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Summary

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  •  10+ years experience providing adult & child psychotherapy and assessment. 

 

  • Clear awareness of diverse backgrounds, alert to widely varied patient needs and circumstances.

 

  • Collaborative team player, acting as key resource to colleagues and allied health professionals.

 

  • Licensed psychologist in VA, D.C., CA.

 

  • Psychodiagnostic Assessment Knowledge & Skills listed below (see Education)   

 

Work History

Private Practice - Washington, D.C. / Consulting: Berkeley, CA

Mar 2006 - Present
Clinical Psychologist 

Washington Center for Psychoanalysis

Sep 2007 - Present
Candidate: Modern Perspectives Psychotherapy Program 

Sub-specialty program: advanced psychotherapy

A Better Way, Inc.

Berkeley, CA, United States
Jan 2005 - Mar 2006
Primary Supervisor 

As a senior staff member of this social services agency, I trained and supervised 15 pre and post doctoral clinical psychology graduate students. This included teaching courses in psychodynamic clinical theory, family systems therapy techniques, psychodiagnostic assessment, and the weekly clinical case conference.

Private Practice - Berkeley, CA

Jul 2002 - Mar 2006
Assessment, Consultation, & Psychotherapy 

Johnson Controls, Inc.

May 2004 - Jun 2005
Staff Psychologist – part time/contract 

As a contract employee of Johnson Controls, Inc. I worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory which was jointly managed by both the Dept. of Energy and the University of California. As a staff member of the EAP department located in the Health Services Department at this national laboratory we provided EAP services to a group of 9,000 employees. Regular duties include Human Reliability Program psychological evaluations of MMPI-2 and interview information to determine suitability for safety and security sensitive positions.

 

Sunny Hills Children’s Garden – Threshold for Change; Satellite facilities

2004 - 2005
Qualified Mental Health Professional (Day Treatment Manager) 

At this six bed level 14 residential treatment facility consisting of a residence and an intensive day treatment program for seriously emotionally disturbed adolescent girls, I ran the day treatment program. This work included planning, implementing, and executing day treatment; collaborating with social work staff; leading 5 psychotherapy groups per week; crisis management and intervention; as well as regular consultation with managers and informal supervision of line staff.

 

ABT Associates, Headquartered in Cambridge, MA

Feb 2003 - Mar 2004
Consulting Psychologist 

Pediatric neuropsychology research project funded by Center for Disease Control. Utilized over 1200 subjects and neuropsych battery of 15 unique instruments. Collaborated in training and certification of 7 child assessors who were Ph.D. and masters level psychologists. Provided crisis on-call coverage for research clinics. Consultation with project managers and principle scientist re: use and application of neuropsychological instruments, liability and risk management, and data management procedures. Interface with clinic managers, parents of subjects when necessary, and information technology professionals. Provided parent feedback letters on research results consistent with IRB guidelines.

 

 

CALIFORNIA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

Feb 2000 - Feb 2004
Staff Psychologist & Contract Psychologist 

As a case manager in the Enhanced Outpatient Program in the Administrative Segregation @ this state correctional facility, which includes level 1-4 inmates, I carried a caseload of approximately 20 inmates most of whom suffered from severe, chronic mental illness. While @ San Quentin I actively participated with two psychiatry fellows in a weekly forensic seminar UCSF Law and Psychiatry fellowship program.

Education

Chestnut Lodge Hospital

Mar 1997 - Jun 1999
Post-doctoral Resident in Clinical Psychology

150 bed psychiatric hospital providing a full continuum of care to adults, adolescents, and children including acute inpatient, residential, day treatment, and partial hospitalization. Duties include co-managing acute inpatient ward with Clinical Administrative Psychiatrist, group psychotherapy, individual psychotherapy with adults and adolescents, psychodiagnostic assessment, and research activities

 

 

CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER - Department of Psychiatry

Jul 1992 - Aug 1993
Clinical Psychology Internship

The Mental Health Clinic is the outpatient division of the Department of Psychiatry of CPMC. It offers comprehensive interdisciplinary evaluations, individual therapy (adult, adolescent, and child), group psychotherapy, psychiatric medications, and psychological testing. Theoretical orientation is psychodynamic. The Inpatient service admits patients seven days per week, 24 hours per day: services for adult patients who require the safety of an inpatient stay for diagnostic assessment and brief treatment. 

 

California School of Professional Psychology - Berkeley

Sep 1989 - Feb 1997
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology

 

Brandeis University - Undergraduate

1983
B.A., Psychology/Sociology

 

Neuropsychology & Assessment Experience

1996 - 2006

Intellectual and Cognitive Functioning: In-depth knowledge of and facility with the following instruments: WAIS-III; WISC-III; NEPSY; Delis-Kaplan Executive Functioning Test; Behavior Rating of Executive Functioning

 

Learning Disabilities: Expertise in assessing a wide range of disorders including ADHD, dyslexia, non-verbal learning disabilities, memory impairment, etc. in children, adolescents, and adults. Knowledge and facility with the following instruments: WIAT-II; Stanford Binet Achievement subtests; Connors and Gordon Diagnostic Systems Continuous Performance Tests; Connors parent report inventories; CELF-III selected subtests; Finger tapping tests; Grooved Pegboard Manual Dexterity Test; etc.

 

Personality Assessment: 5+ years experience assessing personality functioning in children, adolescents, and adults using both objective and projective instruments that include the following: Rorschach; TAT; MMPI; Projective Drawings; Million; and Personality Inventory for Children, etc.

 

Assessment of Memory, Dementia, and Organic Brain Impairment: Expertise in assessing disorders of memory utilizing the following instruments: Wechsler Memory Scale; Children’s Memory Scale; Bender Gestalt Visual Motor Test; California Verbal Learning Test; Boston Naming Test, etc.

  NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL AND ASSESSMENT TRAINING

Ongoing self-study 1993–Present: Ongoing education through self-study of latest neuropsychological assessment texts, instruments, listserv discussions, as well as seminal texts and articles in the field. Ongoing self-study of adult and pediatric neuropsychology,

 

Advanced (Hospital Based) Assessment Seminar, Chestnut Lodge Hospital, Rockville, MD, 1997–1999: Attended intensive bi-weekly  two hour advanced seminar led by senior psychologist Rebecca Reiger, Ph.D. Regularly presented clinical case material to seminar and physicians and psychologist’s campus wide.

 

Neuropsychological Assessment at CSPP Alameda - provided  by professor Michael Drexler, Ph.D. CSPP, Alameda, CA, 1992–1993: Advanced course with accompanying clinical component. Designed to provide students with the theoretical and technical skills and knowledge to conduct competent research and examinations as well as implement effective neuropsychological treatments. Specific content areas included: neurodiagnostic techniques, global assessment strategies, diagnostic differentials, primary prevention of neuropathology, and neuropsychometric instrumentation and issues related to the reliability and validity of data collection methods.

 

Neuropsychological Assessment Seminar at California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, Neuropsychological Assessment Seminar offered by Jonathan Cannick, Ph.D, 1992–1993.: Covered clinical neuropsychological assessment with emphasis on geriatric specialty integrated with inpatient geriatric ward at CPMC.


 

Certifications

State Licensure - Virginia

(Virginia Board of Psychology)

 

State Licensure - District of Columbia

(D.C. Board of Psychology)

 

State Licensure - California

(California Board of Psychology)

 

Member

(American Psychological Association)
Has no expiration

 

References

Calvin Janzen, MD

(Professor)

Letter of Reference