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Pre-Intern Practicum: Antioch University Community Psychology Clinic 10/16 - 9/17 <br />Provided individual therapy and assessment services to a diverse client population at university-based mental <br />health center. <br />Supervisor: Christopher Heffner, Psy.D., Ph.D. <br /> <br />Social Justice Practicum: Making Connections Program 1/16 6/16 <br />Served as a mentor and writing tutor for adolescent immigrants to assist with social and academic challenges, <br />including college admissions applications, as a . <br />Supervisors: Jude Bergkamp, Psy.D. and Senait O. Habte <br /> <br />Additional Professional Experience <br /> <br />Of Counsel, Perkins Coie, LLC 1997 - 2000 <br />Provided legal counsel for corporations involved in civil and environmental cases at large litigation firm in <br />Seattle, Washington <br /> <br />Litigation Associate, Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey 1992 1996 <br />Worked as litigation associate managing large environmental defense cases for corporate clients in Newark, New <br />Jersey <br /> <br />Research Experience <br /> <br />Dissertation 2022 <br />Title: The Flourishing Trainee: Operationalizing Self-Care Education for Clinical Psychology Trainees <br />Systematic literature review addressing how to operationalize self-care education in clinical psychology training <br />programs. Identified essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes of self-care on which clinical psychology trainees <br />should be educated, and how to operationalize such education. <br />Chair: Mark Russell, Ph.D., ABPP <br /> <br />Research Project Student Self-Care Study 10/19 6/21 <br />Developed and led a student self-care mentoring group for clinical psychology students, conducted quantitative <br />analysis of changes in resilience, optimism, perceived stress, and well-being before and after participation. <br />Supervisor: Christopher Heffner, Ph.D. <br /> <br />Research Project Veterinary Suicidality and Coping 1/17- 8/19 <br />Qualitative research study designed to identify risk and resilience factors contributing to high suicide rate among <br />veterinarians focused on secondary trauma, coping, and attachment loss, with secondary objective of developing <br />group interventions to address veterinary trauma. <br />Supervisor: Dana Waters, Psy.D., ABPP <br /> <br />Research Project Military Mental Health Care 8/15 12/16 <br />Researched legal options to transform military mental health care by compelling Department of Defense to follow <br />its regulations regarding provision of care for active duty military. <br />Supervisor: Mark Russell, Ph.D., ABPP