EDUCATION

Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Forensic Psychology

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, Illinois

Doctoral Dissertation: The Gay Panic Defense and Moral Disengagement in Mock Jurors

Doctoral Degree Conferral: 2016

California License Number: PSY30455

North Carolina License Number: 5888

Bachelor of Science in Psychology

Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

clinical training & experience

Post-doctoral Clinical Experience

San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California - Staff Psychologist

• Provided therapy, assessment, and crisis intervention services in the enhanced outpatient population.

California Medical Facility, Vacaville, California - Staff Psychologist

• Provided mental health services in various treatment programs, including the general population, outpatient mental health programs, an inpatient psychiatric treatment facility, and the mental health crisis treatment facility.

• Completed comprehensive clinical intakes, individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, psychological assessment, and crisis assessment and intervention.

Pre-doctoral Clinical Training

San Quentin State Prison, APA-Accredited Internship Program - Pre-doctoral Intern

• Provided individual and group psychotherapy to adult male inmates with a wide range of psychiatric diagnoses in the Mental Health Services Delivery System incarcerated at San Quentin.

• Performed psychological evaluations for referral questions including differential diagnoses, symptom validity, and cognitive impairment.

Graduate Clinical Training

Chicago Metropolitan Forensic Services, Hines, Illinois

• Performed forensic evaluations with criminal defendants for questions of violence risk, fitness to stand trial, and not guilty by reason of insanity defenses.

Private Practice, Grayslake, Illinois

• Performed psychological evaluations with children, adolescents, and adults with academic, giftedness, and ADHD referrals.

Sheridan Shores Care and Rehabilitation Center, Chicago, Illinois

• Provided individual and group psychotherapy to elderly individuals diagnosed with chronic mental illness in a psychiatric nursing home.

Dixon Correctional Center, Dixon, Illinois

• Performed psychological evaluations with adult male inmates in order to clarify diagnoses, determine the appropriateness of placement, and assess for malingering

The Forensic Center, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, Illinois

• Provided re-entry support for transitioning clients with a criminal history.

professional AFFILIATIONS

• American Psychological Association (APA)

• American Psychology-Law Society (APLS)