EDUCATION

1995

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology—The Fielding Institute, Santa Barbara, CA

1989 –1991    

Internship in Clinical Psychology
Psychology Department, CPC Hospital, Santa Ana, CA

ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES

1996-1997

Post-doctoral Fellowship in Pediatric Psychoeducational Assessment Reiss-Davis Child Study Center, Los Angeles, CA

1977                       

Physician Associate Certification, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

CREDENTIALS AND AFFILIATIONS

1999-present                       

Licensed as a Psychologist in California, Number 16156

1999-2002

Board of Directors, International Dyslexia Association, Orange County

2000-present

Member Orange County Psychological Association

1990 -present                       

Member, American Psychological Association

1995-present                       

Member, California Psychological Association

1980

Licensed as a Physician Assistant in California, PA 10760

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2000                        

CLINICAL PRACTICE

1999

Independent private practice, Corona del Mar/Newport Beach, CA: Child and Adolescent Psychoeducational Assessment and Psychotherapy (ages 5-22), Consultant for Orange, Tustin, Irvine, Santa Ana, Saddleback, Placentia-Yorba Linda, Huntington Beach Unified School Districts, In-Service Provider for Downey Unified School District, Expert Witness: Psychoeducational Assessment

1996-1998  

Post-doctoral Fellow, Pediatric Psychoeducational Assessment, Reiss-Davis Child Study Center and Vista del Mar Residential Care Center under the supervision of Joan Browner, Ph.D., Los Angeles, CA

1991-1995

Psychological Assistant, General Clinical Psychology under the supervision  of Mark King, Ph.D., Newport Beach, CA

DISSERTATION      

1995             

An affective dysregulation model of hypochondriasis.

PUBLIC SPEAKING TOPICS

Collaborative Problem Solving

Dyslexia/Learning Disabilities

Psychoeducational Assessment

Evidence-based Remediation Strategies