· Class Profiles & Pictures
· Student Organizations
· Student Dissertations
· Pre-doctoral Externships
· Pre-doctoral Internships
· Time to Complete Program
· Alumni Employment and Profiles

 
About Our Students
 

Class Profiles & Pictures

Entering Class  Fall 02 Fall 03 Fall 04 Fall 05 Fall 06 Fall 07 Fall 08
Applications 163 204 210 243 289 266 226
Interviewed 59 55 59 56 65 61 64
Enrolled 25 12 16 17 18 17  
               
Enrolled Class              
Mean GPA 3.62 3.57 3.68 3.57 3.53 3.69  
Mean Verbal GRE 557 576 587 594 592 577  
Mean Quantitative GRE 622 670 630 600 627 634  
Mean Writing GRE       4.9 5.1 5.1  
Mean Psych GRE 623 608 614 654 651 653  

 

Class Pictures
Entering class of 2003

Entering class of 2002
Student Organizations

Doctoral Student Association

The Doctoral Student Association (DSA) is the student organization for the program that meets on a monthly basis to discuss the needs, concerns and various areas of interest of the doctoral students. This organization seeks to enhance the students' professional development and training. Membership is open to all full-time doctoral students in the program.

All first year students are assigned upper-class students who serve as peer advisors.

Students for Multicultural Advancement in Research and Training (SMART)

SMART is an organization maintained and run by the program's doctoral students. It's primary aim is to promote and advocate for continued education and training in issues pertaining to diversity and under-served populations within the doctoral program in clinical psychology at C.W. Post. Our interests include, but are not limited poverty, ethnic/cultural diversity, race, sexual orientation, identity, and disability, to name a few. 

SMART committee members organize activities and outings to provide an atmosphere for learning and discussion.  Previous activities have included obtaining a grant enabling us to invite renown psychologists to provide colloquium lectures to the department, movie nights, and international pot luck dinners. The Smart committee aims to meet monthly on campus. Officials are elected on a yearly basis and hold their appointments for one year.  For more information please contact the program secretary to receive appropriate contact information of current officials. 

Objectives:

To provide a supportive network of students who share a common interest in diversity. 

To promote an awareness of cultural and minority issues within the program. 

To disseminate academic information in our areas of interest.

To promote program activities within the department whereby students can engage in active learning and discussion regarding issues pertaining to diversity. 

To work with program faculty to increase a minority presence in both our student and faculty body.

To work with program faculty to address current curriculum as it pertains to issues regarding diversity.  

To develop and promote networking by inviting professionals from the community to discuss their experiences and knowledge in our areas of interest.

Sample Student Dissertations

  • Melanie Paci, Psy.D. Interpersonal problems and substance abuse as predictors of sexual behavior among women with Borderline Personality Disorder (2007).
  • Karen Zenou, Psy.D. The relationship between college student binge drinking and Depression. (2007).
  • Christine Wade, Psy.D. Two-Session group parent training for bedtime noncompliance in head start children. (2005).
  • Elana Helfenbaum, Psy.D. Parent training groups for fathers of head start children: A pilot study of their impact on child behavior and intra-familial relationships (2005).
  • Margery Segal-Kushnick, Psy.D. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and comorbid Body Dysmorphic Disorder (2004).
  • Christine DiBenedetto, Psy.D. Reality or fantasy? Boundary violations of therapists as portrayed in Film Since 1980. (2004).
  • Mandy Habib, Psy.D. Family affect in families of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. (2004).
  • Jakob Meydan, Psy.D. Concurrent substance use as a predictor of severity of impairment in functioning among schizophrenic patients. (2004).
  • Jacqueline Widmer, Psy.D. Using anger management for the prevention of child abuse by adolescent mothers. (2004).

Pre-doctoral Externships 2007-2008

  • Bellevue Hospital Center
  • Bronx Psychiatric Center
  • Center for Developmental Disabilities
  • Creedmoor Psychiatric Center
  • Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services Kings County Hospital
  • Long Island Jewish Medical Center
  • Nassau University Medical Center
  • National Institute for Psychotherapies
  • New York University
  • Counseling Center North General Hospital
  • Queens Children's Psychiatric Center
  • Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center
  • St. Luke's Hospital Cognitive Behavioral Associates
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Pre-doctoral Internships

Year
Number of Students
Who Applied for Internship
Percentage of Students
Who Obtained an Internship
2004
14
100
2005
12
100
2006
15
100
2007
14
100
2008
10
100
 
Year
Percentage of Internships
That Were Full-time
Percentage of Internships
That were Paid
2004
100
100
2005
100
92
2006
100
93
2007
100
86
2008
100
100
 
Year
Percentage of Internships
APPIC listed
Percentage of Internships
Accredited by APA
2004
93
71
2005
92
92
2006
87
80
2007
71
50
2008
90
80

Internship Placements in 2007-2008

  • Creedmoor Psychiatric Center
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan
  • Pilgrim Psychiatric Center, West Brentwood, NY
  • St. Dominic's Home, Blauvelt, NY
  • NYU/Belleview Hospital Center, New York, NY
  • Long Island Jewish/Zucker-Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY
  • Stony Brook Counseling Center, Chelmsford, MA
  • Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, Brooklyn, NY (2)
  • Woodbridge Developmental Center, Woodbridge, NJ
  • Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, NJ
  • Sunset Terrace Community Mental Health Center, Brooklyn, NY
  • Jamaica Hospital Center, Jamaica, NY
  • Brookdale, University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Internship Placements in 2008-2009

  • NY Harbor VA Medical Center-Manhattan, New York, NY
  • Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, MA
  • Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, NJ
  • North Bronx Healthcare Network-Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY
  • Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, Queens Village, NY (2 interns)
  • Albany Consortium/Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
  • Queens Children's Psychiatric Center, Bellerose, NY
  • Green Chimneys Children's Services, Brewster, NY
  • Coler/Goldwater Specialty Hospital & Nursing Center, Roosevelt Island, NY
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Time to Complete Program

From September 2000 until September 2007, 80 students have graduated from our program. During that time, nine students did not complete the program. During that time, the average (mean) number of years students have taken to complete the program has been 6 years. Below you will find a more detailed breakdown of the time required to complete the program.

Number of student who completed the program in 4 years - 1 (1.25%)
Number of student who completed the program in 5 years - 25 (31.25%)
Number of student who completed the program in 6 years - 29 (36.25%)
Number of student who completed the program in 7 years - 15 (18.75%)
Number of student who completed the program in 8 years - 9 (11.25%)
Number of student who completed the program in 9 years - 1 (1.25%)
   
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Alumni Employment and Profiles
  • Bronx Children's Psychiatric Center
  • Crossroads School for Child Development
  • Developmental Disabilities Institute
  • Elmhurst Hospital
  • Jamaica Hospital
  • Jacobi Medical Center
  • Interfaith Medical Center
  • Long Island Jewish Hospital
  • Long Island Jewish Medical Center
  • Montclair State University
  • National Development and Research Institutes - NYC (NDRI)
  • North Shore University Hospital
  • Pederson-Krag Center
  • Pilgrim Psychiatric Center
  • Port Authority of New York
  • Sagamore Children's Center
  • St. Mary's Child and Family Services
  • SUNY Stony Brook Developmental Disabilities Center
  • The Autism Help Center
  • The New Jersey Center for Outreach and Services for the Autism Community (COSAC)
  • The New York Forensic Mental Health Group
  • United Cerebral Palsy
  • Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk (VIBS)
  • Young Adult Institute/National Center for People with Disabilities

Christine M. Wade, Psy.D. - Graduated in 2005

At C.W. Post, I was a Head Start Graduate Student Research Grantee, with my dissertation research examining a behavioral group parent-training approach to bedtime noncompliance in Head Start preschoolers. My chair, Dr. Camilo Ortiz, and I turned my dissertation into a journal article at Child and Family Behavior Therapy. I recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Rochester Medical Center's Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities, where I was also a psychology fellow in SCDD's LEND (Leadership Education in Neuro-developmental Disabilities) program, which was sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau.There I provided classroom consultation and parent training for children with autism spectrum disorders. I also performed numerous diagnostic evaluations on children with suspected ASDs at URMC's Andrew J. Kirch Developmental Services Center. Currently I am an Associate Psychologist (on my way to becoming a Licensed Psychologist!) at the Finger Lakes Developmental Disabilities Service Office, a unit of the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD), in Rochester, NY. I work on a secure forensic unit where I provide psychological services to individuals with developmental disabilities whose behavior represents a significant risk to themselves and others.

Nancy Doi, Psy.D. - Graduated in 1998

I am a staff psychologist at the Sullivan Center, an outpatient mental health center that provides therapy for children and adolescents. It is located in Los Angeles. My areas of interest include adolescent anger management, domestic violence issues, and play therapy. In addition to individual and group therapy, I conduct assessments for the Central Valley Regional Center which screens for mental retardation and pervasive development disorder. I am also leading teams of psychologists to provide mental health services to two different middle schools. Finally, I am the Editor of “The Fresno Area Psychologist.”

Sagit R. Vishnia, Psy.D. - Graduated in 1997

While at C.W. Post, I chose the Developmental Disabilities elective track and completed my internship at Nassau University Medical Center. Since completing the program I have been working at the Cody Center for Developmental Disabilities at Stony Brook Hospital. I work primarily with children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and their families. My primary responsibilities include conducting diagnostic evaluations, consulting to schools, training parents and mental health professionals and running social skills training groups for children and adolescents with ASD. I am also an adjunct faculty member of the Psy.D. program at C. W. Post.

Jesse Jong-Shik Suh, Psy.D. - Graduated in 1996

As a recent recipient of the National Research Service Award from National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), I am currently working toward developing a research study on the relationship between psychological factors, substance addiction, and psychological treatment outcomes at the Center for the Studies of Addiction, University of Pennsylvania. Specifically, I intend to examine the etiological factors (e.g., affective experience, aggression, and trauma) in drug addiction, identify those features related to improved  treatment outcomes (e.g., therapeutic relationship), and develop, as well as test a treatment procedure and/or approach in substance abuse and dependence. In a separate role, I am a clinician working with trauma victims and substance abusers under the supervision of psychologist in Philadelphia, PA.

Manuel Guantez, Psy.D. - Graduated in  1994

I am currently the Executive Director at Turning Point, Inc., a 142 bed residential addictions / co-occurring disorders treatment program in New Jersey. Earlier in my career, I served as the Coordinator of Addiction Studies at Montclair State University and as an Assistant Professor I taught all core graduate and undergraduate courses in addiction and mental health. Additionally, I am an international speaker and consultant working with the United Nations to help Latin American countries achieve the gains in combating addiction that we have seen here in the United States. Furthermore, I has been singled out as an important contributor in shaping statewide policy and practices in mental health and substance abuse, and has served on the New Jersey Division of Addiction Services’ Residential Licensure Standards Revision Committee and the Quality Standards Substance Abuse Treatment Committee. 
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