DAWN L. WILSON
Home Address Business
Address Placement
#18-203 Child
and Farmily Services 2844
Downing
Denver, CO 80247 4141
E. Dickenson Place Denver,
CO 80205
(720) 857-8701 Denver,
DO 80222 (303)
291-8918
drdawn0l@hotmail.com (303)
504-6501 (303)
941-8608
Education
The
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Dates: August
1996 - August 2001
Degree: Ph.D.,
2001
Major: Clinical
Psvchology (APA Accredited)
Concentration: Psychology
and Law
Master's Thesis: "Gender
Specific Manifestations of Psychopatliy in a College Population."
Dissertation: "Cognitive-Behavioral
Treatment of Anger Expression in Women: An Efficacy Study."
The
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Dates: 1990 - 1994
Degree-. B.A.,
1994
Majors: Psychology
and Sociology
Mental
Health Corporation of Denver, Denver, CO
Dates: September
9, 2002 to Present
Title: Mental
Heath Specialist
Responsibilities: Conduct
mental health prescreens on 'uveniles detained 'in Denver detention facility,
complete mental health evaluations for medication evaluations, provide crisis
management and
brief individual therapy,
consult with the multidisciplinary treatment team, the Juvenile Court-, System,
Social Services,
Probation, and the Division of Youth Corrections. Provide mental health training to staff.
Supervision: Group
/ weekly Individual / bimonthly Fred Krieder,
Post-Doctoral
Fellowship
Mountain
Star Residential Treatment Center at CMHI-FL, Denver, CO
Dates: September 2001 to August 2002 Title: Psychology Post Doctoral Fellow
Responsibilities: Provided
care and treatment coordination for adolescents with a wide range of
psychiatric diagnoses, legal problems, multi-problem families, numerous placement
failures, and issues of neglect and abuse. Participated in the
admissions screening process, completed initial psychosocial assessments,
devised treatment plans, conducted 'individual, group, and family therapies,
consulted with the multidisciplinary team, coordinated services within the
community and disposition planning, and evaluated patients admitted on 72-hour
mental health holds on the Adolescent Inpatient Services unit as needed. Responsibilities also included
supervising other psychology trainees.
Supervision: Individual 2 hours / week
Supervisor: Nell Sorokin, Ph.D
The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
Forensic Adolescent Consultation and Treatment Services (Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center)
health issues. Helped design and implement individual
treatment plans, coordinated treatment services, and consulted with the
multidisciplinary treatment team.
Provided 'individual, group, and family therapies, co-facilitated sex
offender group treatment, and delivered substance abuse services. Conducted psychological assessments and
provided clinically relevant treatment recommendations.
The
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
National
Jewish Hospital, Denver,
CO
Dates: February
2001 to August 2001
Title: Clinical
Psychology Intern
Responsibilities: Conducted
neuropsychological screening batteries for geriatric patients diagnosed with
chromic obstructive pulmonary disease as part of a research study.
Supervisor: Liza
Kozora, Ph.D.
The
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver CO
Dates: November 2000 to August 2001
Title: Clinical
Psychology Intern
Responsibilities: Provided individual therapy to an adult outpatient population.
Supervision: Individual 1 hour / week
Supervisor: Carl Zimet, Ph.D
Other
Supervised Clinical Experience
The
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Dates: September 1999 to July 2000
Title: Clinical Psychology Trainee (group practicum, training position)
Responsibilities: Provided group therapy to persons with anger problems.
Supervision: Individual - 1 hour / week; Group - 1 hour / week
Supervisor: Karina Davidson, Ph.D.
Capstone
Medical Center, Tuscaloosa,
AL
Dates: July 1999 to July 2000
Title: Clinical Psychology Trainee (half-time, paid position)
Responsibilities: Provided individual and fwnily therapy to adults, adolescents, and children 'in an outpatient medical facility. Consulted with Family Practice Residents and provided psychological assessments for medical and psychiatric referrals as needed.
Supervision: Individual - 1 hour / week; Group - 1 hour / week
Supervisor: Nancy Rubin, Psy.D.
Taylor
Hardin Secure Medical Facility, Tuscaloosa, AL
Dates: August 1998 to July 1999
Title: Clinical Psychology Trainee (half-time, paid position)
Responsibilities: Psychological service provider in a secure forensic hospital for men found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity or deemed by the courts to be Incompetent to Stand Trial. Conducted psychological assessments and wrote reports for admission screening and treatment planning. Facilitated weekly psychoeducational groups and was a member of the multidisciplinary treatment planning team.
Supervision: Individual - 1 hour / week
Supervisors: Jerry Gragg, Psy.D.
Kathy Ronan, Ph.D.
Juvenile Court, Tuscaloosa, AL
Dates: January 1999 to May 1999
Title: Clinical Psychology Trainee (correctional practicum, training position)
Responsibilities: Psychological service provider for at-risk children and adolescents residing in the local detention center. Conducted intake assessments for at-risk children, provided brief psychotherapy for adolescents detained in the secure juvenile detention facility, and performed assessment consultations as requested by the referee and probation officers.
Supervision: Individual - 1 hour / week; Group - 1 hour / week.
Supervisor: Carl
Clements, Ph.D.
Alabama
School Aged Assessment Service, Tuscaloosa, AL
Dates: February 1996 to December 1998
Title: Case-coordinator / Psychometrician (weekly clinic, volunteer)
Responsibilities: Coordinated psycho-educational testing and behavioral and personality assessment of children and adolescents referred to the outpatient assessment service due to academic underachievement, behavioral problems, and other psychological concerns. Wrote integrated reports and provided feedback to the child and family with treatment recommendations. Administered intellectual achievement tests for other case-coordinators. Attended weekly staff meetings.
Supervision: Individual, 2-3 hours per case
Supervisor: Paul J. Frick, Ph.D.
Brewer
Porch Children's Center, Tuscaloosa, AL
Dates: October 1997 to February 1998
Title: Clinical Psychology Trainee (general practicum, training position)
Responsibilities: Therapist in training facility for clinical graduate students. Provided psychotherapy in an outpatient day treatment facility for children with emotional and behavioral problems.
Supervision: Individual - 1 hour / week; Group - 1 hour / week.
Supervisor: Nancy Campbell, Ph.D.
Psychological
Clinic, Tuscaloosa,
AL
Dates: June 1997 to August 1998
Title: Clinical Psychology Trainee (general practicum, training position)
Responsibilities: Therapist in training facility for clinical graduate students and mental health center for campus and community. Conducted intake interviews for assessment and therapy cases. Provided psychotherapy in an outpatient setting with adults, children, and families presenting with various psychological problems. Achninistered psychological assessments and performed school consultations as needed. Presented and attended case presentations and case conferences.
Supervision: Individual
- 1 hour / week; Group - 1 hour / week.
Supervisors: James Calvert, Ph.D., Karina Davidson, Ph.D., Lee Keyes, Ph.D, and Robert D. Lyman, Ph.D.
Tuscaloosa
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Tuscaloosa, AL
Dates: June 1997 to September 1997
Title: Neuropsychology Technician (half-time, paid position)
Responsibilities: Conducted neuropsychological assessments and diagnostic interviews with an adult inpatient population.
Supervisor: Charles Ward, Ph.D.
Spanish
Peaks Mental Health Center, Pueblo, CO
Dates: February 1995 to August 1996
Title: Mental Health Worker, III
Responsibilities: Provided weekly one to one counseling sessions and daily group sessions with adults in a residential mental health facility. Conducted admission assessments, wrote treatment plans, and performed crisis intervention.
Super-visor: Gary Buxman, Facility Director
Teaching
Experience
Department
of Psychology, University
of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Dates: August 1998 - December 1998
Title: Instructor (practicum, training position)
Responsibilities: Taught one section of Introduction to Psychology to 35 undergraduate students. Prepared lectures, demonstrations, and discussions. Prepared and graded exams, papers and assigned final grades.
Supervisor: Steven Prentice-Dunn, Ph.D.
Department
of Psychology, University
of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Dates: August 1996 - May 1998
Title: Graduate Teaching Assistant (quarter-time, paid position)
Responsibilities: Taught four semesters of Statistics Laboratory to approximately 20 undergraduate students each semester. Prepared lectures and graded homework assignments.
Supervisors: Edward Merrill, Ph.D., Jean Spruill, Ph.D.
The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
Dates: September 2000 - March 2001
Title: Clinical Psychology Intern
Responsibilities: Member of a team investigating the executive functioning of conduct disordered adolescents with substance abuse problems. Literature review and wrote a document which examined the relation among executive functioning, conduct disorder, and substance abuse in adolescent females.
Supervisor: Lateitia Thompson, Ph.D
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Dates: October 1998 - August 2000
Title: Graduate Research Assistant
Responsibilities: Member of team investigating the use of defense mechanisms by patients in an outpatient psychiatric and medical facility. Data coding of videotaped interviews using Q-sort.
Super-visor: Karina Davidson, Ph.D.
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Dates: May 1998 -November 1998.
Title: Graduate Research Assistant (paid position)
Responsibilities: Member of a team investigating the relation between constructive anger expression and blood pressure. Data coding of videotaped interviews using CAB-V and the Expanded Structured Interview.
Supervisor: Karina
Davidson, Ph.D.
The
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Dates: June 1997 - June 1998
Title: Field Researcher (paid position)
Responsibilities: Data collection related to a field study of legislated alcohol serving practices.
Supervisor: Jack Dresser, Ph.D.
The
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Dates: August 1997 - December 1998
Title: Graduate Research Assistant
Responsibilities: Member of team investigating issues related to conduct disorder and child psychopathy.
Supervisor: Paul Frick, Ph.D.
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Dates: August 1997 - May 1998
Title: Graduate Research Assistant (paid position)
Responsibilities: Reviewed literature and investigated issues related to the culture of aggression. Questionnaire construction.
Supervisor: Andrew Reeves, Ph.D.
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Dates: August 1996 - May 1997
Title: Graduate Research Assistant (paid position)
Responsibilities: Member of research team investigating issues related to psychology and law.
Supervisor: Carl Clements, Ph.D.
The University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Dates: August 1992 - May 1994
Title: Undergraduate Research Assistant (paid position) / Undergraduate Researcher (senior thesis)
Responsibilities'. Member of research team 'investigating racial destigmatization in AfricanAmericans. Reviewed literature, collected data, and coded and transcribed data. Manuscript writing.
Supervisor: Loreta Coleman, Ph.D.
Wilson, D. L., Frick, P. J., &
Clements, C. (1999). Gender,
somatization, and psychopathic traits in a college sample. and Behavioral
Assessment 21 221-235.
Wilson, D.L., Davidson, K.W.,
Barksdale, C., Black, B., & MacLean, D. (2001). U-Curved relation between total fasting serum cholesterol
and hostility: A population-based study.
International Journal of Behavior Medicine 8, 282-292.
Wilson, D.L. (presenter), Davidson,
K., & Reneau, S. Implementing a cogriitive-behavioral anger intervention
with African-Americans. Symposium
presented at the 2000 meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Nashville,
TN.
Frick, P. J., Loney, B. R,, Ellis,
M., & Wilson, D. L. Anxiety, fearlessness, and antisocial behavior. Symposium presented at the 1999 meeting
of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy.
Davidson, K., Wilson, D. L.
(presenter), Barksdale, C., Black, B., MacLean, D. (1999). U-curved relation between total fasting
serum lipids and hostility: A population based study. Paper presented at the 1999 meeting of the Society of
Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA.
Davidson, K., Wilson, D.L. (presenter), Reneau, S.
Constructive anger expression predicts hypertension. Poster presented at the 2000 meeting of the American
Psychosomatic Society, Savannah, GA.
Domino, M.L., Wilson, D.L., Boothby,
J., Stump, J., Scogin, F., & Brodsky, S.
Cognitive bibliotherapy treatment of depression with J'all
detainees. Poster presented at the
2000 meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, New Orleans, LA.
Domino, ML., Wilson, D.L. (presenter), & Chaplin, W. Attitudes toward suicide wnong a forensic population. Poster presented at the 2000 meeting of the American Psychology-Law Society, New Orleans, LA.
Ellis, ML., Wilson, D.L., & Frick, P.J. (1999). An evaluation of the sensation seeking scale for children: Ethnic differences. Poster presented at the 1999 meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Wilson, D.L., Frick, P.J., & Clements, C. (1999). Gender, somatization, and psychopathic
traits in a college sample. Poster
presented at the Second Annual Graduate Student Research Conference,
Tuscaloosa, AL.