Curriculum Vitae
Education
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
Clinical Experience
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
- Conducted psychological assessments to determine appropriateness for treatment at agency and to facilitate treatment planning.
- Provided individual, couples, and group treatment for adults and adolescents with a history of sexual abuse and/or assault.
- Participated 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.
Teaching Experience
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.
Research Experience
March 1999 – June 2000
Research Site Coordinator, Treatment Research Institute
- Conducted detailed clinical interviews with individuals with histories of substance abuse and felony arrests.
- Responsible for supervision of nine staff interviewers.
- Performed all data tracking for the site.
- Worked with jail administrators and managers of the Breaking the Cycle program to remedy problems related to data collection.
- Performed 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, Anxiety Disorder Research, Auburn University
- 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, Chemical Senses, San Diego State University Foundation
- 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.
Professional Affiliations
- American Psychological Association
- Washington State Psychological Association