{"id":14,"date":"2013-01-21T20:42:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T04:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.briancarpentertherapy.com\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2023-07-13T10:57:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T17:57:32","slug":"about-me-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.briancarpentertherapy.com\/?page_id=14","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.briancarpentertherapy.com\/?attachment_id=431\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-431\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-431\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.briancarpentertherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/TherapistCrop.jpg?resize=230%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.briancarpentertherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/TherapistCrop.jpg?resize=230%2C300&amp;ssl=1 230w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.briancarpentertherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/TherapistCrop.jpg?resize=115%2C150&amp;ssl=1 115w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.briancarpentertherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/TherapistCrop.jpg?resize=768%2C1000&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.briancarpentertherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/TherapistCrop.jpg?resize=786%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 786w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.briancarpentertherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/TherapistCrop.jpg?w=1400 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.briancarpentertherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/TherapistCrop.jpg?w=2100 2100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Originally from <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Brownsville, Texas<\/span>, on the Mexican border:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">grew up around\u00a0another ethnicity, religion, and culture<br \/>\nhad\u00a0early exposure to the benefits of\u00a0diversity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BA in Government from <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Harvard<\/span>,\u00a0where, in the late &#8217;60s, I witnessed the beginnings of:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">women&#8217;s lib<br \/>\nblack power<br \/>\ngay rights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>MA in Speech\/Communication at the <span style=\"color: #800080;\">University of Texas<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Professional actor<\/span> for more than 35 years in New York City and Los Angeles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MA in Clinical Psychology (MFT) from <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Antioch LA<\/span> (specializing <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">LGBT studies<\/span>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>323-677-9395<br \/>\nbcarpentertherapy@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p>Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #89905<\/p>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[ (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga'); 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