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Marital & Family Therapy Program, Sacramento

Benjamin Caldwell
MFT Site Director; Assistant Professor, Sacramento, MFT Program
PsyD, 2004; Alliant International University, San Diego
Research interests: marital myths; couples therapy outcome; sex education; MFT cost-effectiveness research

Sean Davis
Assistant Professor; Clinical Training Coordinator, Sacramento, MFT Program
PhD, 2005; Syracuse University
Research interests: common factors across effective MFT models; MFT training and supervision; commonalities of healthy and distressed couples; process and outcome research; observational research; bridging the scientist/practitioner gap in MFT

Marital & Family Therapy Program, Irvine and San Diego

Stephen Brown
Associate Professor, Irvine, MFT Program
PhD, 1966; University of Southern California
Research interests: quantitative and qualitative research design in MFT; measurement and evaluation in MFT; statistical analysis; professional education and teaching; performance improvement and quality assurance in mental health service delivery

Robin Denise Bullette
Assistant Professor, Irvine, MFT Program
PsyD, 2000; United States International University
Research interests: MFT teaching, training and supervision; courtship, marital therapy and family systems

Janice W. Cone
MFT Site Director; Associate Professor, Irvine, MFT Program
PhD, 1984; University of Pittsburgh
Research interests: chronic illnesses and family systems; AIDS; sexual abuse; sexuality; family and couple violence; MFT process and outcome research

Darryl Freeland
Associate Professor, San Diego/Irvine, MFT Program
PhD, 1972; University of Southern California
Research interests: family dynamics; epistemology; chaos theory; women’s issues; imagination and the therapy process

Susan Johnson
Research Professor, San Diego, MFT Program
EdD, 1984; University of British Columbia
Research interests: emotionally focused therapy, process and outcome research.
Dr. Johnson is the primary developer of emotionally focused therapy and is an internationally recognized leader in the area of couples therapy, theory and research. Dr. Johnson resides in Ottawa, Canada and visits Alliant’s San Diego campus to lecture and engage in research activities.

Ann Lawson
Professor, San Diego, MFT Program
PhD, 1988; United States International University
Research interests: family chemical dependency, intergenerational family processes, family therapy
evaluation

Marianne Miller
Assistant Professor, San Diego, MFT Program
PhD, 2003; Texas Tech University
Research interests: cross-cultural issues; feminist issues; post-modernism

Rajeswari Natrajan
Assistant Professor, Irvine, MFT Program
PhD, 2004; Purdue University
Research interests: family interventions and therapy; children in therapy; therapeutic outcome assessments; families in multicultural societies; family therapy training and evaluation; family therapy supervision; multicultural issues

Jason J. Platt
Program Director, MA Counseling Psychology, Mexico; MFT Site Director, Mexico; Assistant Professor
PhD, 1986; Syracuse University
Research interests: clinical competency, evaluation, supervision and family therapy training practices; gender and multiculturalism; clinical outcome research; brief family therapy

Brandon C. Silverthorn
Assistant Professor, Irvine, MFT Program
PhD, 2005; Michigan State University
Research interests: contextual family therapy; client suicide; MFT professional development; therapist well-being; fatherhood; cross-cultural issues

Narumi Taniguchi
Assistant Professor, San Diego, MFT Program
PhD, 2006; Texas Tech University
Research interests: cross cultural issues; family of origin; couples therapy, work/family/parenting issues; statistics; quantitative methodology

Luis Vargas
Assistant Professor, San Diego, MFT Program
PhD, 2005; Loma Linda University
Research interests: cross-cultural family therapy; therapy process

Linna Wang
MFT Site Director; Associate Professor, San Diego
PhD, 1996; Brigham Young University
Research interests: Native American studies; cross-cultural issues; women's issues; marriage and family evaluation; survey research; impact of family factors on children

Scott R. Woolley
Systemwide Director, MFT Programs; Professor, San Diego
PhD, 1995; Texas Tech University
Research interests: emotionally focused therapy; courtship, marriage, couples therapy; MFT process and outcome research; observational research; cultural issues in couple relationships; MFT supervision processes; MFT therapy training; chemical dependency

Clinical Psychology PhD Program, Fresno

Sue Ammen
Professor, Fresno, PhD Program; Coordinator, Infant-Preschooler Mental Health Certificate Programs; Fellow, Rockway Institute
PhD, 1989; California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno
Research interests: parent-child relationship assessment; early childhood intervention program evaluation; qualitative research methods
Clinical interests: attachment; infant-preschool mental health; pediatric psychology; gay/lesbian families; disaster psychology

Manuel Figueroa-Unda
Professor, Fresno, PhD Program
PhD, 1985; Stanford University, ABPP-Diplomate in Clinical Psychology
Research interests: multicultural research and topics in learning and motivation; social bases of behavior; multicultural studies
Clinical interests: obesity; separation-individuation; adolescent self-image; eating disorders

Paul Lebby
Associate Professor, Fresno, PhD Program
PhD, 1994; University of California, Berkeley
Research interests: methods used to assess neurocognitive function in children, adults and geriatrics
Clinical interests: neuropsychological assessment; medical rehabilitation; child and adolescent brain injury; forensic neuropsychology

Kevin J. O’Connor
Program Director; Coordinator, Ecosystemic Clinical Psychology Emphasis Area; Professor, Fresno PhD Program and Fresno/Sacramento PsyD Program; Fellow, Rockway Institute
PhD, 1980; University of Toledo
Research interests: parent-child attachment; child psychotherapy process; play therapy
Clinical interests: attachment disorders; child abuse; impact of chronic illness; impact of prenatal narcissism; child development; sex role socialization; ecosystemic child psychotherapy; play therapy, art therapy and Theraplay

Siobhan O’Toole
Assistant Program Director; Assistant Professor, Fresno, PhD Program
PhD, 2000; California School of Professional Psychology
Research interests: evaluating cultural competence in clinicians; child abuse, primarily physical and verbal; body image

Clinical Psychology PhD Program, Los Angeles

Linda Beckman
Distinguished Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program
PhD, 1969; University of California, Los Angeles
Research interests: women’s health; substance abuse; population psychology; social-psychological models in health promotion

Ellin L. Bloch
Program Director; Director of Professional Field Training; Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program
PhD, 1972; University of Cincinnati
Research interests: post-traumatic stress disorder; trauma and crisis intervention

Ron E. F. Duran
Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program
PhD, 1994; University of California, Los Angeles
Research interests: group-based interventions for persons living with chronic and life-threatening medical conditions; collaboration with community based agencies to improve health-related service delivery; the measurement of social and academic adjustment of non-traditional undergraduate and graduate students

Tracy L. Heller
Associate Dean, CSPP; Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program
PhD, 1994; University of California, Los Angeles
Research interests: children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); behavioral, social and cognitive components of ADHD; multimodal treatments of ADHD

Derek K. Iwamoto
Assistant Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program
PhD, 2007; University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Research interests: examining the relationship between racial and ethnic identity; intergenerational conflict; masculinity and gender role strain to positive psychological well-being; depression and substance abuse use among Asian Americans

Paula Johnson
Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program
PhD, 1974; University of California, Los Angeles
Research interests: peace studies; values related to war; gender roles and power; community psychology models of system interventions; social policy research using social and community psychology models; values and methodology

Richard Mendoza
Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program
PhD, 1980; University of California, Irvine
Research interests: acculturation among refugees and immigrant individuals; implications for mental health, psychopathology, and psychotherapy

Nicholas Noviello
Associate Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program
PhD, 1985; University of California, Irvine
Research interests: personality traits and emotional expressiveness, content analysis of speech and text, personal belief systems, well-being

Susan J. Regas
Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program
PhD, 1983; Purdue University
Research interests: sex, intimacy and relationship problems; differentiation assessment; couple therapy effectiveness

Kathryn White
Professor, Los Angeles, PhD Program
PhD, 1982; University of North Carolina; HMD, 1995; Hahnemann College of Homeopathy; MTDM, 1995; Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine
Research interests: psychology and complementary and alternative medicind (acupuncture, Chinese medicine, herbology, homeopathy, Ayurveda, nutritional medicine); psychotherapy East-West; psychology and meditation; clinical health psychology; somatic therapies; sexual and physical abuse; women’s issues; object relations; self psychology

Clinical Psychology PhD Program, San Diego

Kristi Alexander
Associate Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 1992; University of Alabama
Research interests: pediatric and child clinical psychology with special interest in social skills and children's injuries

Milton Z. Brown
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 2002; University of Washington
Research interests: personality disorders; suicidality and self-injury; shame and self-hatred; rejection sensitivity; cognitive-behavior therapy; exposure therapy; dialectical behavior therapy

Joanne E. Callan
Distinguished Professor, San Diego, PhD and PsyD Programs
PhD, 1970; University of Texas
Research interests: life-span development (including child and adolescent development, adjustment, and psychopathology; female development and psychology; and gender development); psychoanalytic theory and clinical applications (including attachment and object relations); parenting and school support (preschool through high school); education and training in professional psychology; professional ethics

Constance J. Dalenberg
Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 1983; University of Denver
Research interests: countertransference; memory for trauma; child abuse; trauma-realted disorders; dissociation; recovered repressed memory; ethics and standards in psychology; empirical foundations of psychoanalytic concepts; trauma related to racism and discrimination

Sharon L. Foster
Distinguished Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 1978; State University of New York, Stony Brook
Research interests: childhood social competence and peer relations; aggression in girls; treatment of disruptive behavior disorders

Richard N. Gevirtz
Distinguished Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 1971; DePaul University
Research interests: physiological patterning in stress-related disorders; clinical protocols for biofeedback training; mediators of autonomic control; anxiety disorders

Alan S. Lincoln
Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 1980; California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego
Research interests: early childhood psychopathology; biological and neuropsychological basis of autism and neurodevelopmental disorders; neurodevelopmental effects of child abuse; attention deficit/hyperactivity and severe language disorders; assessment of children; differential diagnosis and treatment of childhood psychopathology

Fernando Ortiz
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 2005; Washington State University
Research interests: cross-cultural and multicultural issues; personality assessment and personality structure; mental health and minority populations

Adele S. Rabin
Interim Program Director; Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 1984; University of Houston
Research interests: women’s mental health; assessment and treatment of unipolar depression; psychological factors affecting physical health

Irwin S. Rosenfarb
Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 1986; University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Research interests: schizophrenia; mood disorders; the role of the family in the course and treatment of severe psychopathology

Erika E. Swift
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 2002; Case Western University, Department of Psychology
Research interests: pediatric psychology and child community psychology; health-promoting behaviors and beliefs; quality of life among pediatric patients; obesity/overweight; Type I and II diabetes; sleep disorders

Donald J. Viglione, Jr.
Professor, San Diego, PhD Program
PhD, 1981; Long Island University
Research interests: Rorschach and personality assessment; assessment of malingering; child psychopathology; trauma, dangerousness and sexual offenses

Clinical Psychology PhD Program, San Francisco

Shannon Casey-Cannon
Assistant Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program
PhD, 2002; Stanford University
Research interests: adolescents within diverse family and school ; multicultural identity and women’s issues, depression; eating disorders

Dalia Ducker
Program Director; Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program
PhD, 1974; City University of New York
Research interests: psychology of women, including role strain, work and health; gender roles; issues relevant to the practice of professional psychology; graduate education

Robert Jay Green
Distinguished Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program; Executive Director, Rockway Institute: Alliant's National Center for LGBT Research and Public Policy
PhD, 1975; Michigan State University
Research interests: lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) research and public policy in the fields of couple/family relations, mental health care, education and the workplace; family psychology; male gender roles

Davis Ying Ja
Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program
PhD, 1981; University of Washington
Research interests: substance abuse and AIDS treatment and prevention in multicultural communities; program evaluation in behavioral health systems including managed care systems; juvenile and adult justice systems including drug courts and alternative community approaches in juvenile probation; organizational systems with a
focus on managed behavioral health policy, evaluation, and analysis; early childhood prevention and intervention; multicultural influences in family therapy; cost analysis; studies in programs for assertive community treatment (PACT)

Eduardo Morales
Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program
PhD, 1976; Texas Tech University
Research interests: HIV; substance abuse; intervention for adolescents; community prevention; ethnic and sexual minorities; drug exposed infants and parents; juvenile delinquency

Natalie Porter
Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program
PhD, 1981; University of Delaware
Research interests: feminist and anti-racist models of clinical training and supervision; cognitive and emotional developmental changes in individuals abused or traumatized as children; feminist therapy supervision and ethics

Kristin Samuelson
Assistant Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program
PhD, 1998; University of Virginia
Research interests: trauma/posttraumatic stress disorder; neuropsychological and psychodiagnostic assessment; pediatric psychology

Paul D. Werner
Professor, San Francisco, PhD Program
PhD, 1976; University of California, Berkeley
Research interests: personality and family assessment; research on violent behavior; gender roles; psychology of social change; psychology of population and family planning; aesthetics; clinical research

Clinical Psychology PsyD Program, Fresno/Sacramento

Lynette E. Bassman
Assistant Program Director; Coordinator of the Health Psychology Emphasis Area; Professor, Fresno, PsyD Program
PhD, 1990; New York University
Research interests: alternative treatments for mental health; psychodynamic correlates of self care behavior; defense mechanisms and health
Clinical interests: fibromyalgia; chronic fatigue syndrome; eating behavior; self-care; coping with illness

Debra Bekerian
Lecturer, Fresno, PsyD Program
PhD; University of California, Berkeley
Research interests: adult and child event memory (qualitative/quantitative paradigms) child development including impact of abuse on development and attachment; cognitive models of trauma; applied psychology
Clinical interests: group psychotherapy; trauma including PTSD; chronic mental health issues; abuse

Wesley T. Forbes
Director of Clinical Field Placement; Professor, Fresno, PsyD Program
EdD, 1983; University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Research interests: child/family; adolescents; delinquency/corrections; multicultural issues in psychology; ban on IQ testing of African Americans and other ethnic minorities in California; system of multipluralistic assessment

Ronald L. Gandolfo
Coordinator of the Clinical Forensic Emphasis Area; Professor, Fresno, PsyD Program
PhD, 1970; Louisiana State University
Research interests: individual therapy; intellectual and personality assessment; child custody; process of supervision; delivery of psychological services; clinical diagnostic studies; marital issues

Sue A. Kuba
Associate Program Director, Online PsyD Program; Professor, Fresno, PsyD Program; Fellow, Rockway Institute
PhD, 1981; California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno
Research interests: women’s health; eating disorders in multi-cultural populations; phenomenology; sister relationships; women’s development; gay and lesbian issues
Clinical interests: LGBT issues; mother-daughter-sister relationships; multicultural LGBT issues

Elizabeth Limberg
Assistant Program Director; Assistant Professor, Sacramento, PsyD Program
PhD, 1999; California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno
Research interests: parent-child interaction; child development
Clinical interests: infant- preschool mental health; family therapy; play therapy; community mental health

Suni Petersen
Assistant Professor, Sacramento, PsyD Program
PhD, 1997, University of Florida
Clinical interests: health psychology with minority populations; creating and testing evidence-based interventions for underserved minority populations; cardiovascular disease; cancer; health promotion; using computerized interventions for cost-effective approaches to health behavior change

John D. Preston
Professor, Fresno/Sacramento, PsyD Program
PsyD, 1979; Baylor University
Research interests: psychopharmacology; neuropsychology; trauma; aging

Ronald W. Teague
Professor, Fresno, PsyD Program
PhD, 1973; California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco
Research interests: psychology of antiquity; psychohistory phenomenology; Jungian psychology; psychoanalysis; psychoanthropology; psychology and the humanities; history of psychology
Clinical interests: acculturation problems; spirituality; analytic dream therapy; psychologist burnout; mid-life adaptation

Clinical Psychology PsyD Program, Los Angeles

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

Leena Banerjee Brown
Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 1985; Virginia Polytechnic University
Research interests: presence and self-awareness; multicultural psychology interfaces with family systems therapy; infant family mental health; paradigms of knowledge

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

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

Dennis S. Klos
Professor, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 1974; Harvard University
Research interests: interpersonal conflict resolution; assessment and intervention with couples; professional development; academic administration

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

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
Program Director; 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

Clinical Psychology PsyD Program, San Diego

Anabel Bejarano
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 2000; City University of New York
Research interests: childhood trauma; Latino mental health; child development and attachment; multicultural psychology

Steven F. Bucky
Interim Systemwide Dean, CSPP; Director of Professional Training; Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 1970; University of Cincinnati
Research interests: childhood psychopathology; chemical dependency; forensic psychology; ethics; alcoholic family; children of alcoholics; sports psychology

David J. Diamond
Associate Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 1983; University of Michigan
Research interests: reproductive trauma (infertility, perinatal loss, disorders of pregnancy and postpartum, adoption, surrogacy); other topics related to the reproductive process; parenting and the development of parental identity; psychoanalytic theory and practice

Marina Dorian
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 2007; University of Illinois at Urbaba-Champaign
Research interests: adaptation and resilience in the family stress process; couple and family intervention; gender roles in marriage; couple's communication; cross-cultural studies of couples and families; intimacy, mindfulness and acceptance; family caregivers of the mentally ill; family economic stress

Donald Eulert
Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 1968; University of New Mexico
Research interests: C.G. Jung’s theories; postmodern cultural and spirituality issues; moral development; creativity; integrative psychology

Veronica Gutierrez
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 2004; University of California, Santa Barbara
Research interests: issues of multiculturalism; lesbian, gay and bisexual issues; therapist competence in multicultural issues; therapeutic process and outcome; Dr. Gutierrez’ professional background includes work with diverse student populations, specifically Latinos

Debra Kawahara
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 1994; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles
Research interests: multicultural and cross-cultural psychology; Asian-American mental health; women's issues; cultural competency in mental health services; qualitative research methodology

Mojgan Khademi
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PsyD, 1992; Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Research interests: psychodynamic theory and treatment; work at several university counseling centers has led to interest in psychotherapy intervention and treatment outcome studies; supervises dissertations in treatment outcomes, eating disorders, suicide, and multicultural issues; teaches first year psychotherapy sequence and
advanced seminars in feminism and eating disorders

Gary W. Lawson
Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 1975; Southern Illinois University
Research interests: clinical psychology; marriage and family therapy; chemical dependency

James N. Madero
Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 1975; Catholic University
Research interests: projective tests; differential diagnoses; workplace violence prevention; school violence prevention

Neil G. Ribner
Program Director; Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 1971; University of Cincinnati
Research interests: family studies; divorce; stepfamilies; custody; parenting; siblings

Ronald Stolberg
Assistant Professor, San Diego, PsyD Program
PhD, 2001; Pacific Graduate School of Psychology
Research interests: personality assessment instruments with an emphasis on the MMPI-2/MMPI-A; assessment instruments use among practicing clinicians; standard of care practices; suicide; clinical work with adolescents

Clinical Psychology PsyD Program, San Francisco

Diane M. Adams
Associate Dean, CSPP; Associate Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1983; The Wright Institute
Research and practice interests: adult development; psychotherapy; biographical interviewing; case histories and theoretical or conceptual analytic thesis; clinical and theoretical issues involving ethnic minority populations, particularly African American, and the application of psychoanalytic theory in practice and research

Stephen Blum
Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1973; University of California, Berkeley
Research interests: ethical issues in health; community psychology; health policy and administration; birth and death of persons and programs; managed (mental) health care; national and international research, programs and policy which intersect multicultural concerns with their attendant values

Edward F. Bourg
Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1973; California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley
Research interests: family and marital therapy and process; prevention and rehabilitation in chronic and acute illness; the roles of relaxation and meditation in health psychology

Tai Chang
Assistant Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1999; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests: acculturation and identity development processes as well as their relations to adjustment and help-seeking, particularly among Asian Americans; the interface of counseling and the Internet, including online support and online information regarding mental illness and psychology

Eddie Chiu
Director, Psychological Service Center; Assistant Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1996; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles
Research interests: ethnic minority stress and coping; immigrant and refugee mental health; cultural specific assessment and intervention; problem gambling; child and family issues

Harriet Curtis-Boles
Associate Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1984; University of California, Berkeley
Research interests: issues related to multiculturalism and peoples of color; psychotherapy process and outcome with African American clients; influence of violence exposure on children and families in the inner cities; African American women and substance abuse

Samuel Gerson
Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1978; University of Texas, Austin
Research interests: intersubjectivity; gender and sexuality; interaction of affect and clinical judgment; the process of therapeutic interactions; schools of psychodynamic psychotherapy

Frederick J. Heide
Associate Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1981; Pennsylvania State University
Research interests: charismatic communication; using humor in psychotherapy; constructivist therapies; transpersonal psychology; cognitive therapy; psychedelics

Valata Jenkins-Monroe
Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1978; California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley
Research interests: cognitive styles and problem solving abilities of Third World children; development of children of substance abusive mothers; child sexual abuse treatment; African American women and substance abuse;
intergenerational study of black teen parenting; race and racism; special needs children; forensic psychology

Gerald Y. Michaels
Director of the PSC Child/Family Program; Associate Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1981; University of Michigan
Research interests: developmental psychopathology; transition to parenthood; adolescent pregnancy; parents’ and children’s social perceptions in the family; children of divorce; primary prevention strategies in mental health

Valory Mitchell
Coordinator of the Gender Studies Emphasis Area; Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1983; University of California, Berkeley
Research interests: psychology of women; development of personality across the lifespan; lesbian/gay issues; interface of feminist, self, relational, and psychodynamic theory

Rhoda Olkin
Distinguished Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1981; University of California, Santa Barbara
Research interests: the social model of disability; disability rights activism; marriage and family therapy; psychopathology, diagnosis and case formulation; cognitive behavioral therapy

Elena Padron
Director of Professional Training; Assistant Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 2003; University of Minnesota
Research interests: developmental psychopathology and attachment theory, particularly disorganized attachment; socio-emotional development and psychopathology; early childhood development; intergenerational transmission of parenting and trauma; child and family psychotherapy; culturally sensitive therapeutic models for use with Latino families

Patrick Petti
Assistant Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1991; California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda
Research interests: education and training in psychology, clinical competency evaluation, child development and treatment approaches in child therapy

Julie Shulman
Assistant Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 2003; University of Memphis
Research interests: sexual and gender identity; same-sex couples; feminist theory and practice; gender issues in therapy; experiential therapy; multiculturally competent therapy; supervision/training

Alan J. Swope
Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1969; Columbia University
Research interests: psychoanalytic psychotherapy; the core curriculum in professional psychology; psychology and technology; theories of culture; evaluation of clinical competency; music and personality

Daniel O. Taube
Program Director; Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1987; Hahnemann University; JD, 1985; Villanova University
Research interests: ethical and legal issues for mental health professionals; child maltreatment; substance abuse; child and family forensics

Christopher D. Tori
Professor Emeritus, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1971; University of Kentucky
Research interests: psychotherapy methods; crosscultural psychology; Buddhism; religion and spirituality; addictions; psycholinguistics; psychometrics and statistics; international studies

Diane Zelman
Coordinator of the Health Psychology Emphasis Area; Professor, San Francisco, PsyD Program
PhD, 1989; University of Wisconsin, Madison
Research interests: health psychology; families and chronic illness; anxiety disorders; neuropsychology; addictions; psychopharmacology

Clinical Psychology MA Program, Japan

Akira Enatsu
MA, 1992; Institute of Transpersonal Psychotherapy
Research interests: dream analysis; narrative therapy; transpersonal and spiritual psychology

Mikang Hong
PsyD, 2006; California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco
Research interests: multicultural issues

Tomoko Ishii
Assistant Program Director, Japan and San Francisco, MA Program
PhD, 2002; California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco

Miwako Y. M. Ishii
Assistant Program Director, Japan and San Francisco, MA Program
MS, 2002; San Francisco State University

Angelica Junko Isomura
PhD, 2002; Pacific Graduate School of Psychology
Research interests: neuropsychological assessment; neuroimagining; Alzheimers; family support

Yoshiyuki Kogo
MA, 2000; California Institute of Integral Studies
Research interests: problems of youth in Japan, e.g. Hikikomori, wrist cutting; treatment of vistims and perpetrators of domestic violence; transpersonal psychology

Shinya Maruya
PsyD, 1996; American School of Professional Psychology, Honolulu Hawaii

Kazumi Nishio
PhD, 1982; California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco
Research interests: domestic violence and child abuse issues; trauma treatment

Nahoko Nishizawa
PsyD, 2004; California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco
Research interests: children and youth issues; multicultural issues

Chie Okuda
PhD, 1998; California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco

Joseph Obegi
PsyD, 2005; California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego

Akiko Jun Ohnogi
PsyD, 1996; California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego
Research interests: children's issues, including play therapy; trauma care

Rumiko Okada
Lecturer, Los Angeles, PsyD Program
PhD, 1988; California School of Professional Psychology

Satoru Saito
MD, 1968; Keio University; PhD, 1989; Keio University
Research interests: ACA issues; domestic violence and child abuse issues; eating disorders; trauma care

Yong S. Song
MA, Clinical Psychology

Yoko Kay Tanaka
Assistant Director, Japan and San Francisco, MA Program
PhD, 2001; Loma Linda University
Research interests: psychotherapy and assessment issues of children; ADHD; couples therapy

Reiko H. True
Program Director, Japan and San Francisco, MA Program
PhD, 1976; California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco
Research interests: multicultural psychology; gender issues

Sayuri Wada
MA, 1992, Chiba University; ABD, 1997, University of Tokyo
Research interests: Big Five Model of Personality and its applications; scale and survey development; multivariate data analysis

Toshiko Watanabe
PsyD, 1998; California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles
Research interests: CBT; multicultural issues

Counseling Psychology MA Program, Mexico

Laura Patricia Betancourt Arriaga
PhD, 1998, Universidad Iberoamericana

Darryl Freeland
PhD, 1972; University of Southern California

Ann Lawson
PhD, 1988; United States International University

Gary W. Lawson
PhD, 1975; Southern Illinois University

Jason J. Platt
Program Director and Assistant Professor
PhD 2003; Syracuse University

Luis Vargas
PhD, 2005; Loma Linda University

Scott Woolley
PhD, 1995; Texas Tech University

Clinical Psychopharmacology Post-Doctoral MS Program

Claire Advocat
Faculty, MS Clinical Psychopharmacology Program
PhD, 1975; Rutgers University
Research interests: psychopharmacology; research design

John Bolter
Faculty, MS Clinical Psychopharmacology Program
PhD, 1984; University of Memphis
Research interests: neuropsychological dysfunction in adults and children; neuropsychological assessment procedures; consequences of head trauma

Thomas Brady
Faculty, MS Clinical Psychopharmacology Program
MD, 1982; School of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Research interests: child and adolescent psychiatry, treatment of trauma, depression, crisis management

Joseph Comaty
Faculty, MS Clinical Psychopharmacology Program
PhD, 1992; Finch University of Health Sciences, The Chicago Medical School
Research interests: psychopharmacology; chronic pain patterns

Mary Gutierrez
Faculty, MS Clinical Psychopharmacology Program
PharmD, 1987; University of Southern California
Research interests: pharmacogenetics; drug-drug interactions; clinical psychopharmacology; sexual function/dysfunction.

Rita Hargrave
Faculty, MS Clinical Psychopharmacology Program
MD, 1979; Howard University
Research interests: geriatric psychiatry; ethnic minority elderly; psychosomatic medicine

David Presti
Faculty, MS Clinical Psychopharmacology Program
PhD, Clinical Psychology, 1990; University of Oregon; PhD, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, 1979; California Institute of Technology
Research interests: molecular psychopharmacology; treatment of severe drug and alcohol dependence problems often co-occurring with combat-related PTSD

John D. Preston
Faculty, MS Clinical Psychopharmacology Program; Professor, Sacramento, PsyD Program
PsyD, 1979; Baylor University
Research interests: psychopharmacology; neuropsychology; trauma; aging

Morgan T. Sammons
Faculty, MS Clinical Psychopharmacology Program
PhD, 1989; Arizona State University
Research interests: psychopharmacology; pharmacotherapeutics

Randall Tackett
Faculty, MS Clinical Psychopharmacology Program
PharmD, 1979; University of Georgia
Research interests: pathophysiological changes that occur in the development of cardiovascular diseases; impact of drug therapy

Steven R. Tulkin
Director, MS Clinical Psychopharmacology Program
PhD, 1971; Harvard University
Research interests: psychopharmacology; behavioral medicine in primary care; chronic pain; chemical dependency

Alice Van Alstine
Faculty, MS Clinical Psychopharmacology Program
MD, 1981; University of California, Davis
Research interests: women’s health; education; promotion of healthy lifestyles

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