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      • Perinatal Group Therapy
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  • Home
  • Therapy Services
    • Perinatal Mental Health
    • Mood|Anxiety|Life Changes
    • Trauma|PTSD
    • Telehealth|Home Services
    • Men's Mental Health
  • About Me
    • Professional Bio
    • Describe Therapy Together
  • Community Resources
    • Perinatal Group Therapy
    • Community Partners
  • Professional Consultant
  • Contact Me
  • Privacy Practices

Professional Bio and Qualifications

CLINICAL EXPERIENCES

Licensed in California#34019, Maine #2595, CO#6477 


Owner | Founder | CEO 

Collective Light Psychotherapy

Licensed Clinical Psychologist 

CA#34109

May 2023 - Present


Collaborative Supervisor

Wright Institute, Berkeley CA

August 2023 -  Present


Contracted Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Coast Family Psychological Services

May 2023 - October 2023


Clinical and Training Director

WellspaceSF/The Connective - Group Practice

San Francisco, CA

June 2022 - May 2023


Practice Manager

Wellspace SF/The Connective - Group Practice

Registered Psychological Associate 

March 2022 - June 2022


Pre-Doctoral Psychology Intern

Veteran Affairs of Northern California Healthcare System

PTSD unit, In-patient assisted living unit, Outpatient general mental health

August 2020 - August 2021


Registered Psychological Associate

WellspaceSF/The Connective - Group Practice

December 2019 - March 2023


Psychological Assistant I

Harbor Health - Community Mental Health

Toledo, OH

June 2o19 - November 2019


Graduate Student Clinician

BGSU Psychological Services

Bowling Green, OH 

2016 - 2019


Clinical Psychology Extern

Unison Health - Community Mental Health

Toledo, OH

2018 - 2019


Peer Supervisor

BGSU Psychological Services Center

Bowling Green, OH

November 2018 - May 2019


Clinical Psychology Extern

BGSU Counseling Center

Bowling Green, OH

May 2017 - May 2018


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Professor, part-time

CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community College

New York NY

Summer 2015

IN PRESS

 7 Self-Care Practices That Will Ward Off The Sunday Scaries | HuffPost Life 


 What Therapists Tell Patients Who Are Anxious About Coronavirus | HuffPost Life


 7 Boundaries Adult Children Should Consider Setting With Their Parents | HuffPost Life 


 6 Rude Comments Relatives Make At The Holidays (And How To Respond) | HuffPost Life 


 16 Ways To Practice Self-Care That Cost Next To Nothing | HuffPost Life 

 

PUBLICATIONS & SYMPOSIUMS

Publications


Hart, A., Pargament, K., Grubbs, J., Exline, J., Wilt, J. (August 2020). Predictors of spiritual growth and decline following religious and spiritual struggles: The role of the orienting system. Religions (special edition), 11, 445.


Grubbs, J.B. & Riley, A. (2018). Generational differences in narcissism and narcissistic traits. Chapter 20 in The Handbook of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Theoretical Approaches, Empirical Findings, and Treatments, pp. 183–191


Mahoney, A., Pomerleau, J., & Riley, A. (2017). Transcending barriers to build bridges between family psychology and religious organizations. APA Contemporary Handbook of Family Psychology and Religious Organizations.


Symposiums & Presentations 


Hart, A. (2019). Soul Sisters and Brothers: Sanctification and Spiritual Intimacy Predicting Friendship Quality in Close Friends in a College Sample. APA Division 36 Conference: The Psychological Science of Religion and Spirituality. Bowling Green, OH.


Riley, A. & Mahoney A. (2018). What’s God got to do with it? Interactive effects of sanctification and felt relationship with God on close friendship quality. Poster at APA Division 36 Conference: The Psychological Science of Religion and Spirituality.

Riverside, CA.


Riley, A., Pargament, K., & Grubbs, J. (2017). Predictors of Growth and Decline Following Religious and Spiritual Struggles: The Role of the Orienting System. Poster at APA Division 36 Conference: The Psychological Science of Religion and Spirituality.

Chattanooga, TN.


Riley, A. & Emley, L. (2016). The impact of mindfulness on healthy eating behavior: a meta- analysis. Poster at 23rd Annual Symposium on Research in Psychiatry, Psychology, and Behavioral Science. University of Toledo, OH.


Riley, A., Falk, S. Sharma-Patel, K., Brown, E. (2014). The relations among self-blame, social support and PTSD symptom severity in children and adolescents with trauma. Poster presentation at Annual Conference of Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention.

EDUCATION

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Adult  Track, Religious/Spiritual Track

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

2015 - 2022


Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, General Concentration

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

2015 - 2018


Master of Arts in Experimental Psychology

Saint John’s University, Queens, NY

2013 - 2015


Bachelor of Science in Psychology

Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga, CA

2010 - 2012


Distance Learning Center for Addiction Studies, Online

500 hours of online education; received class completion certificates for addiction & recovery counseling to inform co-facilitator position at a SUD treatment program.

2011 - 2013


Associate of Arts in Transfer Studies/Liberal Arts

Diablo Valley Community College, Pleasant Hill, CA

2006 - 2009

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