About

Experience

I have over 25 years of training and experience in the psychological assessment and treatment of adults from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. My professional experience is drawn from a broad range of settings, including both outpatient and inpatient services. In the corporate sector, I have provided management training and organizational consultation to businesses ranging from retail franchise to multinational, Fortune 500 corporation.

My practical training in mental health services included two years providing counseling and marital therapy to community members at a university-affiliated mental health clinic, three years providing therapy in a university counseling center, one year of individualized group psychotherapy training in an urban, community mental health center, one year providing comprehensive psychological assessments for a state bureau of vocational rehabilitation at a behavioral neuropsychology clinic, and a year providing treatment and evaluation in a state psychiatric hospital.

I completed an American Psychological Association accredited, predoctoral internship in clinical psychology through Cornerstone Behavioral Health, where I received specialized training in evidence-based, psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalytic theory, as well as the evaluation and treatment of adults living with co-occurring severe mental illness and developmental disabilities in a private residential facility. During my internship, I also provided a year of substance abuse treatment in a community mental health center setting, in addition to providing community members with individual and marital therapy in a private practice setting.

I completed my postdoctoral work in forensic and correctional psychology through California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS), where I continued to enjoy success in working with underserved, behaviorally challenging and culturally diverse “treatment resistant” populations within a residential setting. In 2012, I was a recipient of the National Register of Health Service Psychologists Early Career Psychologist scholarship. I retired in 2015 from CCHCS as a Senior Supervising Psychologist managing the daily operations of a mental health department in a maximum security setting. I also served as the Director of Clinical Training, and clinical supervisor, for pre-licensed psychologists and social workers seeking post-graduate experience in corrections.

In 2015, I entered into independent, private practice in Reno, Nevada, where I provided psychotherapy and comprehensive psychological evaluation services throughout Northern Nevada, as well as peace officer evaluations as a POST-Qualified Examiner in California. I permanently relocated my practice to Las Vegas, NV in 2020. In addition to California and Nevada, the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) has granted me the Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT) as a Licensed Psychologist throughout 33 states.

I hold a Certificate of Effectiveness awarded by A Collaborative Outcomes Research Network through independent statistical analysis of my therapy outcomes. I have completed Level 3 training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy. Having completed the Training and Certification Program of the A. K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems (AKRI) in 2023, I am an AKRI-Certified Consultant with right to work in AKRI-sponsored Group Relations Conferences. I have a special interest in working with healthcare providers, fellow mental health professionals, and trainees.

Outside of my private practice as a Clinical Psychologist in Las Vegas, NV, I am former Vice President of the A.K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems (AKRI), having completed two terms as an elected member of the Board of Directors. During this tenure, I also served as Chair of the Internal Relations Committee, as well as a member of the AKRI Executive Committee, Academic Research and Publication Committee, and Information Technology Committee. In addition to my leadership within the national organization of AKRI, I am also a former elected member of the Board of Directors for Grex, the West Coast Affiliate of the A.K. Rice Institute.