PsyD Program Faculty: Los Angeles Campus

Core Faculty:

John Bakaly
Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 1988; University of Southern California
Research interests: clinical intervention with children and adolescents and their families; treatment of depression, anxiety and general childhood disorders

Walter Brown
Assistant Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 1995; University of California, Los Angeles
Research interests: pediatric psychology; substance abuse; working with “at risk” juveniles; the training of health and mental health professionals

Elaine Burke
Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PsyD, 1989; University of Denver
Research interests: pediatric and adult neuropsychology; assessment and culture; health and culture; gender and culture

John V. Caffaro
Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 1989; The Fielding Institute
Research interests: child maltreatment; sibling relationships; post-traumatic stress disorder; group psychotherapy

William Chien
Assistant Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PsyD, 1996; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles
Research interests: Asian American mental health issues; psychotherapy with Asian-Americans; bereavement; depression

Victor Cohen
Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 1981; University of Michigan
Research interests: counter transference phenomenon and the interpersonal processes in therapist-client psychotherapy relationships; psychotherapist self-development and teaching and training of clinical skills; alternative paradigms for studying subjective and experiential aspects of the psychotherapy process

Ronda Doonan
Assistant Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PsyD, 2004; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles
Research interests: couples therapy from a differentiation perspective, the autistic spectrum, critical/chronic illness and disability

Judith Holloway
Assistant Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 1991; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles
Research interests: issues in ecopsychology; relationships between health, well-being and relationship with nature and the natural world; use of therapeutic adventure programming as an adjunct to psychotherapy and as a tool in the training of psychologists; LGBT issues

David Katz
Program Director and Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PsyD, 1999; University of Kentucky
Research interests: neuropsychology, memory, emotions, PTSD

Richard R. Kopp
Distinguished Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 1972; University of Chicago
Research interests: use of metaphor in psychotherapy; Adlerian psychology; psychotherapy integration; resolving interpersonal and intrapersonal power conflicts

Cristina Magalhaes
Assistant Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 2005; Nova Southeastern University
Research interests: cross-cultural assessment; Brazilian immigration/acculturation; clinical intervention with children and families; art therapy; infant mental health; foster care; GLBT issues/transgender health

Glenn Isoa Masuda
Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 1988; University of Washington
Research interests: Asian-American mental health, community mental health service delivery, interventions with adolescents, diversity competency training

Randy Noblitt
Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 1978, University of North Texas
Research Interests: cult and ritual abuse; child abuse; trauma and dissociation; dissociative identity disorder; psychopharmacology

Jeffrey Tirengel
Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PsyD, 1991; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles
Research interests: positive psychology in diverse cultural communities; resilience; strength-based approaches; wellness; cardiac psychology; attachment; couples; emotionally focused interventions; evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence; applications of Choice Theory in education, counseling and management

Lecturers:

Krystel Edmonds-Biglow
Lecturer, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PsyD, 2001; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles

Erica Holmes
Lecturer, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PsyD, 2001; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles

Joan Murray
Principal Lecturer, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 1979; University of Pennsylvania

Rumiko Okada

Lecturer, Los Angeles, PsyD Program

PhD, 1988; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles