Harriet Cannon M.C., LMFT, Consulting and Training

About Harriet Cannon

I’m Harriet Cannon* I am a consultant and trainer specializing in multicultural, multiethnic identity and relationship dynamics. As a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and licensed Mental Health Counselor with over 25 years experience working in the United States and internationally, I bring expertise in tailoring consulting and training to a variety of clients:

Consultation and training to health and mental health care professionals, educators, and businesses that hire or relocate employees internationally.

Individuals and families who are in international transitions: moving overseas, adjusting to life after returning from overseas, and families raising third culture kids.

Schools, parents, and groups or associations who are interested in learning more about how to create successful intercultural, biracial, and multicultural relationships in this twenty first century globalized economy.

• My personal and professional ethics include . . .
• I have proven to be a creative, accountable, strategic thinker, by . . .
• My International, mixed cultural, multicultural experience, includes . . .
• Teaching, presentations and publications . . .

 

For more information, please contact me at: harriet@harrietcannon.com

*Master of Counseling from Seattle University.
Clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy ,
the Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
International Family Therapy Association
Society for International Education, Training and Research

 

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Personal and Professional Ethics

• A personal philosophy and committed life style of high moral and ethical standards which is reflected in the long term respectful relationships with clients, and a strong community referral network of colleagues and other professionals
• I conduct my consultation and training practice according to the AAMFT Code of Ethics. (follow the links on the web site  to public information on AAMFT to resources, to code of ethics)
• A high level security clearance, granted by the United States State Department in 1988 in order to provide consultation services for American Foreign Service professionals, and Military employees and their families, while living in South America.
• Membership in the Washington State Mental Health Quality Assurance Council from 1998 to 2001, a position appointed by the governor of the state.
• Successful completion of Approved Supervisor Designation by American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy in 1994, a two-year program in ethics and systems consultation for senior clinicians.
• Member of the Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Ethics and Training Committee

 

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Creative, Accountable, and a Strategic Thinker

• Created innovative training seminars for health and mental health care professionals and educators that continue to be presented internationally and nationally from 2004 to the present
• Consulting at The Boeing Company, National and International Health Services, from 1996-present, developing new processes for employee risk reduction, screening and training for Boeing expatriates and their families, and co-coordinating the new processes with other department managers.

• During a challenging era of health care reform, creating and implementing a successful reorganization and retraining of 200 employees at five offices of Family Counseling Services as a member of the executive management team from 1991-1994.
• Working as the Legislative Chairperson of the Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, planning successful campaigns for mental health confidentiality legislation and mental health professional licensure from 1995-1998.
• Developing the first holistic treatment program in Washington State for chemically dependent adolescents and their families as a member of the management team at Ryther Child Center in Seattle Washington.  This successful cutting edge program developed in the late 1980’s helped change the model for family therapy for chemically dependent and troubled youth.

 

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International and Multicultural Experience

• Over 25 years experience as a psychotherapist, consultant and trainer to multicultural, biracial, multiethnic, individuals, groups and businesses in the United States and internationally
• Provided international Employee Assistance consultation and direct service to expatriates and former expatriates in the US and internationally since 1996.
• Consultant to schools and businesses in the United States and internationally on issues related to cultural identity, culture shock, expatriation, repatriation, multicultural conflict resolution, and family education.

• Consultation to US and international organizations in South America, including the US and Canadian consulates, Puente Britiana LLC, and the Nido de Aguilas International School, from 1988 -1991.

 

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Teaching Positions, Presentations, and Publications

Examples of recent presentations include, but are not limited to:

• Not Your Daddy's Diversity -- 2010,
  The Immigrations Story -- 2011,
  Textures of Appearance and Identity -- 2011,
  A series of day long seminars presented through www.cascadia-Training.org
• Beyond The Multicultural Basics
  2010 WAMFT
• Beyond the Rainbow; Mixed Race and Mixed Culture in the 21st Century
  2010 SIETAR USA National Conference
• Working with Mixed Cultural Couples
  2009 IFTA International Conference
• Raising Culturally Competent Children
  Sponge Academy Inc., May 2008
• A Brief History of US Expat Experience 1960's-2000
  FAUSA Annual Conference, September 2007
• The Changing Expat Experience
  FAUSA Annual Conference 2006
• Working with Multicultural Families
  Kitsap Mental Health Network 2006
• Culture Clash or Culture Collaboration- Raising Multicultural Children
  Bicultural Family Network, 2006
• Multicultural Mothers and Daughters Tell Their Stories
  AFTA-IFTA Conference, 2005
• Culture Shock and International Business Travel
  The World Trade Club, Seattle Washington, 2004

• Adjunct Faculty, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington 1992-2001 and Edmonds Community College. Edmonds Washington, 2004-2005.  Courses taught:
• Intercultural Communication
• Group Dynamics
• Addiction and the Family


• Recently published articles include topics on bicultural identity, working with multicultural children and their parents, culture shock, raising multicultural children; written for organizations, such as:
• Washing Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
• United Montessori Association
• The Bicultural Family Network
• Alumni Association for the Federation of American Women’s Clubs Overseas

 

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