Staff Profiles
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PSYCHOLOGY INTERNSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM
TRAINING DIRECTORS
Brenda Ingram, L.C.S.W., Director, Training (Headquarters)
Interests: treatment for survivors of sexual assault and family violence; culturally competent mental health services; African American mental health; crisis intervention; training; supervision of student mental health professionals; child and family therapy.
Dawn Vo-Jutabha, Ph.D., Director, Psychology Internship Program (Headquarters)
Interests: training and policy issues; cultural aspects of mental health and developmental psychopathalogy; child psychological and diagnostic assessment, family and empirically supported treatments.
TRAINING SUPERVISORS
Robert Byrd, Psy.D., A.B.P.S., Supervising Psychologist, Family Division (Mar Vista Center)
Interests: neuropsychological, psychoeducational, and psychodiagnostic evaluation; child/adolescent psychotherapy; special education, IEPs and AB3632.
Sandy Escobar, Ph.D., Supervising Psychologist and Director, Intenstive Mental Health Services, Adult Division (Headquarters)
Interests: nontraditional mental health services, adult mental health
Devon Kaiser, Psy.D., Testing and Supervising Psychologist, Adult Division (Headquarters)
Interests: adult psychological, neuropsychological, and psychodiagnostic assessment; training and supervision; aging and older adult issues; bereavement; relationship issues.
Andrea Marcus, Ph.D., Supervising Psychologist, Emergency Services Division (Headquarters)
Interests: supervision of psychotherapy; treatment planning; psychotherapy with adolescents and adults.
Ryan Mendoza, Psy.D., Supervising Psychologist and Program Coordinator, Family Division (Inglewood Center)
Interests: child, family and adolescent psychotherapy; narrative and solution-focused therapy; mental health services for culturally and ethnically diverse populations.
Kristine Santoro, Ph.D., Supervising Psychologist, Family Division (Headquarters)
Interests: childhood Bipolar Disorder and PDD spectrum; child psychological and diagnostic assessment; family and CBT-based therapy for youth.
Dmitry Tuller, Ph.D., Supervising Psychologist and Program Director, Adult Division (Headquarters)
Interests: adult psychological and neuropsychological assessment; mental health treatment of culturally and ethnically diverse populations; treatment of individuals with chronic mental illness and co-occurring disorders; training and supervision.
ADJUNCT SUPERVISORY STAFF
Regina Cavanagh, L.M.F.T., Program Coordinator, Adult Division (Headquarters)
Interests: community mental health; psychological rehabilitation for individuals with serious mental illness.
Priscilla Chinchilla, Ph.D., Registered Psychologist, Family Division (Mar Vista Center)
Interests: trauma focused CBT, child and adolescent psychotherapy.
MASTER'S LEVEL INTERNSHIPS
TRAINING DIRECTORS
Brenda Ingram, L.C.S.W., Director, Training (Headquarters)
Interests: treatment for survivors of sexual assault and family violence; culturally competent mental health services; African American mental health; crisis intervention; training; supervision of student mental health professionals; child and family therapy.
Dawn Vo-Jutabha, Ph.D., Director, Psychology Internship Program (Headquarters)
Interests: training and policy issues; cultural aspects of mental health and developmental psychopathalogy; child psychological and diagnostic assessment, family and empirically supported treatments.