Professional Bio and Qualifications
CLINICAL EXPERIENCES
Owner | Founder | CEO
Collective Light Psychotherapy
Licensed Clinical Psychologist #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