Experience

Va Sierra Nevada Healthcare System
• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Staff Psychologist

  • Aug 2020 - Present

VA Northern California Healthcare System
• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Postdoctoral Psychology Fellow

  • Aug 2019 - Aug 2020
• Predoctoral Psychology Intern

  • Aug 2018 - Aug 2019

San Francisco VA Medical Center
• Psychology Extern

  • Jul 2017 - Jul 2018


California Department of Rehabilitation

• United States
• Government Administration
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Psychological Assessment Trainee

  • Jul 2016 - Jul 2018

  Provide support to vocational counselors in a government administration building by administering assessments to help adults with a variety of disabilities (intellectual, psychological, cognitive, neurological, and physical) find employment. Responsibilities include administering, scoring, and interpreting a full-range of assessment instruments within intellectual, achievement, neuropsychological, psychodiagnostic, projective, and vocational domains. Conduct in-depth, culturally sensitive clinical interviews and construct flexible psychological batteries on a case-by-case basis. Formulate comprehensive integrated reports and provide feedback to vocational counselors, social workers, and health providers regarding clinical referrals. Most common tests used: WAIS-IV, MMSE-2, WRAT-5, PAI, BDI-2, RISB, TMT, RBANS, MCMI-III, Rorschach, HTP. Show less



The Berkeley Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Clinic

• Psychology Trainee

  • Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

  Provide individual and group empirically supported treatments to low-income adults, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Mindfulness-Based Behavioral Therapy. Common problems faced by clients include General Anxiety Disorder, OCD, PTSD, Borderline Personality Disorder, somatoform disorders, and Depression. Tasks include: -Identify client’s primary pain and their maladaptive coping responses and determine the most effective and clinically indicated intervention. -Facilitate a Mind & Emotion group, which is a 12-week protocol that emphasizes emotion regulation skills and mood management skills. -Perform intake assessments, including a 2-hour interview, with emphasis on behavioral chain analyses for presenting problems, and a one-hour test administration of the PAI, the Trail Making Test, the DASS, and the CCI. Supplementary assessment and outcome measures are used throughout treatment, on a case-by-case basis. -Document progress notes, intake reports, case formulations, and treatment plans for each client. -Respond effectively to crisis situations, and coordinate services with other professionals. -Hold caseload of 6 individual clients and one hour and a half group per week, with one 3-hour intake assessment biweekly. Show less



Progress Foundation

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• • Aug 2013 - Dec 2015

  -Provided community-based residential treatment and supported housing programs for adults with mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse. -Responded to psychiatric or medical emergency situations, supported clients efforts to implement treatment plans, assisted and monitored client medications, and assisted in case management.

• • Jan 2014 - Sep 2014

  Provide support and assistance to clients at an Acute Diversion Unit (ADU), advocating for and responding to client's treatment and rehabilitation needs by:-Promoting the philosphy of social rehabilitation as it applies to residential treatment-Performing intake interviews-Group, individual, and family counseling-Coordination of activities-Discharge planning-Developing and maintaining contact with client's therapists and related treatment programs-Maintaining clinical records and documentation of the City and County of San Francisco Community Behavioral Health Services Show less



Acknowledge Alliance

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Collaborative Counseling Program Intern

  • Sep 2014 - Jun 2015

  Provide individual and group school-based psychotherapy to adolescents in the juvenile justice system. Most students face extreme adversities in their daily lives, including poverty and community violence. Additionally: -Work closely and collaboratively with teachers, administrators, and probation officers -Provide crisis intervention services. -Advocate for students to re-enter and transition back to public high schools. -Caseload of 5 individual clients and 1 group per week. Show less



Opportunity Connections

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Assistant and Mental Health Specialist

  • Nov 2012 - Jun 2013

  • Supported adults with psychiatric disabilities achieve greater independence and improve quality of life • Assigned a caseload of 2-4 clients per week for 1:1 sessions, and 1-2 group facilitations per week • Provided with individual NPI number, and was responsible for charting and billing procedures for Medi-Cal, via FileMaker Pro • Supported adults with psychiatric disabilities achieve greater independence and improve quality of life • Assigned a caseload of 2-4 clients per week for 1:1 sessions, and 1-2 group facilitations per week • Provided with individual NPI number, and was responsible for charting and billing procedures for Medi-Cal, via FileMaker Pro



The Family Network, Inc.

• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Adoption Home Study Intern

  • Jun 2011 - Sep 2011

  • Worked closely with small staff committed to creating permanent and loving homes for all children through family support and adoption • Prepared adoptive family Home Studies, court documents and follow-up reports • Conducted field work with adoption social workers • Worked closely with small staff committed to creating permanent and loving homes for all children through family support and adoption • Prepared adoptive family Home Studies, court documents and follow-up reports • Conducted field work with adoption social workers