I have been in full-time private practice for approximately 15 years with a focus on Neuropsychological and Psychological Evaluation, individual and couples therapy, parent coaching, and consultation. The following is a summary of my educational, training, and experiential background:
I received my Master’s and Doctorate degrees in clinical psychology from Pacific University in Portland, Oregon. After four years of coursework and practicum experiences in a variety of settings, while working part-time on in inpatient psychiatric unit, I completed a one-year predoctoral internship at Metropolitan State Hospital, a state psychiatric facility outside of Los Angeles, CA. My internship was focused on evaluation and treatment of patients in a long-term forensic setting.
After completing my internship, I joined Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, a public neuro-rehab hospital in Downey, CA, for a one year postdoctoral residency in Neuropsychology and Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation Psychology. At Rancho my work focused on evaluation and treatment of patients with a wide variety of neurological injury and disease including traumatic brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, and various neurological illnesses.
I then returned to my native New England for additional post-doctoral training at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Over the course of a two-year fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology, I focused on evaluation of patients across the life-span with special emphasis in neuropsychological evaluation of adults with complex psychiatric presentations, evaluations of older adults with dementia and other forms of progressive neurological disease, and comprehensive evaluations of children and adolescents with complex, learning, emotional, and/or behavioral challenges.
I then spent one year at Franciscan Hospital for Children directing the outpatient neuropsychology program and completing evaluations with children and adolescents with complex learning, emotional, behavioral, and/or developmental challenges.