Duties include: Psychological Evaluations – these evaluations include clinical evaluations for diagnostic clarification and treatment planning and forensic evaluations in the areas of family law (child custody issues and adoption) and criminal law (competency, amenability to treatment, and mental status at the time of the offense). Duties also include a monthly co-parenting class (Co-Parenting 101: The Basics) which is run in conjunction with Co-Parenting Solutions, Inc.

Staff Psychologist Duties:
Providing brief individual psychotherapy, conducting psychological evaluations to inform treatment planning, participating in weekly interdisciplinary treatment team meetings, supervising unlicensed psychologists, attending monthly psychology community meetings and participating in peer reviews.

Inpatient Staff Psychologist Duties:
Providing individual and group therapy, conducting psychological evaluations, participating in daily interdisciplinary treatment team meetings and family meetings, supervising intern-level students, attending bi-weekly inpatient staff meetings, leading inpatient staff education, serving on the Inpatient Steering Committee, attending bi-monthly psychology community meetings, and participating in the peer quality review process.

Inpatient Program Coordinator:
Implementation of the VA’s National Inpatient Recovery Handbook. This involves developing recovery-oriented programming for the patients, educating staff about the recovery model of care, facilitating inpatient/outpatient communication to enhance continuity of care, working with the nurse manager and medical director to improve treatment delivery and staff cohesion.

Local Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Coordinator for North Texas:
Coordinating the application of clinicians from the various VA sites in North Texas to the VA national trainings for Evidence-Based Psychotherapies (EBPs), coordinating national site visits and engaging in the follow-up facilitation process, conducting presentations to psychology staff and other disciplines (social workers and medical doctors) about EBPs and their efficacy, participating in monthly national calls, training staff on EBP templates for documentation, and tracking the delivery of EBPs in North Texas.

Instructor of Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior (PMDB): Conduct training for VA staff members in de-escalation and management of disruptive behavior. Training includes Powerpoint presentations as well as physical demonstrations of techniques designed to help staff limit physical harm to themselves and veterans.

Intern and Peer Support Specialist Supervisor:
Supervision of the clinical activities of psychology pre-doctoral interns and peer support specialists on the inpatient unit. Conducting weekly supervision and co-signing documentation of clinical services provided by supervisees.

Training Committee Duties:
Attending the monthly training committee meeting and assisting with intern interview and selection process.

Diversity Committee Duties:
Attending quarterly committee meetings, attending monthly Diversity Journal Club meetings, serving as the Diversity Committee representative on the Training Committee, and participating in the research project conducted by the Diversity Committee.

High Risk Behavior Committee:
Attend monthly meetings to discuss patients who engage in high risk behaviors. Involves listening to case presentations and engaging in problem-solving with the primary clinicians for the case and assisting with the formulation of the protocol for address veterans with high risk behaviors. Also involves revision of current suicide prevention screening measures and protocol.

Duties:
Providing individual and group therapy, serving as a treatment coordinator for veterans in the Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (SARRTP), screening outpatients for the substance abuse program and making the appropriate referrals, conducting psychological evaluations, attending weekly interdisciplinary meetings, conducting follow-up assessments with individuals discharged from the SARRTP, presenting case conceptualizations and research findings, supervising an intern-level graduate student, conducting forensic (compensation and pension) evaluations and writing reports. Supervisor: Jody Rubenstein, Ph.D. 40 hours weekly.

Duties:
Completing intake assessments, conducting individual and group therapy, completing forensic assessments for the Court (competency and mental status at the time of the offense), providing brief, crisis-related psychological interventions, writing psychological reports, presenting case conceptualizations and research findings, attending didactic presentations, and supervising a practicum-level graduate student. Rotations completed were in forensic assessment and in the residential substance abuse program.  Supervisor: Diana del Rio, Psy.D.    40 hours weekly.

Duties:
Completing intake assessment battery and writing integrated reports based on the assessment results, providing group and individual therapy, and working on an interdisciplinary treatment group to formulate service plans for the students and recommendations regarding their treatment needs. Supervisor: Karen Salekin, Ph.D.20 hours weekly.

Duties:
Conducting disability assessments (including comprehensive clinical interviews and IQ assessments). 5 hours weekly.

Duties:
Completing various types of assessments (including initial assessments, cognitive and personality assessments, risk assessments and hospital review board assessments), individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy (conflict resolution), report writing, and assisting the treatment team in treatment planning. Supervisor: Mark Schmidt, Psy.D. 20 hours weekly