Staff Profiles

Dawn Vo-Jutabha, Ph.D., Division Director, Training
Interests:  training and policy issues,  cultural aspects of mental health and developmental psychopathology,  child psychological and diagnostic assessment, family and systemic therapy

TRAINING SUPERVISORS

Priscilla Barajas, Ph.D., Supervising Psychologist, Family Division
Interests: trauma-focused CBT, psychodiagnostic assessment of children and adolescents, CBT

Evelina Baras, Psy.D., Supervising Psychologist, Adult Division
Interests: mental health services for individuals with chronic mental illness, co-occurring disorders, and mental health barriers for work; elderly and/or disabled clients; immigrant and ethnic minority clients; treatment for victims of trauma

Dee Chappelear, Ph.D., Supervising Psychologist, Adult Division
Interests: substance abuse, crisis services for adults with severe mental illness, GLBT issues in therapy

Noya Dekel, Ph.D., Supervising Psychologist, Family Division
Interests: neuropsychological and psychological assessment of adults and children, supervision

Nisreen Mandilawi, Psy.D., Therapist II, Family Division
Interests:  psychological assessment of children, psychodynamic therapy

Andrea Marcus, Ph.D., Supervising Psychologist, Emergency Services Division
Interests: short-term psychotherapy with adults and adolescents

Kristin Olson, Ph.D., Therapist II, Family Divison
Interests:  impact of stress (trauma and family-level) on children’s mental health and how to mitigate stressors, development and treatment of externalizing disorders

Kristine Santoro, Ph.D., Supervising Psychologist, Family Division
Interests: childhood Bipolar Disorder, PDD Spectrum, child psychological and diagnostic assessment, family and CBT-based therapy for youth, professional development, trauma