Position:
Faculty Psychologist at University of Rochester Medical Center, Adjunct Faculty (Psychology) at Monroe Community College, Co-Chair Newsletter Committee at Genesee Valley Psychological Association
Work:
University of Rochester Medical Center
since Sep 2010
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Faculty Psychologist
Monroe Community College
since Jun 2010
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Adjunct Faculty (Psychology)
Genesee Valley Psychological Association
since Apr 2010
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Co-Chair Newsletter Committee
University of Rochester Medical Center
Aug 2009 - Aug 2010
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Postdoctoral Fellow (Clinical Psychology)
St. Louis Psychology Internship Consortium
Aug 2008 - Jul 2009
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Pre-doctoral Intern in Clinical Psychology
Ozark Guidance Center
Aug 2005 - Jun 2008
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Licensed Psychological Examiner
Northwest Arkansas Community College
Jan 2008 - May 2008
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Instructor
University of Arkansas
Aug 2003 - May 2008
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Graduate/ Research Assistant
Education:
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2003 - 2009
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology(APA accredited program)
Curriculum vitae available upon request.
The University of Texas at Arlington 1998 - 2003
M.S., PsychologyObtained both my B.A. (with a minor in biology) and my Masters degree from UTA.
Masters Thesis Title: Victims of peer aggression: The influence of Agreeableness
Skills:
My research areas focus on the personal characteristics as well as the social and family relationships that may serve to buffer children from negative outcomes of victimization, Clinically, I work with people across the life span (with a focus on child and parenting issues), targeting behavioral problems and psychological distress from a cognitive behavioral/ interpersonal perspective, My clinical approach is led by both short-term and process- oriented goals
Interests:
Structural Family Therapy, Effective Parenting, Responsive Parent Therapy, Parent Child Interaction Therapy, TF- CBT, Psuedoscience, Research Methods, Assessment, Play Therapy, Program Development and Evaluation, Community Service, Girl Scouts, Free Time, Zoos