     Overall GPA: 3.68

            California Baptist University

            Riverside, California (APA-accredited)

            Graduated 2023

M.S. Clinical Psychology and MFT                                                                    Overall GPA: 3.54

            California Baptist University

            Riverside, California (APA-accredited)

            Graduated 2017

            B.A. Psychology                                                                                                     Overall GPA: 3.00

            University of California Riverside

            Riverside, California.

            April, 2015

            A.A. Social and Behavioral Sciences                                                                Overall GPA: 3.45

            Norco Community College

            Norco, California.

            June, 2012

Child Development Curriculum, Observation and Practicum

Teacher Assistant                                                                                                                 Certificate                     

Hacienda-La Puente Adult Education

Unified School District.

June, 1999

Grants, Honors, Scholarships

2016  Avant-Garde FFA Outstanding Achievement Working with Children

2015  Dean’s List, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, UCR

2012  Dean’s list, Norco College

Current Employment

Safe Harbor Catholic Counseling Institute,

President                                                                                                                                      2017-Present

Co-founder of a Non-Profit Organization providing Mental health education, prevention, and treatment at the Catholic Diocese of San Bernardino including both counties, Riverside and San Bernardino serving more than 1 million Catholic Immigrants.

Work Experience

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Catholic Church.                                                                               2006-Present

Chino, California.

Responsibilites: Music Director. Couples counseling in different areas of marriage. Assist couples to develop communication and listening techniques

Avant Garde Foster Family Agency                                                                                           2012-2019

Providing care for children and adolescents under my care as a Licensee Foster Parent.  Using primarily parenting skills, educational skills, and problem-solving tactics within a biopsychosocial conceptual framework. Children presenting problems include anxiety disorders, Post-traumatic stress disorder, attachment disorder, identity and developing issues, sexuality issues and relationship issues. Children demographics include diversity in ethnic background, learning needs, sexual orientation and religious belief system. Providing ongoing supervision to four foster teenagers. Attend and Interact at school, psychologist, psychiatry, and county meetings. Responsible for maintain the County and Foster Family Agency’s social workers informed through personal contact, and providing documentation for safety, progress, and informative purposes.

Assigned Social Worker from Avant Garde FFA: Imelda Hunts, MSW.

Assigned Social Workers from the County of Riverside

Cleo Hector, MSW, Christine Martinez, MSW, and Cynthia Richardson, MBA, MSW.

Assigned Social Workers from Orange County: Amy Fontenot, SW

Ventura Foods, LLC.                                                                                                                      1998-2006

Ontario, California.

Responsibilities: Office Clerk. Managing bill of leadings, receipts, computerized Inventory control, loading and shipping paperwork. Multitasking, self-motivated and work well under non-supervision. Responsibilities include the use of computers, industrial software, scanners, writing reports on inventory and quality assurance. Supervising staging, loading and shipping activity. Maintaining appropriate communication with sales department, management department, procurement department, and supervisors through email, phone, and texts.

Supervisor: Juan Barba.

Volunteer Experience

World Wide Marriage Encounter                                                                                              1995-2020

Riverside, California. Section XIV

Assist couples to develop communication and listening techniques in a group therapy setting, with twenty to twenty-five couples groups on a weekend experience four times a year, and a group open-ended weekly meeting with eight to ten couples. Volunteer to coordinate different programs, and created experience where the couple can share and growth as family. From this experience I gained much experience dealing with different types of couples with a diversity in age, socio-economical-status, cultural traditions and values. Using primarily Solution-focus, emotional focus, and cognitive behavioral modalities. Some of the presenting problems are divorce, low communication, domestic violence, parenting skills, and self-esteem. Develop great leadership skills, public speaking, and group management.

Supervisor: Adrian & Maricela Covarrubias, Section XIV Coordinators

Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church                                                                                 2012-2015

Chino, California.

Couples counseling in different areas of marriage. Assist couples to develop communication and listening techniques. Prepare engage couples for marriage with different topics including communication, sexuality, contraceptives, and parenting skills. Counseling was offered to both spouses and the engage preparation in a group of six to ten couples.

Supervisor: Rev. Robert Guerrero. MSW.

San Gabriel Mission Catholic Church                                                                                        1992-2000

San Gabriel, California.

Volunteered to coordinate the parish youth and adolescent group with ages range from fourteen to twenty years old. From this experience I learned a variety of leadership styles as well as group dynamics to provide youths participation. The group activities included three days retreats in the mountains, large group presentations, small group dynamics and one-on-one interventions. Responsibilities include supervision and training of other volunteers, planning and programming of new activities. Using primarily solution focus techniques, spirituality and peer support. Presenting problems include substance of abuse, low self-esteem, domestic violence, gang involvement, grief, and anger management.

Office Clerk, United Families                                                                                                       1995-1998

Anaheim, California.

Responsibilities: Helping to manage the different departments on United Families, recruit, train and supervise volunteers. This center is focus to help families and individuals from all ages and from a diversity of needs including parenting skills, anger management, relaxation techniques, self-esteem, trauma, including counseling. Responsible for manage budgets, volunteers schedule, plan and organize outreach events to help families. Serving about eight hundred people and families each week with 80-100 volunteers.

            Supervisor: Rev. Carlos Martinez Santos

Relevant Course Work

Social Work:

Direct Practice with cultural humility, Community Engagement and Social Innovation, Research Dissemination, Answering the Call to Teach, Historical and Contemporary Social Action, Community-Based Participatory Research Methods, Project Development and Implementation, Effective Leadership in the 21st Century, Social Work Entrepreneurship, and Justice Focused Engagement Around the World.

Psychology:

General Psychology, Statistics for behavioral Psychology, Research methods, Severe Mental Illness Psychology, Abuse and Neglected Children and Adolescents, PCC, MFT for Child and Adolescent, Psychology of Adult and Aging, Domestic Violence, , Evidence-Based Therapeutic Approaches, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprogramming) training,  Counseling for HIV and at-Risk Populations.

Other Training:

CPR and AED certification. Live scan and finger printing cleared. Different County Courses as The Effects of Bulling, LGTB Children in Foster Care, Safety and Supervision, De-Escalation, Disaster and Protocol, Proper Nutrition, CCL “No Second Chances Situations”, Buildings and Grounds Review, Incident Reporting, Personal Rights of Foster Children. Music therapy training.

Professional Affiliations: 

California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Student Affiliate 

Foreign Language

Spanish (Fluent: speak, write, read, translate)