My Experience and Training

Current Position

Clinical Psychologist
Private Practice, Walnut Creek, CA
Provide psychological consultation and individual psychotherapy to adults in addition to conducting
psychological testing and evaluations.

Past

Psychologist - Independent Contractor
Asian Pacific Psychological Services, Oakland, CA
Provided counseling and psychotherapy to children, adolescents, family and adult individuals.  
Consultation to the local medical community.

Post Doctoral Fellow
Kaiser Permanente, Dept. of Mental Health, Crisis Team, Walnut Creek, CA
Conducted brief psychotherapy with adult and geriatric individuals who presented with a wide range
of issues.  Crisis intervention and group therapy.  

Pre-Doctoral Intern
St. Mary's Medical Center, McAuley Institute, San Francisco, CA
Provided inpatient and outpatient individual psychotherapy.  Group therapy on inpatient unit.
Conducted psychological assessments on psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents.

Pre-Doctoral Intern
Forensic Health Care, Inc./Golden Gate Conditional Release Program
San Francisco, CA
Outpatient individual and group treatment of judicially committed, mentally ill patients found Not
Guilty by Reason of Insanity or Mentally Disordered Offender. Psychological testing.  Evaluated
patients at state mental hospitals to assess readiness for outpatient conditional release.  
Conducted court-ordered Placement Evaluations (P.C. 1370) at San Francisco County jail on
persons deemed Incompetent to Stand Trial.

Psychological Trainee
East County Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Antioch, CA
Outpatient therapy with under-served children and adolescents at a community mental health clinic.  
Conducted psychological testing.

Psychological Trainee
Psychological Services Center, Family Violence Institute, Oakland, CA
Long-term outpatient individual psychotherapy with adult individuals.

Education

Doctor of Psychology, Clinical Psychology
California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda, CA
APA accredited program
Dissertation title:  "Female Filicide Offenders: A Descriptive Rorschach and MMPI-2 Study."

Master of Arts, Clinical Psychology
California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda, CA

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology; Minor in Anthropology
California State University, Sacramento, CA

Professional Memberships

American Psychological Association

1200 Mt. Diablo Blvd.
Suite 406
Walnut Creek, CA
94596

(925) 262-4136

Licensed Psychologist
PSY19657

www.eastbaypsych.com


    Psychotherapy

    Consultation

    Evaluation
M A R Y  L E E - L A U, P S Y. D .