Student Handbook - Argosy University

Naomi O’Keefe, PhD
California Institute of Integral Studies
Adjunct Faculty, Clinical Psychology and Counseling Psychology
Dr. O’Keefe obtained her doctorate in clinical psychology from the California Institute of
Integral Studies in San Francisco, California. She is an Adjunct Professor teaching in the Doctor
of Education in Counseling Psychology, and the Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology
programs at Argosy University, San Francisco Bay Area. She specializes in teaching group
psychotherapy, Human Sexuality and the Treatment of Sexual Dysfunctions, and Clinical
Hypnotherapy. She maintains a private practice in San Francisco with a specialty in treating
issues of relationship, intimacy, and sexuality and sexual dysfunction.
Jennifer Persing, PsyD
California School of Professional Psychology
Faculty, Clinical Psychology
Dr. Persing is a licensed clinical psychologist. Dr. Persing previously was a clinical staff member
at Cross Winds Counseling Center where she specialized in trauma treatment, couples therapy
and spiritual integration work. Dr. Persing previously provided psychological services for St.
Mary’s College, University of San Francisco and Center for Special Problems. Dr. Persing has
been teaching psychology at the undergraduate and graduate level for many years. She has
been the program chair of the Bachelor of Arts in Psychology degree completion program and
the Director of Clinical Training in the Clinical Psychology Program. Her broad teaching and
research interests include social and gender psychology, law and ethics, trauma treatment and
the integration of spirituality and psychology.
Neil Ross, MA
National University of California
Faculty, Forensic Psychology
Mr. Ross worked in community mental health, private practice, teaching and research for over
40 years. He trained in community psychiatry and psychotherapy at Langley Porter Institute
(UCSF), Mt Zion Hospital, and San Francisco Community Mental Health. He was advanced to
candidacy in the doctoral program in Criminology at the University of California, Berkeley. His
clinical, teaching and research specializations are in urban sociology and diversity, addictions,
human sexuality and gender, adolescence and youth, forensic psychology and mental health
(particularly perpetrators and victims of violence), life transitions, and group psychotherapy.
Jay M. Seiff-Haron, PsyD
California School of Professional Psychology
Adjunct Faculty, Clinical Psychology Prgram
Dr. Seiff-Haron is an Emotionally Focused (EFT) Family Therapist, specializing in interracial,
interfaith and LGBT couples, as well as childhood trauma and Early Childhood Mental Health,
i.e. the needs of children under 6 and their families. As the Executive Director of Cross-Cultural
Communications and and with Advanced Standing in the Stanford Graduate School of Business
Facilitator Network, since 2002 Jay has worked with corporate executives and business professionals
who are experiencing difficulties with cultural adjustment or communications in the
workplace. A Vipassana meditator, Jay serves as adjunct faculty in Argosy University’s Clinical
Psychology Doctoral Program (San Francisco Bay Area Campus), where he teaches Family
& Couples Therapy, Attachment Family Therapy, Group Psychotherapy and Multicultural
Approaches. Jay maintains private practices in San Francisco and Rockridge for couples,
preschoolers and coparents, and is cultivating an interest in custody evaluation. Jay holds a
Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology, an MBA
from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA from Yale University.
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