• Provided intake assessments and individual therapy to veterans (90% male) for a variety of service-connected issues and presenting problems

• Utilized empirically-supported treatments (e.g., CBT, CPT, ACT) for mood disorders, PTSD related to combat and military sexual trauma (MST), and adjustment issues

• Conducted comprehensive pain assessments that include MMPI-2 and integrated testing results into comprehensive reports

• Attended weekly individual supervision and maintain session notes and related paperwork

• Conducted neuropsychological evaluations of patients who present with neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia and stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

• Reviewed medical records and conducted interviews with patients and family members

• Administered and scored neuropsychological tests (e.g., Wechsler Memory Scale, Third and Fourth Editions, Boston Naming Test, Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System)

• Participated in team case consultation and formulation

• Provided intake assessments and individual therapy to women veterans for a variety of service-connected psychiatric and adjustment issues

• Used a variety of empirically supported treatments (e.g. CBT, CPT, ACT) for military sexual trauma (MST), a broad range of mood disorders, anxiety disorders including PTSD, somatoform disorders, and sleep disorders

• Gained experience with crisis intervention and safety planning for suicidality

• Consulted with inpatient unit and participated in multidisciplinary team rounds when patient required hospitalization

• Provided comprehensive assessment of candidates for bariatric surgery

• Attended weekly individual supervision and maintained session notes and related paperwork

Practicum Therapist & Behavioral Medicine Consultant Sept. 2007-May 2008

Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health

Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University

Supervisor: Tobi Fishel, Ph.D.

• Provided consultation and liaison services for children and adolescents with diabetes (Type I and Type II) and their parents

• Worked with a multi-disciplinary team including physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, and nutritionists

• Addressed concerns including non-adherence to medical regimen, adjustment disorder, depression, anxiety, family and social relationship problems

• Provided outpatient individual and family therapy through affiliated psychiatric clinic

• Gained experience applying cognitive-behavioral, family systems and integrative health models to treatment

• Maintained session notes and participated in individual and group supervision

• Provided individual and family therapy to adolescent offenders at an all-male residential youth development center

• Co-lead 12-week substance abuse treatment group

• Gained experience applying motivational interviewing techniques in treatment

• Maintained session notes and related paperwork

• Conducted assessments of juvenile offenders committed to all-male (Woodland Hills) and all-female (New Visions) Youth Development Centers

• Interviewed and administered IQ, achievement, substance abuse, diagnostic and personality batteries to juvenile offenders

• Integrated interview, testing results and legal documentation into a comprehensive report to be used by staffing team for future intervention and treatment decisions

• Provided outpatient group therapy for adolescents with anxiety, depression, ADHD, and nonverbal learning disabilities

• Gained experience working with clients from cognitive-behavioral and psychoeducational theoretical perspectives

• Developed curriculum for weekly activities

• Maintained session notes

• Conducted assessments of adolescents and adults with Prader-Willi syndrome, a genetic disorder associated with developmental delay and a severe eating disorder that frequently leads to obesity

• Assessments included administration of cognitive and adaptive measures and production of summary reports

• Served as counselor for the Explorers Unlimited Academic Camp, a four-week long academic enrichment camp for adolescents and young adults with Down syndrome

• Worked with campers on issues related to self-esteem, perseverance, and self-determination.

• Provided individual therapy as needed

• Served as counselor for the Williams Syndrome Music Camp, a one-week long overnight camp for young adults with Williams Syndrome, a genetic disorder that leads to learning and developmental disabilities

• Worked with campers on life skills

• Lead group discussions of challenges common to individuals with Williams Syndrome and taught strategies for coping with these challenges

• Provided individual therapy as needed

• Served as counselor for the My Life, My Choice, My Plan, a two-week day camp for teenagers and young adults with Down syndrome

• Worked with campers on realization of life goals, life skills related to the transition after high school, tools to guide campers toward self-empowerment, and techniques to achieve a full and independent life

• Provided individual therapy as needed

• Observed and assisted with developmental assessments (cognitive, temperament, diagnostic) with internationally adopted infants and children

• Provided psychoeducation to prospective and newly adoptive parents including information about expected behaviors given their child’s pre-adoption history

• Collaborated with supervisor in providing feedback to parents regarding diagnosis and offered recommendations for necessary follow-up assessment and intervention

Vanderbilt University

Principal Investigator: David Cole, Ph.D.

Graduate Research Assistant

David Zeaman Student Award, Gatlinburg Conference on Research 2005

and Theory in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities,

Annapolis, Maryland

University Graduate Fellow, Vanderbilt University 2004-2010

Graduate Honor Scholarship, Peabody College, Vanderbilt 2004-2010

University

Travel Awards for conference presentations, Peabody 2004-2010

College and the Graduate School, Vanderbilt University

Association of Behavior and Cognitive Therapies, Graduate Student Member

Association for Psychological Science, Graduate Student Affiliate

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Graduate Student Member

• Attended a one-day training workshop on the theory, principles, and skills of motivational interviewing. Examined transtheoretical model that included stages of change as well as behavioral and experiential processes of change. Activities included role plays and group exercises designed to build skills around reflective listening, eliciting change talk, and strategies for reducing resistance

• Participated in full day training on body-centered techniques for dealing with the emotional and physical impact of trauma. Training focused on mindfulness and gestalt techniques.

Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders

Vanderbilt University

Instructor: Evon Batey Lee, Ph.D.

• Participated in two 2-hour training sessions on the administration, scoring, and use of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, a parent interview tool for measuring adaptive behavior skills. Training focused on application in both clinic-based and research settings.