Faculty
|
Anne Hearon Rambo, Ph.D.Associate Professor Phone: (954) 262-3002 |
Anne Rambo’s two years of teaching in Head Start demonstrated to her that parents affect their children's development more than any outside program ever could. During her internship at San Antonio Community Guidance Center, then under the leadership of Dr. Albert Serrano, one of the pioneers of multiple impact family therapy, she became interested in systems perspectives. During the next six years, she received over 100 hours of clinical supervision from Harry Goolishian and Harlene Anderson at the Galveston Family Institute, while practicing as a child and family therapist at Austin Child Guidance Center, the Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences (TRIMS), and Houston Child Guidance Center.
At the Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences, she participated in an innovative study that assessed the success rate of family therapy with young adults recently diagnosed with schizophrenia. Her advocacy for these young adults as they struggled to escape their diagnostic labels fired her commitment to advocating for clients within larger systems.
Anne’s interest in teaching led her to the Ph.D. program in marriage and family therapy at Texas Tech University, where she worked at the university laboratory nursery school and consulted to local Head Start centers. As an ABD (All But Dissertation) instructor, she moved to Florida to the new Ph.D. program in systemic family therapy program at what became SHSS. In 1979 she received her doctoral degree from this family therapy program, while working as a clinical supervisor within it. One week later she gave birth to Rachel Shelby Rambo, and one month later our family therapy program promoted her to faculty level.
Her first book, Practicing Therapy: Exercises for Growing Therapists, came out in 1993, while her second book, I Know My Child Can Do Better: A Frustrated Parent’s Guide to Educational Solutions, came out in 2001. This book reflects the insights generated by Anne’s ChildFit program. ChildFit helps parents to navigate the school system. Anne received the 2002 Contributions to Diversity Award at the Florida Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Conference in Orlando for ChildFit’s advocacy efforts on behalf of immigrant children, children of color, and special needs children.
Anne helped to found SUPERB, Students United with Parents and Educators to Resolve Bullying, which is now its own fully funded private nonprofit agency. She currently supervises master's and doctoral level family therapy interns providing services in several public and charter schools. Anne is also a community representative on the board of the school district's Credentialed by 26 project, a federally funded graduation readiness program.
Anne has family ties to NSU as well. Her husband Irv Rosenbaum is executive of the Health Professions Division here at NSU, her stepdaughter Danielle graduated from NSU’s medical school, her stepson Matt has his master’s degree in business administration from NSU, and her stepdaughter Marissa graduated from the physician's assistant program at NSU. Daughter Rachel is graduating from Tulane University and headed for law school.
