Major Family Services
Major Family Services was founded by Dr. Jayne Major, Ph.D, the author of the acclaimed book Breakthrough Parenting: Moving Your Family from Struggle to Cooperation and creator of the Breakthough Parenting class curriculum. Major Family Services offers on-line and private classes, consulting, books and educational materials that address a broad range of unique parental training situations that can benefit all types of parents. For over 30 years, Dr. Major educated parents on the art of raising children and maintaining healthy family relationships. Dr. Major established Major Family Services, Inc. to expand the availability of her parental training classes and consulting services through a trained network of professional instructors certified in teaching her techniques. Dr. Major’s curriculum provides parents with advanced and proven child-rearing methods designed to encourage and promote psychologically sound ways to parent children. Major Family Services will continue to expand and offer classes in an ever-growing number of communities.
P. Jorge Garcia, JR., MBA, NACD, Director PDF Resume
Plinio Garcia’s passion for helping parents for the benefit of the child came from his own experiences. After being led to Major Family Services to deal with a child custody battle, Garcia could not resist getting involved.
One of the major principles of Dr. Jayne Major’s Breakthrough Parenting class, parental alienation, really hit home with Garcia. After completing the course and receiving a Corporate Certification Program at Anderson School of Business, UCLA, founder Dr. Jayne Major recognized Garcia’s passion. The combination of experiencing a hostile environment, the expert knowledge from the Breakthrough Parenting course and obtaining a certificate in the field positioned Garcia to continue Major’s legacy.
Dr. Jayne Major passed away in 2012, but she left behind more than 30 years of experience educating parents on what constitutes maintaining a healthy, cooperative relationship. Garcia who also has a multicultural and multilingual background relies on both his background and the knowledge passed down by Dr. Jayne Major to teach parents to become successful role models for their children. Today, Garcia, a Certified Breakthrough Parental Instructor, serves as the Chief Executive Director and parental coach for Major Family Services.
Garcia helps each individual one-on-one with amazing results. Not an attorney and not a therapist, Garcia offers real-world advice in a very confusing legal environment that repeatedly tends to punish the "caretaking" parent and reward the "taking" parent.
One of the major principles of Dr. Jayne Major’s Breakthrough Parenting class, parental alienation, really hit home with Garcia. After completing the course and receiving a Corporate Certification Program at Anderson School of Business, UCLA, founder Dr. Jayne Major recognized Garcia’s passion. The combination of experiencing a hostile environment, the expert knowledge from the Breakthrough Parenting course and obtaining a certificate in the field positioned Garcia to continue Major’s legacy.
Dr. Jayne Major passed away in 2012, but she left behind more than 30 years of experience educating parents on what constitutes maintaining a healthy, cooperative relationship. Garcia who also has a multicultural and multilingual background relies on both his background and the knowledge passed down by Dr. Jayne Major to teach parents to become successful role models for their children. Today, Garcia, a Certified Breakthrough Parental Instructor, serves as the Chief Executive Director and parental coach for Major Family Services.
Garcia helps each individual one-on-one with amazing results. Not an attorney and not a therapist, Garcia offers real-world advice in a very confusing legal environment that repeatedly tends to punish the "caretaking" parent and reward the "taking" parent.
Dr. Charlene Underhill Miller, Ph.D, MFC 24690
Dr. Charlene is a Director at Major Family Services. Dr. Underhill Miller is a licensed marriage and family therapist, professor, clinical supervisor, and public speaker. Dr. Miller has years of experience in family reunification, co-parenting counseling and situations involving parental alienation or PA.
Dr. Miller is an adjunct faculty member at Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Education & Psychology. Dr. Miller also has taught at Fuller Theological Seminary’s School of Psychology and Azusa Pacific University’s Graduate School of Psychology.
Dr. Miller holds MA and PhD degrees in Marriage and Family Therapy from Fuller’s School of Psychology and a BA degree in psychology from UCLA. Dr. Miller’s doctoral dissertation investigated the role of therapy in recovering from sexual abuse.
In practice since 1984, Dr. Miller frequently offers case consultations to fellow professionals and provides workshops for schools, churches, and other organizations.
Dr. Miller is an adjunct faculty member at Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Education & Psychology. Dr. Miller also has taught at Fuller Theological Seminary’s School of Psychology and Azusa Pacific University’s Graduate School of Psychology.
Dr. Miller holds MA and PhD degrees in Marriage and Family Therapy from Fuller’s School of Psychology and a BA degree in psychology from UCLA. Dr. Miller’s doctoral dissertation investigated the role of therapy in recovering from sexual abuse.
In practice since 1984, Dr. Miller frequently offers case consultations to fellow professionals and provides workshops for schools, churches, and other organizations.
Jayne Major, Ph.D. 1937-2012
Jayne A. Major, Ph.D. founded Major Family Services and authored the acclaimed book Breakthrough Parenting: Moving Your Family from Struggle to Cooperation. She was a nationally recognized expert in parent education, a dynamic and inspiring speaker, author and consultant on optimal family relationships.
