Clinical
Assessment & Therapy
As a license-eligible clinician, I have practiced in a broad range of settings including school and integrated behavioral health settings, providing psychological assessments and individual, family, and group therapy.
Clinical Experience
- Individual and group therapy
- Psychodiagnostic assessment
- Psychoeducational assessment
- Mindfulness-based interventions
- Crisis support and safety planning for suicidal ideation
- Parent training
- Behavioral activation therapy delivered both outside and inside an MRI scanner
- Adult dialectical behavior therapy groups
- Stress management for undergraduate students
Therapy Modalities
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Behavioral Activation
- Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation Narrative Therapy
Assessment Training
- Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5 (CAPS-5)
- Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS)
- Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS)
- Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 (SCID)
- Wechsler scales (WAIS, WISC)
- Woodcock-Johnson tests (achievement, cognitive, oral)
- Kaufman Tests of Educational Achievement
Chaela has also supervised numerous students on assessment and therapy.