Qualifications

EDUCATION

PhD, Clinical Psychology with specialization in Community Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
M.A. (with Distinction), Clinical Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Postdoctoral residencies: APA Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship (focus:
substance use disorders) & Interprofessional Advanced Fellowship in Addiction
Treatment Program, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX
Internship: University of Alabama at Birmingham - Birmingham Veterans Affairs
Medical Center (UAB-BVAMC) Clinical Psychology Internship Consortium,
Birmingham, AL

B.A., Psychology, The University of Texas at San Antonio
B.S., Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Texas license # 38148

THEOETICAL ORIENTATION

Integrative, foundation in third wave cognitive behavioral approaches with humanistic lens and consideration of cultural and systemic factors

SPECIALIZATION

  • Women of color

  • Relational dynamics

  • Identity issues

  • Anxiety

  • Trauma

ADDITIONAL CLINICAL TRAINING

09/2021 Gottman Couples Therapy training (19 hours, PESI online platform) sponsored by South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center via South Texas VHCS, San Antonio, TX

04/2020 CBT-Chronic Pain training workshop and 6-month consultation via South Texas VHCS, San Antonio, TX

08/2020 DBT training workshop at South Texas VHCS, San Antonio, TX

04/2019 Focused Acceptance Commitment Therapy: Applications in Primary Care and Beyond training workshop at JBSA-Lackland, TX, San Antonio, TX

10/2018 Cognitive Behavioral Conjoint Therapy training workshop at South Texas VHCS, San Antonio, TX

01/2018 Suicide Prevention Workshop at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX

10/2016 Cognitive Processing Therapy workshop and 6-month consultation via Tuscaloosa VAMC 

04/2016 CBT for Anxiety Disorders – Core 2 training workshop presented by the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Chicago, IL

11/2015 Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT) for the transdiagnositic treatment of disorders of overcontrol workshop at the Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL