PsycEssentials: A Pocket Resource for Mental Health Practitioners Spiral - 2012

Janet L. Sonne received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Stanford University, her master's degree in social and personality psychology research from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is currently the coordinator of psychology training programs at the Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center in Redlands, California, and she maintains an independent clinical and forensic practice.

Dr. Sonne was a founding psychologist of the graduate clinical psychology programs at Loma Linda University; in 2005 she retired from her position there as professor of psychology and director of clinical training. Previously, she was a member of the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at Loma Linda University School of Medicine, where she taught and supervised the psychotherapy training of psychiatry residents. In addition, she taught medical students and graduate students in the departments of nursing, social work, and marriage and family therapy.

Dr. Sonne is a fellow of APA's Division 42 (Independent Practice) and a member of the California Psychological Association (CPA). She is the former chair and a member of the CPA Ethics Committee, and she served twice on the APA Ethics Committee.

Dr. Sonne is an expert consultant to the California Board of Psychology, and to attorneys, religious organizations, and practitioners regarding professional standards of care, competency issues, and perpetration and sequelae of childhood sexual abuse.

She is the author of several publications on the topics of therapist-patient relationships, including a chapter, "Sexualized Relationships," in the recent APA Handbook of Ethics in Psychology and an article for which she was awarded a citation from Division 42, "Nonsexual Multiple Relationships: A Practical Decision-Making Model for Clinicians." She coauthored two books: Sexual Feelings in Psychotherapy: Explorations for Therapists and Therapists-in-Training with Ken Pope and Jean Holroyd, and What Therapists Don't Talk About and Why: Understanding the Taboos That Hurt Us and Our Clients with Ken Pope and Beverly Greene.