Training & Education
Professional Acumen
Licensed as a Clinical Psychologist in the state of Pennsylvania since 2008 (#PS016449)
Partners with STAT® for Equine Programming and co-developed the EQuine Affect (SM) with Cat Markosky
Past work: Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), as a civilian psychologist assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team (Rakkasan), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), private practice, and a nursing home
Memberships
American Psychological Association (APA)
Pennsylvania Psychologist Association (PPA)
Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA) Mental Health Professional with Individual Military Provider Designation
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing International Association (EMDRIA)
O.K. Corral “Red” Series Certified Clinician in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) and Learning (EAL). Crisis to Confidence: Turning "Bad" into "O.K." (Red) Definitive Crisis-Management Training
Education & Military Service
Psycho-Oncology Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Psycho-Oncology Service for the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University School of Medicine & Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO
APA Pre-Doctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology through the Vanderbilt Consortium working primarily at two VAMCs in Nashville and Murfreesboro, TN. Trained in a community mental health rotation, neuropsychology, substance abuse rehabilitation, chronic pain, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), inpatient psychiatry, intensive care unit (ICU), Hospice, and psychotherapy
Earned both a M.A. and Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA, an APA accredited program with a Christian coursework Integration. Graduated with honors and as an Outstanding Graduate
Earned a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Dayton in Dayton, OH, graduated summa cum laude
Enlisted and served honorably in the U.S. Air Force and is a third generation Veteran
