Florence Lau, Psy.D. Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New York, New York, United States

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Conduct clinical interviews and psychological evaluations on individuals involved in the criminal justice system who are seeking a mental health treatment alternative to sentencing disposition with the Queens County.
• Obtain and complete thorough record reviews of new clients including, but not limited to, previous medical records, competency to stand trial reports, existing legal documents and rap sheets, and collateral calls with.
• Complete risk for violence assessments and prepare multiple written reports weekly; deliver summary, recommendations, and treatment plans to court personnel, including defense and district attorneys and judges
• Oversee over 100 clients currently participating in a treatment program through Queens TASC
• Liaise with the court and provide clinical support for clients as required for their legal mandate; attend case conferences to provide clinical updates and opinions
• Provide crisis intervention with clients when necessary, including conducting additional meetings or conferencing cases with treatment staff

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Major Rotation 1 (July-December 2022): Long-term unitMajor Rotation 2 (January-June 2023): Admissions unitAdditional Rotation (July 2022-June 2023): Forensic Consultation Service
• Provide full psychological assessments on forensic and civil patients; deliver integrated reports, feedback, and recommendations to the treatment team
• Conduct pretrial examinations regarding an individual’s competency to stand trial; write associated letters to the court
• Complete short assessments for acute patients in admission units, including written reports on individuals’ cognitive functioning (pending January 2023)
• Act in the role of a unit psychologist for specific individuals on admissions (pending) and long-term inpatient units, including attending unit rounds and providing follow-up with regular patient notes
• Deliver weekly individual therapy to patients at the hospital, including forensic patients adjudicated Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity, as well as civil admissions

New York, New York, United States

• Master's Thesis: "Moral Injury in a Time of COVID"PsyD Dissertation: "The Fallout of COVID-19: Resilience in Healthcare Workers Experiencing Moral Injury During the Global Pandemic"Lau, F.S. & Bekes, V. (2021). Moral.
• Conduct comprehensive literature review submitted to fulfill requirements for Research Competency I (“Moral Injury in a Time of COVID”)
• Develop and design an original quantitative study based on the previous literature review; submit proposal to IRB for approval and begin gathering data in preparation for written dissertation and oral defense
• Collaborate on other projects as part of Dr. Bekes’ lab, including qualitative codings of therapists’ experiences during COVID and conducting further literature searches on psychological trauma during a global pandemic

New York, United States

• Individual Supervisors: Dr. Steve Terracciano; Dr. Meredith GrossmanGroup Supervisors: Dr. Jennifer Buchwald; Dr. Lata McGinn
• Provide weekly individual cognitive-behavioral therapy to patients with mood and anxiety disorders
• Conduct intake on new patients; write up complete reports with findings and case conceptualizations
• Manage patient notes and administrative duties for all sessions as well as biannual reviews of each patient
• Review videotaped sessions with individual and group supervisors in order to ensure adherence to Cognitive Therapy Rating Scale (CTRS)

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Conduct a weekly recitation section for a small group of first-year students; provide instruction on how to conduct the WAIS-IV, Rorschach (Exner scoring system), and various other cognitive and personality assessments
• Assist with answering questions, grading assignments, and providing help and feedback to students outside of classroom hours
• Meet weekly with the professor and other TAs for this class in order to resolve any outstanding issues and plan for upcoming sections

New York, United States

• Supervisor: Dr. George Collins
• Provide therapy for patients diagnosed with personality disorders and other severe mental illnesses, working with strategies from Radically Open DBT, schema therapy, experiential therapy, and psychodynamic approaches
• Manage a biweekly supportive psychotherapy group for male patients diagnosed with a psychotic spectrum illness
• Co-lead a weekly Radically Open DBT skills training group for patients exhibiting behavioral and/or cognitive inflexibility and inhibited emotional expression

New York, United States

• Supervisors: Dr. Doreena Lesanics; Dr. Jessica Batinjane
• Co-facilitate group therapies, focusing on DBT skills, positive psychology, and information regarding competency to stand trial
• Provide individual therapy to inpatients diagnosed with a psychotic spectrum illness
• Perform cognitive, personality, and/or risk and competency assessments on forensic patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders; write up reports about findings and conclusions
• Attend rounds weekly with treatment team in order to discuss patients’ needs and updates

New York, United States

• Supervisor: Dr. Tom Mayer
• Perform cognitive and/or personality assessments on rehab inpatients and nursing home residents; offer brief supportive therapy throughout their stay at the facility
• Conduct intake, neuropsychological assessment, and feedback sessions with outpatients suffering from a variety of disorders; complete full, integrated reports for outpatients
• Provide brief cognitive therapy to outpatients who require short-term therapeutic interventions

Greater New York City Area

• Schedule participants, obtain informed consent, and conduct neuropsychological evaluations and semi-structured interviews with 100+ geriatric subjects and caregivers
• Manage clinical and industry drug trials related to Alzheimer’s Disease by maintaining regulatory filings, reporting Adverse Events and Serious Adverse Events, and submitting paperwork for IRB approval
• Maintain relationships with nation-wide Alzheimer’s research associations, including working with site monitors, participating in monthly calls with the upper staff and staff of research sites across the country, and.
• Collect, centrifuge, and ship laboratory specimens (bloodwork and urine); obtain ECG data

Greater New York City Area

• Tutor an undergraduate student in statistics and social, abnormal, & research psychology
• Teach writing, organizational, and planning skills
• Suggest edits on papers and laboratory reports

Greater New York City Area

• Provide information about eating disorders and give support to callers on the NEDA hotline
• Prioritize and reply to emails and follow-up tasks related to previous callers
• Research and provide clinical references for calls throughout the nation and the world
• Consolidate and archive data from previous callers for research and tracking purposes

Greater New York City Area

• Brown, A.S. & Lau, F.S. (2016). A review of the epidemiology of schizophrenia. In M.V. Pletnikov & J.L. Waddington (Eds.), Modeling the psychopathological dimensions of schizophrenia and related psychoses: From.
• Perform immunohistochemical staining on neuronal progenitor cells to visualize microtubules stability in patients with schizophrenia
• Extrapolate data from published journal articles to create PowerPoints and posters
• Edit papers and citations to be sent to academic journals

Greater New York City Area

• Cross-reference, organize, and enter data; match data with respective subjects in a study with over 200 subjects
• Code expressed emotions via videos for a longitudinal study on grief after loss
• Compile sources by running a literature search for a study on interoceptive feedback and emotion regulation

Baltimore, MD

• Manage the writers and columnists for Arts & Entertainment of the News-Letter
• Use Adobe InDesign to create and do layout for A&E section
• Contact and maintain relationships with PR people at different venues and concert events
• Write for own column (F(l)o Show) as well as various reviews and other articles

Baltimore, MD

• Run pre-existing experiments looking at top-down vs. bottom-up effects on visual attention
• Design own experiment on visual attention in the natural world, code on MATLAB and create stimuli on Photoshop

Baltimore, MD

• Help design new statistics course for the applied math department
• Research real world situations and data to be used as examples and problem sets in class
• Discuss technical aspects of starting a new course
• Brainstorm ideas of how performance in new course could be compared to the older course

Baltimore, MD

• Presented relevant topics during class
• Edited essays and clarified questions for students before the final due dates
• Attended class every week and held office hours and reviews before exams, proctored exams

Baltimore, MD

• Interact with patients and help fulfill their needs
• Calculate food and liquid intake after meals
• Assist with music and recreational therapist tasks as needed

Baltimore, MD

• Manage the writers and columnists for the "Weekend" section of the News-Letter
• Use Adobe InDesign to create and do layout for "Weekend" section
• Create the weekly calendar for the News-Letter
• Write for own column (F(l)o Show) in Arts & Entertainment as well as other articles as needed

Seattle, WA

• Assisted in filling out IRB form and creating a pilot survey for a new laboratory study
• Entered and organized data into Excel from 100+ surveys collected
• Created visual stimuli for a different laboratory study using Adobe Photoshop

Doctor Of Psychology - Psyd, Clinical Psychology

APA Accredited, Adult Clinical Psychology Program Modality: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Program Director: Ken Critchfield, Ph.D Director.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Clinical Psychology, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Psi ChiConcentrations: Research Methods, Child & Family Psi Chi member.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology, 3.75

Activities and Societies: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter, Phi Chi, MusicareMajor GPA: 3.97; Music minor Psi Chi member. Dean's List in.