CURRICULUM VITAE HILARY COMBS EDUCATION 05/98 Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, Bronx, N.Y. Psy.D., Clinical Psychology 05/90 Tufts University, Medford, MA. B.A. in Psychology. 05/89 Université de la Sorbonne Paris III, Paris, France. Intensive study of the French language. AWARDS 3/12 Avery Fuller Grant 10/96 Organization of Psychology Students Dissertation Research Award Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Bronx, N.Y. 10/96 American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award LICENSURE 1999 Psychologist, New York State #014024-1 2006 Psychologist, California State #21074 PRIVATE PRACTICE 01/10-present Oakland, CA. Individual and couples therapy with adolescents, young adults and adults. Specialty: perinatal mood disorders, trauma, dissociative disorders, use of DBT and transgender. 01/02-01/06 Brooklyn, NY. Individual and family therapy with children, adolescents, and adults. Specialty: perinatal mood disorders, trauma, use of IPT. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE UC HASTINGS COLLEGE OF LAW 8/11-present Therapist Conduct assessments and short term therapy with law students at the Student Health Services Clinic. 1
BRIDGES TO RECOVERY, LOS ANGELES, CA. 1/10-1/11 Director of Clinical Outreach, Northern CA. Initiating referral networks in the Bay area while also continuing to conduct assessments of patients for admission, and acting as a clinical consultant on the ongoing clinical programming and expansion efforts. 3/09-4/10 Clinical Director Oversight of ongoing clinical operations of a 12 bed psychiatric residential facility in the Pacific Palisades. The patient population encompasses mood disorders, dissociative disorders, anxiety, depression and personality disorders. There are also patients with co-morbid substance abuse and eating disorders. This position entailed the supervision and administration of all clinical staff - psychiatrist, psychologists, and MFTs - program development, evaluation and assessment of incoming patients, intervention and management of families, running of process group and DBT groups, crisis management and outreach to referral sources. 1/08-3/09 Primary Therapist Intensive, analytically based individual psychotherapy with young adult and adult patients. Lead Timeline and DBT groups as well as conducted family therapy when indicated. KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER, BROOKLYN, N.Y. 1/02-1/06 Clinical Director Perinatal Depression Treatment Program Design and implementation of a federally grant funded program for the assessment and treatment of depression in pregnant and postpartum women. This entailed the teaching and supervision of psychiatric residents, medical students, and psychology interns and externs; Conducting trainings for doctors, nurses, case managers and volunteers who worked with pregnant or postpartum women. Individual, and couples treatment with pregnant and postpartum women suffering from depression or other emotional disorders. Introduction and use of IPT as an evidenced based treatment for depression in pregnant women. Dyadic group therapy focusing on attachment with mothers and their babies. 07/00-01/02 Psychologist II Developmental Evaluation Clinic Psychological evaluations and assessment of developmental and learning disabilities of children ages 0 18. Individual and family therapy focusing on the behavioral and academic repercussions of the disabilities. Group therapy for ADHD boys. Teaching and supervision of psychology interns. 2
ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER, QUEENS, N.Y. 07/98-07/00 Senior psychologist Adult outpatient clinic Child outpatient clinic Individual and family therapy with adults, adolescents and children. Group psychotherapy with adults: women s depression group, women s trauma group, and support group for chronically mentally ill. Assessment of children through a walk-in service and the psychiatric emergency room. Teaching and supervision of psychology interns and externs. 07/97-07/98 Psychology Intern, APA accredited internship Partial Hospitalization Program, Psychiatric Emergency Room, Adolescent Inpatient Unit, Forensic Unit, Child Walk-In Clinic, Outpatient Clinic, Mobile Crisis Unit. Psychological and neuropsychological testing and assessment in outpatient, inpatient, forensic and emergency room settings. Individual and group psychotherapy with adult, child and adolescent outpatients, inpatient adolescents, and female prisoners. Conducted family therapy with inpatient and outpatient populations. Supervision of a social work intern. ADDITIONAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE 07/10-present Supervisor Psychological Services Center, California School of Professional Psychology, San Francisco, CA. Supervision of Clinical and Forensic psychology graduate students conducting individual and family therapy. Students are at various levels of training from first year to internship, the therapy cases are adolescents in various school sites and adults or families seen through the Psychological Service Center, a community clinic in Oakland. 09/96-06/97 Assistant to the Clinic Director The Max and Celia Parnes Center for Psychological and Psychoeducational Services Clinic, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Bronx, N.Y. Coordinated and assigned intakes, testing, and supervision for first, second and fourth year students. Supervision of first year students conducting initial intake interviews. Acted as liaison between faculty, students, patients, and clinic administration. 02/96-06/97 Therapist Post Graduate Center for Mental Health, N.Y., N.Y. Conducted individual psychotherapy and provided case management services for ten chronically mentally ill adults at a fee for service clinic. Conducted neuropsychological testing for clinic clients primarily focusing on vocational rehabilitation. 10/92-04/96 Counselor Post Graduate Center for Mental Health, N.Y., N.Y. Provided supportive counseling and crisis intervention in a supervised residence for chronically mentally ill adults. 3
09/95-08/96 Psychology Extern Bellevue Hospital Center, N.Y., N.Y. Acute Adult Inpatient Unit, Forensic Unit, and Mobile Crisis Unit. Psychological and neuropsychological testing and assessment. Individual psychotherapy with male prisoners, adult inpatients and child outpatients. Family therapy and group psychotherapy, with adult inpatients and prisoners. 09/94-05/95 Psychology Extern Manhattan Children's Psychiatric Center, N.Y., N.Y. Psychological testing of inpatient adolescents. Conducted individual psychotherapy and collateral family meetings with inpatient adolescents. 04/91-06/92 Crisis Counselor Fred Finch Youth Center, Oakland, CA. Supervision, counseling and occasional restraint of severely emotionally disturbed adolescent students at a school in a residential treatment center. Supervision of school staff. Organization and implementation of school programs and individual treatment plans. TEACHING EXPERIENCE/FACULTY APPOINTMENT 07/00-11/05 Assistant clinical professor University Hospital of Health Science Center at Brooklyn, N.Y. Developed and conducted seminars on Group Therapy and Psychopathology for psychology interns, psychiatric fellows, and medical students. 06/96-01/00 Instructor College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, N.Y. Courses taught: Introductory Psychology, History and Systems. 09/95-12/96 Instructor Felician College, Lodi, New Jersey. Courses taught: Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 05/96-01/98 Dissertation research Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Bronx, N.Y. Administered a series of questionnaires at six New York City area private coeducational and all-girls schools focusing on the self concept of adolescent girls in the two divergent school settings. 4
11/93-12/94 Research Assistant, Orne Guerlnick, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Bronx, N.Y. Learned and applied a Rorschach-like coding system to the dreams of psychiatric outpatients in order to explore the relationship between the level of processing and the pathology of the dreamer. 09/92-08/93 Research Assistant, Mary O Brien, Ph.D. New York University, N.Y., N.Y. Examined children's coping strategies in relation to parental conflict by presenting undergraduates to audio tapes of parental conflict. 10/90-12/91 Research Assistant, Robert W. Levenson, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, CA. Learned and applied a system to code videotapes in a study on communicative styles and interactions as predictors of instability in committed homosexual relationships. PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS 12/10 Guest Lecturer, Dissociative Disorders, Holy Names University, Oakland, CA. 10/05 Guest lecturer, Perinatal Mental Health, Midwifery Education Program, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. 06/05 Keynote speaker at the Brooklyn Regional Perinatal Forum, Brooklyn, N.Y. Perinatal Depression in an Immigrant West Indian Population 03/05 Panelist at the Sixth Annual Women s History Month Health Conference: Linking Women to Health Power and Love across the Lifespan, New York, N.Y. Lady Sings the Blues Nobody Knows the Trouble I See: Treating Perinatal Mood Disorders Today! 11/03 Training workshop for staff and service providers of Healthy Start Brooklyn. Perinatal Depression Screening: How to Assess a Client. 10/03 Poster presentation at the Urban Health Conference, Minnesota. Perinatal Depression: A Health Crisis 10/03 Paper presentation: 2003 Healthy Start Grantee Meeting, Washington D.C. Depression Screening: What does it all mean? 9/02 Presentation at the Downstate Healthy Start Consortium, Brooklyn, NY. Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders 5/02 Training workshop for staff and service providers at Brooklyn Perinatal Network. 5
8/00 Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association. Schooling Environment: Its Impact on Adolescent Girls Sense of Self. SPECIALIZED TRAINING 2009 DBT training with Behavioral Tech. 9/03-6/05 Supervision and training in the use of Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) with Kathleen Clougherty, CSW 6/02-12/02 Supervision and training in Neuropsychological Testing for the evaluation of learning disabilities by Wendy Tunic, Ph.D. 9/99-1/00 Post doctoral Family Therapy Practicum taught by Richard Belson, CSW RESEARCH INTERESTS Sexual abuse, trauma, women s mental health, and perinatal mood disorders. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Psychological Association Contra Costa Psychological Association Alameda County Psychological Association Northern California Center for Psychoanalytic Psychology Postpartum Support International International Study for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation A Home Within 6