At the Bay Area CBT Center, we dedicate ourselves to integrating an interpersonal approach to a wide variety of evidence-based treatments. We base our therapy on the notion that psychological symptoms occur within an interpersonal context. The way we interact with others around us maintains and reinforces anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, chronic pain, and other conditions. And just as our relationships impact our moods, our moods also impact our relationships.We can help you find a path through the often bewildering maze of interpersonal relationships and life’s challenges by developing healthier and more effective ways of relating—not only to others but to yourself as well.

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Specialized assessment and treatment (CBT and ACT) for trauma and stress-related conditions, health, anxiety, pain, and depressive disorders. Background in working with US veterans, first-responders, healthcare providers, and other work-related trauma and injury.

♦ Conduct clinical evaluations with forensic mental health population. ♦ Perform neuropsychological and psychological assessment, including testing, scoring, feedback, and report writing.♦ Facilitate weekly individual and group therapy sessions for State Parolee, County Probation, and Federal Probation clients.♦ Provide evaluative and treatment updates to Federal Agents, State Parole Agents, and County Probation officers regarding clients’ risk and adherence to treatment and conditions utilizing criminal justice containment (integrative) model.♦ Provide community, psychological and behavioral recommendations as appropriate to each client♦ Participate in both independent and multi-disciplinary evaluations to formulate diagnostic impressions and provide treatment plans to provide comprehensive care.♦ Present program education at conferences and workshops.♦ Supervise practicum trainees, including monitoring cases, approving psychological reports, and weekly consultation.

Etkin Neurobiology Lab► PTSD Study Interviews: ♦ Conduct semi-structured mental health diagnostic interviews with complex populations according to research protocols ♦ Use specialized computer programs to assist in participant identification, data collection, and tracking such as DatStat, and electronic medical records. ♦ Identify, appropriately respond to, triage, report and follow up on participant-related concerns, including detailed documentation of critical incidents (e.g., reports of suicide ideation/intent). ♦ Assure quality data are collected and managed per Human Subjects Protections rules and regulations; implementation of quality assurance procedures and on-going monitoring of data collection.► Administrative Support: ♦ Support principal investigator, project manager, and research team in meeting administrative and compliance requirements; Assist in dissemination of site-specific project information and study site progress updates/reports.► Contribute to Dissemination of Study Results: ♦ Contribute to publication of manuscripts and present results at conferences and workshops; ♦ Assist in the preparation of grant applications, which may include drafting assigned sections.

Completed Postdoc Residency in the department of Medical Psychiatry and in the Pain Management Clinic. ►Department of Medical Psychiatry: conducted intake, follow-up, and on-call health psychology consults, outpatient individual therapy, and administer brief assessments. Handled a caseload of 15 patients per week. ♦ Facilitated group discussions on various psychoeducation topics and held group and individual therapy sessions.♦ Supervised practicum students and served as department liaison for consultations and referrals.►Pain Management Clinic: key team member of an interdisciplinary healthcare team dedicated to aiding patients coping with chronic pain. ♦ Taught weekly classes to chronic pain patients on various topics, facilitated a weekly mindfulness group, and conducted yoga classes for chronic pain.♦ Facilitated consults and administered brief assessments, documented clinical encounters for outcome data and research purposes. ♦ Presented didactic presentations for staff and patients regarding various diagnosis, treatments, and interventions.

Fulfilled Psychologist Internship requirements in the Developmental Neuropsychology Clinic, Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction, and the Harris County Psychiatric Center.► Developmental Neuropsychology Clinic: assessed and treated behavioral and emotional concerns in infants, children, adolescents, and young adults with developmental, neuropsychological, and genetic concerns.♦ Applied and administered specialized instruments such as, ABAS-3, ADHD screeners, CBCL, CPT-2, PChIPS, SRS-2, SB-5, MHS, WIAT-III, WJ, to assess infants and psychiatric concerns in children, adolescents and adults.♦ Executed neuropsychological assessments such as, Cognistat, DKEFS, CVLT-II, Grooved Pegboard, NEPPSY, RAVLT, RBANS, Rey-O, TOPF, WISC-V, and WMS. ♦ Research rater of current clinical trials for adults and children, sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry, and NIH-funded projects associated with the Autism Center of Excellence program and Rare Disease Consortium. ►Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addiction: assessed and treated substance use disorders at the Treatment Research Clinic (TRC) and clinical research at the CRNA, a nationally recognized center dedicated to the development of science-based treatment for substance abuse disorders.Hosted studies examining behavioral and pharmacological interventions for the treatment of cocaine, marijuana, and other drug addictions.♦ Completed structured diagnostic, MINI and SCID-5, and drug history interviews. ►Harris County Psychiatric Center (HCPC) – Adult: completed neuropsychological and psycho-diagnostic assessment and treatment stabilization for a diverse population.♦ Provided evidence based psychology services to patients including psychological assessments, brief individual therapy, group therapy sessions, and one-hour individual clinical sessions.

Integrative Healthcare and Neuropsychology Research Cluster Affiliate♦ Researched, reviewed, and presented on various measures of neuropsychology; wrote, edited and presented academic papers for publishing. ♦ Assisted with the establishment of the Neuropsychology-Psychology Research Lab.

Held psychotherapy, psycho-educational, and process groups with children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients in an inpatient setting suffering from various levels of depression, intermittent explosive disorder, oppositional defiant, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, etc. ♦ Conducted psychological assessments on children, adolescents, and adults using WISC-IV, WAIS-IV, Rorschach, TAT, RBANS, Cognistat, MMPI-2, MCMI, PAI, and self-report questionnaires to answer diagnostic and treatment planning questions.

Hellen Diller Cancer Center♦ Coordinated the recruitment, intake, and data analysis of participants for a research study with oncology patients and their families for the purpose of understanding levels of communication, cohesion distress associated with diagnosis.

Led individual and group therapy sessions for patients suffering from severe mental illness documenting case notes for annual reports and billing. ♦ Created and facilitated 3-4 group meetings per week on various support topics. ♦ Completed Neuropsychological assessment training and battery.