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Ashburn, Va

Provide outpatient psychotherapeutic services focusing primarily on adults and couples within a private practice setting. Provide either short-term/solution focused therapeutic services and/or long-term/process oriented therapy. Specialize in therapeutic services focusing on issues related to depression, anxiety, stress management, adjustment difficulties, relationship concerns, couples therapy and various women’s issues including perinatal and postpartum depression. Utilize primarily a cognitive-behavioral therapeutic approach while integrating psychodynamic, person-centered, and mindfulness therapies. Focus on supporting and challenging individuals to self-heal and transform their lives with the overall goal of living a more insightful, peaceful, and personally fulfilling future.

Virginia And Illinois

Complete comprehensive evaluations to determine if individuals meet statutory criteria to be found to be a Sexually Violent Person (SVP) pursuant to the Illinois Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act. Evaluations include comprehensive risk assessment including consideration of: Review of records, use of actuarial instruments (including the Static-99R, Static 2002-R, and the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised), dynamic risk factors, protective factors, case specific factors, diagnostic formulation, and clinical interview. Testify in Court as an expert witness for probable cause hearings, depositions, and trials. Qualified as an expert in Sex Offender Evaluation and Risk Assessment in 14 counties throughout Illinois.

Lake Forest, Il

Provide outpatient psychotherapeutic services focusing primarily on adults and couples within a private practice setting. Provide either short-term/solution focused therapeutic services and/or long-term/process oriented therapy. Specialize in therapeutic services focusing on issues related to depression, anxiety, stress management, adjustment difficulties, communication issues, relationship concerns, and various women’s issues including perinatal and postpartum depression. Utilize primarily a cognitive-behavioral therapeutic approach, as well as integrate psychodynamic, person-centered, and mindfulness therapies. Focus on supporting and challenging individuals to self-heal and transform their lives with the overall goal of living a more insightful, peaceful, and personally fulfilling future.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Complete comprehensive evaluations to determine if individuals meet statutory criteria to be found to be a Sexually Violent Person (SVP) pursuant to the Illinois Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act. Evaluations include comprehensive risk assessment including consideration of: Review of records, use of actuarial instruments (including the Static-99R, Static 2002-R, and the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised), dynamic risk factors, protective factors, case specific factors, diagnostic formulation, and clinical interview. Testify in Court as an expert witness for probable cause hearings, depositions, and trials. Qualified as an expert in Sex Offender Evaluation and Treatment in 14 counties throughout Illinois.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Provided psychotherapy services for adults, adolescents, couples, and families within a private practice setting. Therapeutic services focused on individuals presenting with issues related to anxiety, depression, stress management, relationship conflict, and communication difficulty. Interventions utilized primarily a person-centered and cognitive-behavioral approach, where the patient is made to feel understood and listened to, but also assisted in challenging negative thinking and redirected to more productive and realistic thoughts. Guided clients toward self-advocacy and self-understanding with the goal of living a more personally fulfilling and productive future.

Elgin, Illinois, United States

Provided psychological services for individuals within the forensic psychiatric unit who had been found Unfit to Stand Trial including psychological and neuropsychological evaluation, assessment of possible malingering, group therapy including competency restoration, and individual therapy. Conducted second level consultative review evaluations and wrote court reports regarding an opinion on readiness for additional level of hospital privileges and conditional release for patients within the hospital who had been found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity. Served as a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team and provided ongoing clinical leadership to treatment team members. Provided mentorship and group supervision to psychological practicum students and interns.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Provided forensic evaluation services including Competency to Stand Trial and Diminished Capacity evaluation services for adults referred by Court. Conducted Social Security Disability evaluations (including psychodiagnostic assessment, cognitive evaluation, and/or evaluation of memory capacity). Conducted psychological/psychodiagnostic assessment and testing services for various agencies throughout the Seattle area including contract work with agencies who provide evaluation services for veterans and individuals dually diagnosed with substance abuse and mental illness. Provided individual outpatient psychotherapy for adults and adolescents.

St Peter, Minnesota, United States

Provided psychological evaluation services, crisis intervention, and individual/group psychotherapy to patients on high behavioral/intake units within the hospital. Completed evaluation services for patients within the hospital regarding if they continued to meet statutory requirements to require ongoing inpatient hospitalization. Conducted and presented information regarding psychological assessment results, patients’ treatment progress, and other pertinent data to appropriate authorities within the hospital, the Special Review Board, the Minnesota courts, and other pertinent state and community agencies. Provided expert testimony at Special Review Board hearings as needed. Provided ongoing clinical leadership to interdisciplinary treatment team and unit staff. Took the lead in developing/implementing initial psychological evaluations for Minnesota Security Hospital intake units. Completed psychological assessments for mentally ill patients in custody of the Minnesota Department of Corrections.

Fulton, Missouri, United States

Four primary rotations including Forensic Evaluation, Sex Offender Treatment, Cognitive-Behavioral Rehabilitation, and Social Learning Program. Forensic Evaluation rotation: Interviewed defendants and wrote court-ordered evaluations concerning the defendant’s fitness to stand trial and/or the impact of the defendant’s mental disorder on his/her alleged criminal offense. Administered and interpreted psychological tests to screen for possible malingering when needed. Reviewed case history information and formulated opinions on forensic issues such as competency and criminal responsibility. Sex Offender Treatment, Cognitive-Behavioral Rehabilitation, and Social Learning Program rotations: Provided comprehensive psychological services to patients within the hospital who were deemed Not Guilty by Reason of Mental Disease or Defect and/or Incompetent to Proceed to Trial including: Conducting psychological testing, assessment, and report writing; Co-facilitating sex offender and other cognitive-behavioral treatment groups, conducting social skills training, leading competency restoration groups, providing individual therapy, and functioning as a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team.

Mesa, Arizona, United States

Conducted and scored neuropsychological and forensic assessments with both outpatient and incarcerated adults. Assessment instruments included: Wechsler Test of Adult Reading, Reitan-Indiana Aphasia Screening Test, Cooperation Tests (15-Item, Word Recognition Test, Dot Counting Test), Controlled Oral Word Association, Hopkins Verbal Learning Test, California Verbal Learning Test, Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure Design, Halstead Category Test, Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence, Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Grooved Pegboard, Grip Strength, and Competency To Stand Trial Assessment Instrument.

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Conducted cognitive and memory assessments with adults, adolescents, and children to determine if they are appropriate for Social Security Disability. Assessment instruments included: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III, Wechsler Memory Scale-III, Trail Making A & B, Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test, Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-II, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Wide Range Achievement Test-3, Wide Range Intelligence Test, and Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory.

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Provided court mandated individual and group cognitive-behavioral therapy with adult sex offenders with the primary goal of emotional restitution to victims and relapse prevention. Assisted offenders in developing an understanding of their offense cycles, recognize when they are in this cycle, and develop healthy alternatives for each stage of their cycle. Assisted offenders with taking full responsibility for their offense behaviors. Supported offenders with developing detailed relapse prevention strategies, and develop informed support networks to help them live an offense-free and personally fulfilling future.

Doctor Of Psychology (Psy.D.), Clinical Psychology

Master'S Degree, Clinical Psychology

Bachelor'S Degree, Social Work