Educational Background

CLINICAL INTERNSHIP

VA HUDSON VALLEY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM      Montrose, NY                                                                  

Montrose Campus, October 2001 – October 2002

Rotation in PTSD unit: Part of a multidisciplinary team on a 45-day inpatient PTSD unit, serving as individual therapist and group co-leader.  Many patients to continue on an outpatient basis after completion of the program. Rotation in Acute Psychiatric ward: Conducted psychiatric assessments and individual psychotherapy on patients who were to be transferred to the chronic psychiatric unit.

Yearlong outpatient rotation: Individual psychotherapy with veterans and spouses; couples therapy; co-leader in PTSD group and Depression/Anxiety group.
Psychological testing: Batteries (cognitive and personality tests) administered, scored, interpreted and reports written.

SUPERVISED CLINICAL EXTERNSHIPS

FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   
Teaneck, NJ
Center of Psychological Services, September 1996 – August 1998

Individual psychotherapy with adult, adolescent, and child outpatients.
Co-leader of child social skills group and parenting group.
Participation in clinical seminars.

NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Manhasset, NY
Department of Psychiatry – Anxiety Disorders Clinic, May 1996 – August 1996
Individual psychotherapy with adult outpatients: GAD, Panic Disorders and OCD.

FOUR WINDS HOSPITAL       
Katonah, NY

Psychological Assessment Department,
June 1995 – June 1996

Administered, scored and interpreted neuropsychological, cognitive and personality tests to adults and adolescents. Tests include (but not limited to): WAIS-R, WISC-III-R, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), MMPI-2, PAI, Bender Gestalt Test, TAT, Rorschach (Exner Comprehensive System).

FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY       
Teaneck, NJ

Center of Psychological Services, September 1994 – May 1995
Training in clinical interviewing, differential diagnosis, and treatment planning.  Conducted intake interviews and presented intake summaries.