Our Staff

Maureen Sklar, MS

Maureen Sklar, MS, is the Assistant Clinical Director of PaRC. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, having graduated from California State University, Northridge in 2006. Reenie, as she likes to be called, was a master parent and teacher before she decided to return to college to become a psychotherapist. She specializes in trauma and attachment, focusing mostly on healing parents and on relationship skills and ethics. Reenie is Dr. Faye’s partner and vice president of the University of Causal Studies, to open in 2012 in the Granada Hills location. She is married and the mother of two grown children.

Daren Lawe, MA

Daren Lawe, MA, has a master's degree from Philip's Graduate Institute and is a licenced marriage and family therapist here at PaRC. Daren says "The only reason she wants to be a therapist is to practice the Causal Theory and no other theory." She became a Master Parent and teacher in 2006 when she decided to return to school to get credentials so she could become a Causal Therapist. Daren specializes in healing, relationship skills, and she has a certificate in Co-Occurring Disorders (alcohol and drug abuse with behaviors resulting from childhood trauma). Daren is married and is the mother of two children.

Mary Jane Julius, PsyD

Mary Jane Julius, PsyD, became a Master Parent in 2002 and a master teacher in 2003. Dr. Mary Jane is a coach with a Certificate in Lifestyle and she specializes in attachment, bonding and developmental psychology and preventive diagnosis. She facilitates relationship skills workshops for teens and bonding and attachment training for new parents especially mothers with postpartum depression. Dr. MJ graduated with a BA in cultural anthropology and a minor in gender studies from the University of Southern California in 2002. She then entered the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University in 2003, where she earned a masters and doctorate in clinical psychology. Dr. MJ intends to become a clinical and forensic psychologist, specializing in child custody evaluations and pharmaceutical interventions. She and her husband have raised their son since birth in the theory.

Stacy Moya, BA (Executive Director)

Stacy Moya has been the Executive Director of PaRC since 2002 and a consummate relationship skills coach, certified in lifestyle. She specializes in teaching relationship skills to children, thereby teaching their parents how to interact with them effectively. She also runs adult relationship skills workshops. Stacy became our executive director after she became a master parent and teacher in 1995 and decided to take the administrative reigns, as well. Stacy is married and the mother of three children.

Stacy is the key contact regarding specific parenting needs and she may answer your questions or refer you to a therapist or intern for healing or a coach for ongoing support.

Valarie Smith (Administrator)

Valarie Smith came to PaRC in 2009 and became a master parent in 2011. She is PaRC's administrator and director of education. Valarie keeps PaRC and the classes running smoothly with her considerable technical and organizational skills. She is married and the mother of a young daughter.

Scott Snyder (Master Teacher)

Scott Snyder (aka Scott Clifton) was raised in the theory by the theoretician, and as such, may be the prototype, so it’s particularly interesting to hear him teach. Scott may have the deepest and most intuitive understanding of the theory. He began teaching when he was 20, having completed the requirements to become a Master Teacher. He specializes in Lecture One, “How to Make a Personality”, because it is an overview of The Theory. He also co-teaches Lecture Nine on Intelligence with Dr. Faye. He is a consummate debater and offers an annual class on debate skills or “how to question and to disagree intelligently”. Master Parents voted to elect Scott as the Ombudsman for PaRC. If you have an unresolved complaint, you can reach him through our PaRC director, Stacy Moya, who will then arrange for you to speak with him. He is committed to fair play and excellent at clarifying issues.

Click here for a video of Scott speaking about his mother and the PaRC Foundation.

Iris Julius (Master Teacher)

Iris Julius became a Master Parent and Master Teacher in 2002. She graduated from the University of Judaism with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Jewish studies/ Hebrew literature in June 2004. She is working on her master’s degree in education and wants to open a school, perhaps with another master teacher. She specializes in bonding, attachment, developmental psychology and discipline. She has also co-facilitated relationship skills workshops since 2002. She is the mother of two children.