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Skipi Lundquist Smoot, PhD is a licensed Clinical Psychologist, Marriage & Family therapist, and Business Consultant with Offices in Irvine, Ca. She is Clinical Director of Psychological Decisions and Career Ambitions, Unlimited. Dr. Smoot is a Niece of McDonald Corporation Founder, Ray Kroc, and former owner-operator of 3 successful McDonald's Restaurants in California and Virginia. Dr. Smoot's education includes a PhD in Clinical Psychology from California School of Professional Psychology in...

Skipi Lundquist Smoot, PhD is a licensed Clinical Psychologist, Marriage & Family therapist, and Business Consultant with Offices in Irvine, Ca. She is Clinical Director of Psychological Decisions and Career Ambitions, Unlimited. Dr. Smoot is a Niece of McDonald Corporation Founder, Ray Kroc, and former owner-operator of 3 successful McDonald's Restaurants in California and Virginia. Dr. Smoot's education includes a PhD in Clinical Psychology from California School of Professional Psychology in San Diego, California, a Masters Degree in Marriage, Family, Child Clinical Services from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California and a BA in Psychology from The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA (Christopher Newport Campus). In Private Practice for over 20 years, Dr. Smoot has a weekly caseload of private clients in Addition to supervising Masters and Doctoral Level interns in the areas of Psychotherapy and administration and interpretation of a specialized battery of Psychological Clinical and Vocational tests. She is listed in Who's Who in American Women and Who's Who in America. Dr. Smoot's theoretical Model of Psychological Maturation has been developed over the past 20 years in clinical work with clients in Orange County Mental Health Services, Orange County Jail, Psychiatric Hospitals Programs for teenagers, the Seriously Mentally III, Orange County Child Guidance Centers and Private Practice. The Model was originally designed as a "searching for clues in a Mystery" type technique to help chronic seriously ill patients at Orange County Mental Health Services in Newport Beach, California find their "Real Me". This Model of Maturation is based on the sound Psychological Theories of those who inhabit the Psychological Hall of Fame. Among them are Sigmund Freud (Anxiety, Repression and Psychoanalysis), Murray Bowen (Family Therapy & Differentiation of the Self), Margaret Mahler (Childhood Stages of Symbiosis), Hans Hartsman (Father of Ego Psychology), Eric Berne (Transactional Analysis) and Albert Ellis (Rational Emotive Therapy). The Hat and Magnifying Glass of Sherlock Holmes (used in many Brochures and Handouts of Maturation: The Adult Paradigm) were originally chosen to be used as a Logo and attention getting device to help patients perceive their illness in the less threatening terms of searching for clues about their level of Immaturity/Maturity and Strengths/Weakness rather than Pathology and wellness.