| Ph.D. - 1998 |
| Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama |
| Clinical Psychology (APA accredited) |
| Dissertation Title: Not enough time to exercise?: A study of the relationship between time spent engaged in daily activities and exercise |
| M.S. - 1992 |
| Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama |
| Clinical Psychology (APA accredited) |
| Thesis Title: Scheduling Tasks Over Time: An Empirical Investigation into Procrastination |
| B.A. - 1989 |
| San Diego State University, San Diego, California |
| Psychology |
| Therapist - April 1999 - Present |
| Private Practice |
| · Provide psychotherapy for individuals, couples, families, and groups. |
| Therapist - October 1995 - December 1999 |
| Sexual Assault Center of Pierce County |
| · Conduct psychological assessments to determine appropriateness for treatment at agency and to facilitate treatment planning. |
| · Provide individual, couples, and group treatment for adults and adolescents with a history of sexual abuse and/or assault. |
| · Participate in training of volunteer advocates and board members. |
| Internship - 1994 - 1995 |
| Seattle Veterans Administration Medical Center (APA accredited) |
| · Outpatient PTSD Clinic - Mental health clinic focusing on trauma |
| Participated as co-therapist in both women’s and men’s PTSD groups. |
| Provided individual and couples therapy for adults with PTSD. |
| Personality and PTSD assessment. |
| · Inpatient Substance Abuse - Interdisciplinary treatment team |
| Provided group therapy, treatment planning, case coordination, and brief cognitive and personality screening primarily with adult males. |
| · Inpatient Spinal Cord Injury - Multidisciplinary treatment team |
| Provided individual psychotherapy and neuropsychological assessment for adult males with spinal cord injury. Provided consultation and in-service training for treatment team members. |
| · Chronic Pain Clinic - Co-disciplinary team (anesthesiology & psychology) |
| Participated in team interventions with chronic pain patients and their families. Provided individual and couples therapy. Assessment of chronic pain syndrome. |
| 1990 - 1994 |
| Psychological Services Center, Auburn University, Alabama |
| Community outpatient facility for all ages of clients |
| · Individual and couples therapy for adults. |
| · Intakes with adults, children, couples and families. |
| · Personality and cognitive assessment of adults and adolescents. |
| 1993 |
| East Alabama Medical Center - Psychiatric Unit |
| Short-term inpatient facility providing medication to stabilize symptoms and referral to either long-term inpatient care or outpatient treatment |
| · Attended patient rounds and consulted with psychiatrist. |
| · Conducted brief interviews and counseling with patients to assess treatment needs and evaluate medication effects. |
| 1992 |
| Tuskegee Veterans Administration Medical Center |
| Psychology Technician at Outpatient Day Treatment Program - primarily for veterans with chronic psychiatric complaints |
| · Individual and group therapy for both male and female veterans. |
| · Assessment of personality and cognitive functioning. |
| · Consultant to multidisciplinary team. |
| · Team treatment planning. |
| June 1991 - August 1991 |
| Teaching Assistant for Human Sexual Behavior Course |
| Auburn University |
| · Prepared and conducted class topics for discussion sections. |
| · Constructed and graded all tests. |
| January 1991 - March 1991 |
| Supervisor and instructor of all Introductory Psychology courses |
| Auburn University |
| · Prepared and presented lectures and class activities to two sections of approximately 400 students each. |
| · Supervised all instructors of small sections of course. |
| · Constructed objective tests and course syllabus for all sections of introductory psychology. |
| · Met with students individually to assist them with understanding course materials. |
| · Conducted question and answer sections that were open to all students enrolled in introductory psychology courses. |
| September 1989 - September 1990 |
| Instructor for Introductory Psychology Course |
| Auburn University |
| · Prepared and presented lectures and class activities to two sections of approximately 40 students each for four academic quarters. |
| · Constructed, administered, and graded all tests. |
| March 1999 - June 2000 |
| Research Site Coordinator, Treatment Research Institute |
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· Conduct detailed clinical interviews with individuals with histories of substance abuse and felony arrests. |
| · Responsible for supervision of nine staff interviewers. |
| · Perform all data tracking for the site. |
| · Work with jail administrators and managers of the Breaking the Cycle program to remedy problems related to data collection. |
| · Perform accounting tasks for tracking funds used for site. |
| · Responsible for all operations of the site. |
| 1992 - 1994 |
| Graduate Research Assistant, Auburn University |
| Alcohol Studies Research Program |
| · Conducted detailed clinical interviews with individuals with histories of alcohol abuse and collateral participants. |
| · Responsible for initial contact and recruitment of collateral participants. |
| · Data coding, entry, and graphing. |
| · Computer system consultant. |
| September 1991 - August 1992 |
| Graduate Research Assistant, Auburn University |
| Anxiety Disorder Research |
| · Developed scenario scripts for use in anxiety disorder research. |
| · Wrote proposals for human subjects committee submission. |
| · Recorded and tracked research team meeting proceedings and progress. |
| October 1988 - July 1989 |
| Research Assistant, San Diego State University Foundation |
| Chemical Senses |
| · Conducted olfactory adaptation experiments with both young and elderly subjects. |
| · Conducted olfactory and gustatory threshold experiments with Alzheimer’s patients and controls. |
| · Prepared solutions and set up and operated olfactometer. |
| · Analyzed data and taught others how to set up data files and run Macintosh computer programs. |
| August 1988 - April 1989 |
| Research Assistant, San Diego State University |
| · Conducted extensive literature research on giftedness of children. |
| · Collected data gifted children’s program files |
| · Conducted literature search on Raven’s Progressive Matrices. |
| September 1984 - December 1984 |
| Research Assistant, San Diego State University |
| · Conducted experiments on olfactory memory and cognition. |
| · Prepared stimuli and scheduled subjects. |
American Psychological Association
Washington State Psychological Association
Domestic Violence Training Program: Issues in Perpetrator Treatment
(30 hours) Seattle, WA, December 1994 and Spokane, WA, January 1995.
Meets staff training requirements for Washington State certified perpetrators treatment
program.
Presenters: Anne Ganley, Ph.D., Joan Zegree, A.C.S.W., and Meg Cragor, M.A.
Domestic Violence Training Program: Victim Issues in Domestic Violence
(15 hours) Seattle, WA, August 1994 and (15 hours) Seattle, WA, September 1995
Meets staff training requirements for Washington State certified perpetrators treatment
program.
Presenters: Merrile J. Cousin, B.S. and Alma Goddard, B.A.
Sexual Assault Advocacy Training
(40 hours) Tacoma, WA, February 1996
Presenter: Eileen King, Director of Advocacy Services, Sexual Assault Center of Pierce
County
Trauma and Dissociation: Assessment and Treatment
(16 hours) Lake Chelan, WA, April 17-18, 1997
Presenter: Thomas Carlton, M.D.
EMDR Level I Training
(17 hours) Sacramento, CA, July 31-August 2, 1998
Presenter: Barbara Parrett, R.N., M.S.
EMDR Level I and Level II Training
(17 hours) Redmond, WA, October 2-November13, 2004
Presenter: Barbara Parrett, R.N., M.S.