Private Child & Adolescent Psychologist
January 2012 - Present
Helping patients utilize cognitive-behavioral techniques to cope with life’s problems. Utilizing strength based educational strategies for individuals with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD), Executive Skills training/coaching, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Autism and Social Pragmatic Disorder, traumatic stress and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), social skills training, anger management, behavior modification, and parent training.
Port Jefferson School District Psychologist
Port Jefferson, NY
Sept 2005 - Present
Providing individual and group school based counseling and social skill training,
instructing and mentoring students, consulting with teachers to determine best
instructional interventions, meeting with parents to address learning and behavior
problems that interfere with academic achievement and social development, designing
and implementing student progress systems, creating academic and behavior
interventions, observing classrooms to support positive learning environments,
implementing school-wide programs to increase motivation for all students, collecting
and analyzing data related to student behavior in collaboration with administrators to
improve school climate, promoting school policies and practices, conducting classroom
lessons to address bullying concerns, designing protocols and providing crisis response
interventions in coordination with needed community services, consulting with outside
clinicians to support comprehensive mental health services, constructing transition plans,
participating and leading committee meetings for special education students, performing
academic, cognitive, and emotional assessments, leading school study team meetings.
East End Psychological Services Psychologist
Miller Place, NY
Sept 2006 - 2012
Provided individual and family therapy for children, adolescents, and their families involving attentional issues, oppositional behavioral problems, autism spectrum disorders, anxiety, depression, crisis intervention, parent training, selective mutism, social skills training, behavior management, school consultation, school avoidance/refusal, childhood trauma and abuse, and learning disabilities.
Consultant for Neuropsychological Assessment
Concord, MA
June 2010-2012
Review of interviews, observations, medical records, and testing records in order to determine the relationship of abilities, behaviors, and mental skills in children.
Supervisor: Dr. David Gleason, Psychologist
Wediko Boston School Based Program School Psychologist
Boston, MA
Sept. 2004 - June 2005
Conducted psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral therapy with children, adolescents,
and their families, consulted with guidance and administration, attending individual and
group supervision, participated in case conferences, weekly in-service training and family
therapy seminar, provided supervision to a school psychology student, and performed
neuropsychological, psychological and educational batteries.
Supervisors: Dr. Ed Zadravec, Senior Consultant, Dr. Anne Gehrenbeck-Shim
Testing Supervisor: Dr. David Gleason, Psychologist
Wediko Children’s Services Summer Program Clinical Supervisor
Windsor, NH
Summer 2004
Supervised a therapeutic group of adolescent girls ages 15-18, led daily group therapy,
provided treatment planning, crisis intervention, individual therapy, wrote child clinical
reports, attended biweekly individual supervision and group supervision meetings,
attended family therapy meetings, and supervised direct care staff.
Supervisors: Dr. Harry W. Parad, Executive Director
New York Presbyterian Special Needs Clinic After-School Coordinator
NY, NY
Sept. 2001 - May 2003
Co-led weekly psychotherapy groups with children infected and affected by the HIV
virus; collaborated with group leaders to organize and plan play therapy activities;
attended weekly group supervision; organized meetings with patients’ families and
clinicians; composed and maintained order of group clinical notes.
Supervisor: Dr. Virginia Robles, Program Director
New York Presbyterian Summer Program Coordinator
New York, NY
June 2002 - August 2002
Organized and implemented group recreational art activities and field trips for children
whose lives have been infected and affected by the HIV virus.
Supervisor: Dr. Topher Collier, Program Coordinator
Wediko Children’s Services Psychology Intern
Boston, MA & Windsor, NH
June 2003 - June 2004
Providing individual and group school based counseling and social skill training,
instructing and mentoring students, consulting with teachers to determine best
instructional interventions, meeting with parents to address learning and behavior
problems that interfere with academic achievement and social development, designing
and implementing student progress systems, creating academic and behavior
interventions, observing classrooms to support positive learning environments,
implementing school-wide programs to increase motivation for all students, collecting
and analyzing data related to student behavior in collaboration with administrators to
improve school climate, promoting school policies and practices, conducting classroom
lessons to address bullying concerns, designing protocols and providing crisis response
interventions in coordination with needed community services, consulting with outside
clinicians to support comprehensive mental health services, constructing transition plans,
participating and leading committee meetings for special education students, performing
academic, cognitive, and emotional assessments, leading school study team meetings.
New York Presbyterian Special Needs Clinic Psychology Extern
New York, NY
Sept. 2002 - May 2003
Conducted psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral therapy with individual children and
adults who have complex neuropsychiatric/behavioral/learning problems and have been
infected and affected by the HIV epidemic; performed psychological assessment
batteries; presented clinical material at staff meetings; attended weekly didactic seminars
and individual supervision meetings.
Supervisors: Dr. Katherine Gomez, Psychologist, Dr. Virginia Robles, Training Director
Testing Supervisor: Dr. Topher Collier, Psychologist
New York Presbyterian Hospital Pediatric Psychiatry Crisis Service Extern
New York, NY
July 2001 - May 2002
Performed diagnostic intakes in triage of children with suicidal ideation or suicide
attempts, psychoses, mood disorders, and disruptive behaviors, presented case material at
weekly crisis team meetings; collaborated with health care professionals in treatment
planning; conducted short term crisis interventions with children, adolescents and
families; performed cognitive, neuropsychological and emotional assessments of children
and adolescents; attended weekly supervision meetings.
Supervisor: Dr. Robert Feiguine, Clinic Director
New York City Public Elementary School 72 Psychology Extern
New York, NY
Sept. 2000 - June 2001
Consulted on mental health and group dynamic issues with principals, social workers,
teachers, and parents in Spanish Harlem; modeled lesson planning and classroom
management for new teachers to assist with challenging students; aided in crisis
intervention; provided counseling for struggling students; led psycho-educational groups
for monolingual and bilingual (with translator) parents; developed and implemented an
art therapy group for fourth grade special education students; organized and co-led a
stress management group for teachers; participated in weekly student intervention team
meetings; designed and led weekly leadership training for fifth and sixth grade students;
coordinated student support services; instituted a violence prevention program for fourth
grade students; attended weekly individual supervision meetings.
Supervisors: Dr. Bonnie Jacobson, Group Therapist and Dr. Topher Collier, Psychologist
Berkeley Carroll Pre-K & Elementary School Psychology Extern
New York, NY
Dec. 1999 - June 2000
Consulted with pre-kindergarten teachers, parents and director; provided therapeutic
support for individual children in pre-k; conducted behavioral observations; provided
cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety management and stress reduction; led a social
skills group for fourth grade boys; attended weekly supervision meetings.
Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth Kloner, Psychologist
New York City Public Elementary School 153 Psychology Extern
New York, NY
Sept. 1999 - Dec. 1999
Provided therapeutic support for individual children in grades K-6, conducted behavioral
observations; co-led a social skills group for children; participated in weekly pupil
personnel committee meetings; attended weekly supervision meetings.
Supervisor: Dr. Eileen Kaplan, Psychologist
The New York University Warm Line Counselor
New York, NY
Sept. 1999 - May 2000
Counseled parents on child development and parenting issues using a non-medical
telephone service; conducted extensive telephone interviews; offered practical
suggestions; made appropriate referrals for interventions; recommended relevant reading
materials; participated in individual supervision.
Supervisor: Dr. Lawrence Balter, Psychologist
NYU INSIGHTS into Children’s Temperament Project
New York, NY
June 1999 - June 2002
Research assistant for the INSIGHTS team aimed at reducing behavioral distress among
at-risk disadvantaged urban children and their caregivers by using a temperament-based
preventive intervention; designed and implemented a classroom observational coding
system to assess teacher and student interactions in inner city classrooms; conducted
diagnostic interviews; coded caregiver and child interactions on videotape, entered and
analyzed observational data; trained research assistants; assisted in the coordination of
intervention within an urban school district.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sandee McClowry
Co-Investigators: Dr. Catherine Tamis-Lemonda, Dr. David Snow
Colgate University Psychology Department
New York, NY
Aug. 1996 - Dec. 1996
Researched the relationship between emotion and color by analyzing the drawings made
by elementary students; designed assessment procedures to assess emotion; organized
and coordinated research project in a rural public elementary school.
Supervisor: Dr. Regina Conti, Professor
Prep for Prep
New York, NY
Summer 2001
Conducted cognitive evaluations of intellectually gifted students from minority
backgrounds using the WISC-III and Stanford-Binet IV.
Supervisor: Dr. Carlos Prieto, Training Director
