Shira Max, Psy.D. Email & Phone Number

San Diego, Ca, Us

Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton

• Lead a peer review program to ensure high-quality mental health services.• Organize continuing education to keep staff updated on professional practices.• Prepare reports on funding and specialty programs for leadership.• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated care.• Delegate tasks based on priorities and team strengths.• Oversee recruitment, promotions, and reassignments.• Coach, mentor and guide staff in professional and administrative matters to optimize performance.• Telehealth Excellence Academy for Military Medical Services (TEAMMS), Co-founder

Navy Medicine Readiness & Training Command San Diego (Nmrtc-Sd), San Diego, Ca, Usa

•Clinical Services: Deliver psychological services to military men and women. Foster psychological readiness, resiliency, and fitness for duty. Collaborate with individual patients, command leadership and treatment team to evaluate mental health status, conduct psychological testing, deliver mental health treatment, make dispositional decisions, determine service suitability, and coordinate administrative readiness processes. Deliver evidenced-based individual and group psychotherapy in CBT, DBT skills, Cognitive Experiential Dream Therapy, CBT for Insomnia, PTSD therapies (PE, CPT, STAIR and EMDR), Mindfulness, and Mantram Repetition. Provide clinical supervision of post-doctoral candidates and trainees. Consistently exceed clinical productivity objectives and maintain excellent professional standards for patient care and participation in graduate education, scholarly activity, research and professionalism. •Virtual Telehealth Program Coordinator. Organized and led DMH Telehealth workgroup to establish policies and procedural recommendations for virtual group therapy. Presented Virtual Group Therapy Policies and Procedures for Patients and Providers poster at APA Convention (2021). •Virtual Group Psychotherapy Researcher. (2020-Present) Conducted virtual group psychotherapy research to measure and interpret patient and provider experience and satisfaction with virtual group psychotherapy services.•DMH Wellness Committee Designer and Co-chair. Defined mission and vision, recruited committee members, developed and administered needs assessment survey, created on-line resources.•Genesis EMR Implementation Leadership Team (Local and Regional). Guided organizational change in preparation for new electronic medical record system (EMR) locally and for Western region. •Group Psychotherapy Standards Workgroup•Project leader and early adopter of various innovative programs designed to improve access to care: 4DX, Time-Limited Psychotherapy.

Evans Army Community Hospital - Fort Carson, Co

Child and Family Assistance Center (CAFAC). Provided outpatient psychotherapy (individual, group, couples and family) and primary care mental health services to active-duty service members, veterans and family members. Conduct comprehensive individual (adults, adolescents and children) and family assessments. Devised and continually updated effective treatment plans and consistently provided evidenced-based treatment. Initiated, conducted, and interpreted results of Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) patient needs assessment survey. Contributing author of the Behavioral Health Consultant component of the Army PCMH standard operating procedures (SOP) manual.Community Behavioral Health Teams (Unit-Embedded Behavioral Health Team). Provided all aspects of mental health care to include diagnostic assessment, treatment, and behavioral health care coordination to a battalion of over 900 infantry soldiers in preparation for deployment in June 2011. Efforts resulted in effective deployment readiness as evidenced by over 100% battalion asset strength and no unanticipated non-deployable soldiers due to mental health problems, at time of deployment departure.• Built a collaborative, effective working relationship with battalion leadership to enhance mental health at all levels and optimize force strength on a time frame in line with deployment objectives. Provided psycho-educational programs to unit leadership on early intervention for suicide prevention, stress management, depression management, PTSD education, and critical incident stress debriefings. • Utilized health psychology techniques and principals to treat patients coping with trauma, chronic pain, anxiety, and stress to include individual therapy and biofeedback (Alpha-Stim, Resperate).• Created and conducted weekly yoga therapy class for stress management and anxiety reduction.

Jerry L Pettis Va Medical Center, Loma Linda, Ca

Health Psychology and Mental Health/Primary Care IntegrationRotation: Primary Care Psychology - General Internal Medicine• Co-facilitated Group Medical Appointments (GMAs) with multidisciplinary staff for patients with Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, Diabetes, Psychiatry, and General Internal Medicine concerns; and offered care coordination to mental health services. Provided psychoeducational classes on stress management, pain management, depression management, anger management, and co-morbid PTSD with substance abuse.Rotation: Primary Care Psychology - Women’s Health Clinic (WHC)• Designed, implemented, and conducted clinical research of Integrated Women’s Health Treatment (IWHT™) program to identify patients that may benefit from brief treatment for chronic illnesses, stress-related illnesses, depression, anxiety, obesity, substance abuse, eating disorders, and trauma/military sexual trauma/domestic violence. Engaged women veterans in brief CBT, IPT, and Solution-Focused Therapy, and referred patients for other behavioral health services within the medical center..Rotation: Health Psychology - Behavioral Medicine Service • Re-designed pain management program into a multi-disciplinary primary and specialty care program which included providers from Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rheumatology, Anesthesiology, and Poly-Trauma/Neuropsychology, to reduce patient access barriers and improve treatment of chronic pain conditions. Program design, implementation and formative evaluations of Health Education for Adaptive Living (H.E.A.L.) to improve symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression. Integrated Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) therapy via design, implementation and clinical research of “Yoga Vets” program for veterans with hypertension. Conducted spinal cord stimulator implant and bariatric surgery evaluations. Implemented “Employee Yoga” program, a weekly lunchtime class to promote staff self-care.

Jerry L Pettis Va Medical Center, Loma Linda Va Medical Center

Rotation: Dual Diagnosis/Addictions Treatment Program/Psyciatric Inpatient Unit Supervisor: R. Scott Wenger, Psy.D., Director of Psychology Training• Care coordination with multidisciplinary treatment teams for veterans with suicidal behavior, dual diagnosis, co-occurring substance abuse and PTSD, and acute psychosis. Provided diagnostic assessment and utilized motivational interviewing techniques to evaluate and reduce suicidal/homicidal and other self-harm behaviors. Facilitated several psychotherapy groups including a 10-week CBT group drawing upon cognitive and Buddhist psychologies to foster improved coping and reduce self-harm behaviors.Rotation: Neuropsychology Supervisor: David C. Anderson, Ph.D., ABPP-CL/CN, Neuropsychologist, Health Psychologist • Evaluated brain-behavior relationships and functional deficits stemming from impaired brain functioning; presented cases at weekly neuropsychological case conferences. Conducted neuropsychological testing and assessment of common neurobehavioral syndromes including dementias, amnestic disorders, cerebral vascular accidents, pseudo-dementia, and traumatic brain injuries.Rotation: Trauma Recovery Services (TRS) Supervisor: Lois Perez, Ph.D., Chief of Psychology/Behavioral Medicine Services• Provided psychological assessments and individual and group psychotherapy to treat men and women veterans with PTSD related to combat trauma, childhood sexual trauma, and military sexual trauma using psycho-education, CPT, CBT, and PE treatment modalities. Initiated a 6-week yoga program for veterans with PTSD.

Castle Medical Center, Kailua, Hi

Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at Castle Medical Center; Kailua, HI Supervisor: M. Kate Thomas, RN, CLNC, Director of Behavioral HealthImplemented needs assessment, program design and implementation of new comprehensive therapeutic program for adult acute psychiatric inpatient population. Components of therapeutic program included group therapy, family education groups, and milieu management to meet individual treatment plan objectives. Facilitated staff training on patient-centered care and milieu management.

Waianae, Hi

Child and Family ClinicSupervisor: John Myhre, Psy.D., Staff PsychologistProvided assessment and psychotherapy services offered in a community mental health clinic serving children and families predominantly of Polynesian and Micronesian descent, many of whom were homeless.

Kaneohe, Hi

Assessment Supervisor: Irene M. Mazurok, LCSW, CSAC, Contract ManagerClinical and forensic evaluations for the Department of Human Services (DHS) and Child Welfare Services (CWS) for families affected by substance abuse. Facilitated individual and group psychotherapy for residential and outpatient clients.

Honolulu, Hi

Pain Rehabilitation ProgramSupervisor: Kathleen Brown, Ph.D., Clinical/Health Psychologist; DirectorProvided comprehensive assessment and treatment for patients with a variety of chronic pain conditions and co-morbid psychiatric disorders.

Honolulu, Hi

Supervisor: Scott Hashimoto, Psy.D., J.D.,HIV/AIDS Advocacy and SupportConducted extensive evaluations and psychological testing for HIV+ adults and adolescents, at Halawa Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison, as well as at community clinics, hospitals, schools and home settings.

Kapi'Olani Medical Center For Women & Children, Honolulu, Hi

Supervisor: Cindy Shimomi-Saito, QCSW, DirectorProvided emergency crisis response to victims of sexual assault for island of Oahu. Conducted clinical interviews to assess for appropriate medical care and coordinated care and forensic aspects with on-call physicians and investigatory agencies. Assisted with forensic examinations, collected and secured evidence, and served as medical-legal advocate for patients.

Master’S Degree, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Community Service Award, Argosy University Hawai’i 2003

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

Activities and Societies: Award for Commitment to Serve Diverse & Marginalized Populations, Argosy University Hawai’i 2005

Bachelor’S Degree, Leisure Studies And Intercultural Communications

Activities and Societies: Kappa Kappa Gamma