About Karen
With graduate degrees in clinical psychology, Karen Jones brings over 30 years of clinical experience to the table. Karen addresses the business of wellness through her motivational and business coaching and public speaking, working with entrepreneurs, business enterprises, and medical practices. She trains internationally on team building and personal growth, is a published researcher, and has co-authored 2 books.
For almost 20 years, Karen was the Director of Psychological Services at the Orange County Center for Special Immunology. She specialized in psycho-neuro-immunology, working with auto-immune and immune compromised patients.
For 17 years, Karen served consecutively as a National Marketing Director, West Coast Regional Director of Sales, and U.S. Director of Representative Development for The Juice Plus+ Company. As a consultant to the company, Karen now facilitates the Brave Leaders Plus+ program based on the pioneering work of Dr. Brenè Brown. Globally, Karen is one of under 500 Dare To Lead™ facilitator/coaches certified by Brenè Brown.
Karen is an award-winning philanthropic leader in California, instrumental in the formative years of AIDS education, and the delivery of healthcare services. She has been honored as South Coast Woman of the Year and was the recipient of the first municipal proclamation awarded to an individual citizen by the city of Laguna Beach for her tireless commitment to public health education.
Most recently, Karen is the principal owner of Advancing Leaders, an executive coaching and consulting firm specializing in business profitability, leadership development and ethical entrepreneurship. For a more comprehensive biography: www.linkedin.com/in/karen-jones-advancingleaders/.
Publications
Presented at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York, N.Y., August 1995.
Vorce, D.E., Jones, K.A., Helder, L.M., Pettibon, W.H., & Reiter, W.M. (1995). Correcting MCMI-II Base Rate Scores for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Patients.
Presented at the 103rd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, New York, N.Y., August 1995.
Pettibon, W.H., Vorce, D.E., Helder, L.M., Jones, K.A., & Reiter, W.M. (1995). Category Test Performance in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Patients.
Presented at the 103rd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, New York, N.Y., August 1995.
Pettibon, W.H., Vorce, D.E., Helder, L.M., Jones, K.A. & Reiter, W.M. (1995). Verbal Memory Deficits in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS).
Presented at the 103rd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, New York, N.Y., August 1995.
Helder, L.M., Vorce, D.E., Pettibon, W.H., Jones, K.A. & Reiter, W.M. (1995). The Psychological Factors Associated with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS).
Presented at the 1st Annual Research Conference of the American Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, October 7-9, 1994.
Vorce, D.E., Pettibon, W.H., Helder, L.M., Jones, K.A., Keller, R.H., Reiter, W.M., & Klimas, N.G. (1994). Neuropsychological Features of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Patients.
Interpretation & Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome: A Correction Factor. Unpublished.
Vorce, D.E., Jones, K.A., Helder, L.M., Pettibon, W.H. & Reiter, W.M. (1994). MCMI-II
Presented at the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, August 20, 1993.
Gold-Neil, V., Jones, K.A., & Dixon, P. (1993). A Comparison of Four Educational Interventions Regarding Attitudinal Change Towards Women with HIV/AIDS.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Alcoholism, Seattle, Washington, May 3, 1980.
Jones, K.A., Latham, J.D., & Jenner, M.D. (1980). Social Environment Within Conventional Alcoholism Treatment Agencies.
Books
Pay It Forward: Coaching for Success
(2005) in Inspiration To Realization Vol. 2
Breaking Through Self-Imposed Barriers to Success
(2006) in 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life Vol.2