1. Carla M. Gabris, Ph.D.
New York State Licensed Clinical Psychologist
carla2939@gmail.com
(845) 548-7098
EDUCATION
Sept 2005- Suffolk University, Ph.D.
Sept 2014 Boston, Massachusetts
American Psychological Association Accredited Program
M.A., Clinical Psychology (2009)
Dissertation successfully defended (August, 2013)
Ph.D. (2014)
Successfully completed both comprehensive exams (research and clinical)
Completed Master’s Thesis: Assessing the Reliability of the Developmental Analysis of
Psychotherapy Process (DAPP) Coding System using a Signal Detection Model and 'Smoothing'
Statistical Techniques
Completed Dissertation: A Comparative Therapeutic Relationship Study in a Group of Older
Adults with Depression and Executive Dysfunction
Sept 2001- Cornell University
May 2003 Ithaca, New York
B.S., Human Development
Dean’s List (Fall, 2001)
GPA: 3.59
Sept 1999- State University of New York (SUNY) Albany
May 2001 Albany, New York
(transferred to Cornell)
Dean’s List (Fall, 1999, Spring, 2000, Fall, 2000)
Class Rank #1 (Fall, 1999)
GPA: 3.93
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Oct 2015- North Shore LIJ Health System
Present Care Manager
Supervisor: Mary Dicostanzo, RN-BC, CCM
Providing behavioral health screens to patients in primary care setting
Providing brief problem-solving treatment to patients
Linking and referring patients to appropriate care for behavioral health needs
Collaborating with medical teams
Attending care management meetings
Dec 2014- Bleuler Psychotherapy Center
Present Psychotherapist
Supervisor: Susan O’Doherty, Ph.D.
Providing individual psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and families
Treating individuals with adjustment disorders, bipolar disorder, major depression,
generalized anxiety disorder, substance abuse disorders, learning disabilities, panic
disorder, and autism spectrum disorder
Conducting intakes
Collaborating with psychiatrists and intake workers
Attending weekly individual supervision
SUPERVISED CLINICAL TRAINING
Sept 2014- North Shore University Hospital
Oct 2015 Postdoctoral Fellow
Supervisor: Margaret Mulligan, Ph.D.
Provided individual psychotherapy for cardiac patients with anxiety, depression, and
adjustment disorders
Led stress reduction group for cardiac patients
Provided behavioral screens and compliance assessments for heart failure patients,
involving assessments for depression, anxiety, cognitive impairment, and substance abuse
Conducted psychological consults for cardiac patients in general hospital setting
Collaborated with medical teams
Attended weekly seminars, grand rounds, and individual supervision
Collaborated in program development of Behavioral Cardiology at North Shore
Hospital
Sept 2013- Visiting Mental Health
Aug 204 Pre-doctoral Internship
Supervisor: Ann Monis, Psy.D.
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Provided individual and group psychotherapy in assisted living facilities for individuals
with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, substance abuse/ substance dependence
disorders, bipolar disorder, major depression, anxiety disorders, personality disorders,
and adjustment disorders
Provided domestic abuse interventions, substance abuse interventions, anger
management, and parenting classes for court-ordered cases and individuals in assisted
living facilities, jail settings, group homes, and private residences
Treated adults, adolescents and children with mood disorders and adjustment disorders
in office setting
Conducted basic psychological, psycho social, substance abuse, ability to parent,
psychoeducational, and neuropsychological evaluations for individuals with a range of
ages and presenting problems
Participated in weekly didactics, group supervision and individual supervision
Jan 2010- Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry
Aug 2013 Weill Cornell Medical College
White Plains, New York
Advanced Doctoral Externship
Supervisors: Patrick Raue, Ph.D., Dimitris Kiosses, Ph.D., Jo Anne Sirey,
Ph.D.
Face-to-Face Intervention and Assessment Hours: Approximately 917
Provided individual problem solving therapy (PST) and adherence-enhancement
treatment in the homes of a racially, ethnically and socioeconomically diverse group of
elderly depressed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients for NIMH
funded study (title of research project: Treating Older Patients with Major Depression
and Severe COPD)
Provided PST and case-management to older adults with depression and physical
disability (title of research project: Case Management and Problem Solving Therapy for
Depressed, Homebound, Low-Income Elders)
Conducted assessments of depression and social service needs, and provided
community-based clinical referrals in the homes of low-income seniors receiving home-
delivered meals (title of research project: Increasing Use of Mental Health Services for
Community Dwelling Older Adults with Depression)
Collaborated with social workers and directors from community mental health and
senior agencies (Department of Senior Programs and Services, Jewish Association for
Services for the Aged, Bronx Jewish Community Council, Southwestern Connecticut
Agency on Aging, Visiting Nurse Service of Westchester, and Visiting Nurse Service of
New York) to facilitate treatment and referral services for seniors
Participated in weekly team meetings, case conferences, seminars, grand rounds, and
individual and group supervision
Rated study therapists' tapes on study-specific treatment fidelity
Collaborated with a multidisciplinary team that included psychologists, psychiatrists,
social workers, physicians, and statisticians
Initiated collaborative relationship with director of the 60+ Program at the 92nd Street
Y
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Sept 2007- Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital
May 2008 Bedford, Massachusetts
Doctoral Externship
Supervisors: Kevin Henze, Ph.D., Dolly Sadow, Ph.D., ABPP
Face-to-Face Intervention and Assessment Hours: 162
Provided individual, couples, and group psychotherapy for inpatient and outpatient
veteran clients with a wide range of presenting problems and psychopathology, including
posttraumatic stress disorder, dysthymic disorder, major depressive disorder, bipolar I
and II disorders, schizoid personality disorder, schizophrenia, domestic violence, and
substance use disorders
Used psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR), motivational interviewing, CBT and other
integrative approaches to treat patients
Completed testing batteries and integrated reports, including the Wechsler Adult
Intelligence Scale (WAIS-IV), the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-
2), the California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT), and the Delis-Kaplan Executive
Function System (D-KEFS) subtests (Trail Making Test, Verbal Fluency Test, and Color-
Word Interference Test)
Participated in weekly individual and group supervision
Attended case conferences, seminars, and psychotherapy treatment workshops
Collaborated with psychologists, psychiatrists, nutritionists, and physicians to manage
cases
Sept 2006- Suffolk/Chelsea Juvenile Court Clinical Service
May 2007 Chelsea, Massachusetts
Doctoral Externship
Supervisor: Alice LoCicero, Ph.D.
Face-to-Face Intervention and Assessment Hours: 77
Provided individual, court-mandated psychotherapy for adolescents with a variety of
presenting problems and diagnoses, including: depression, posttraumatic stress disorder,
drug and alcohol abuse, gang-related violence, pregnancy, bullying, family discord,
truancy, learning disabilities, and academic difficulties
Worked closely with client family members and parole officers in formulating client
treatment plans
Attended client court sessions
Participated in weekly individual and group supervision and weekly seminars at Brooke
Courthouse and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
July 2004- Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry
August 2013 Weill Cornell Medical College
White Plains, New York
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Senior Research Assistant (2008-present)
Research Assistant (2004-2005)
Supervisors: Patrick Raue, Ph.D., Jo Anne Sirey, Ph.D., Dimitris
Kiosses, Ph.D.
Conducted depression screening of rehabilitation inpatients (stroke and COPD), and
homebound seniors with cognitive impairment, and recruited them to participate in
NIMH funded psychotherapy studies
Administered baseline and follow-up assessments for research studies, using
instruments including: the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM IV Disorders (SCID),
Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS), Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating
Scale (MADRS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), World Health Organization
Disability Assessment Schedule II (WHODAS II), Functional Independence Measure
(FIM), Frontal Systems Behavioral Scale (FrSBe), Short Form Health Survey (SF-12),
Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE), Stroop Color and Word Test, Dementia Rating Scale
(DRS), Digit Span, Hopkins Verbal Learning Test (HVLT), Wisconsin Card Sort Test
(WCST), and Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COWAT)
Provided oversight of new research assistant training
Attended and participated in conferences with the Geriatric Mental Health Coalition
and Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Conducted telephone screens for prospective research participants involving
depression, bipolar, and suicide risk assessments
Engaged in weekly research team meetings and collaborating with psychologists,
psychiatrists, social workers, physicians, nurses, and statisticians
Oct 2011- Brief Psychotherapy Research Program
May 2012 Beth Israel Medical Center
Manhattan, New York
Research Assistant
Headed by Jeremy Safran, Ph.D. and Christopher Muran, Ph.D.
Supervisor: Catherine Eubanks-Carter, Ph.D.
rained in coding of psychotherapy video tapes of individual psychotherapy with
Cluster C personality disorders using the Rupture Resolution Rating System (3Rs)
Used 3Rs to code psychotherapy video tapes for ruptures and resolutions in the working
alliance (1-2 sessions coded each week)
Participated in weekly laboratory meetings
July 2005- Family Management of Childhood Diabetes Study
July 2006 Boston, Massachusetts
Organized by Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) Group
Research Assistant
Supervisor: Candice Grayton, MPH
Collected data for NIH funded study in the homes of pre- and early adolescents with
type I diabetes
Administered assessment measures, including: the Q-Sort Test for Children, Children’s
Depression Inventory (CDI), Diabetes Self-Management Profile (DSMP), PedsQL Core
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Generic Module and Diabetes Module, Diabetes Family Responsibility Questionnaire
(DFRQ), and Diabetes Family Conflict Scale (DFCS)
Jan 2003- Policy Analysis and Management Department
May 2003 Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Research Assistant
Supervisor: Raymond Swisher, Ph.D.
Engaged in independent study exploring relationship between adolescent exposure to
violence, socioeconomic status, depression, and gender
Conducted literature reviews
Trained in Statistical Analysis System (SAS)
May 2002- Human Development Department
Aug 2002 Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Research Assistant
Supervisor: Catherine Pilcher Bradshaw, Ph.D.
Engaged in independent study assessing cognitive and behavioral variables associated
with aggression among adolescents
Conducted literature reviews
Administered social information processing vignettes to adolescent subjects in public
schools
Entered and analyzed research data using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
(SPSS)
May 2002- Division of Nutritional Sciences
Aug 2002 Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Research Assistant
Supervisor: Ardyth Gillespie, Ph.D.
Engaged in independent study investigating the Family Food Decision-Making System
(FFDS) in an ecosystem context, in which behavioral and socioeconomic factors were
taken into account
Conducted literature reviews
Worked with a multidisciplinary team including nutrition specialists and social
scientists
Sept 2000- Anxiety Disorders Research Program
May 2001 Psychology Department
State University of New York at Albany
Albany, New York
Research Assistant
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Supervisor: John P. Forsyth, Ph.D.
Administered Stroop Color and Word Test to subjects in a CO₂I inhalation study
Entered data into SPSS
Conducted phone interviews and study screens with prospective research subjects
Attended weekly laboratory meetings and worked with a team of graduate students,
undergraduate students and a psychology professor
PRESENTATIONS/PUBLICATIONS
Gabris, C., Suvak, M., Gansler, D., Raue, P., & Areán, P.A. (May, 2013). Client perceptions of
therapist behaviors in a treatment study of older adults with depression and executive
dysfunction: Post-treatment and long term follow-up results. Poster presented at the 25th annual
conference of the Association for Psychological Science.
Gabris, C., Suvak, M., Gansler, D., Raue, P., & Areán, P.A. (April, 2013). Client perceptions of
therapist behaviors in a treatment study of older adults with depression and executive
dysfunction. Peer-reviewed Poster accepted for the 33rd annual conference of the Anxiety and
Depression Association of America.
Sirey, J., Marino, P., Greenfield, A., Tagarelli, D., D’Angelo, D., Gabris, C., McKenzie, S.,
& Bruce, M. (October, 2012). Improving engagement in mental health services for older persons
with depression: Current needs and intervention. Poster presented at the American Psychiatric
Association’s 64th Institute on Psychiatric Services meeting, New York, NY.
Gabris, C. (2011). Depression and cognitive decline in old age: Effects on the whole family and
resources for help. Quarterly community talk presented at Weill Cornell Medical College, White
Plains, New York.
Gabris, C, & Jerram, M. (2009, May). DAPP as a method for case analysis: An ecologically
valid assessment of reliability. In J.B. Harris (Chair), Psychotherapy integration: Contributions,
challenges and the future. Symposium paper presented at the 25th annual conference of the
Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, Seattle, Washington.
DeAmicis, A., & Gabris, C. (2009, May). Adapting DAPP for formative evaluation research by
practitioners. In J.B. Harris (Chair), Psychotherapy integration: Contributions, challenges and
the future. Symposium paper presented at the 25th annual conference of the Society for the
Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, Seattle, Washington.
LoCicero, A., Deangelo, S., Gabris, C., McCue, A., Mizock, L., Roth, K., & Samburg, S. (2007,
August). Mentor/Counselor: An evolving model for counseling court-involved adolescents.
Poster presented at the 115th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San
Francisco, California.
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CLINICALLY RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT
December 2013- Club Z Tutoring
June 2014
Tutor
Supervisor: Ramon Serrano
Helped middle school students in a variety of subjects with homework and test
preparation
Facilitated learning process for students struggling with learning disabilities and
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
May 2008- Connections to College Program
Aug 2008 Suffolk University
Boston, Massachusetts
Project Coordinator
Supervisor: Carolina Garcia, M.E., MPA, Director of Service Learning
Helped design and implement college program for inner city high school students
Coordinated competitive selection process of students for program
Organized and led staff meetings
Created contracts and safety protocols for students, parents, and staff
Managed and resolved academic, emotional, and social problems among staff and
students as they arose
Organized and planned academic and social activities for students
June 2007- Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Aug 2008 Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Consultant
Supervisor: Carl Fulwiler, MD, Ph.D., Director, Clinical Neuroscience
Service at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
Conducted literature reviews
Coordinated psychiatrists’ consult schedules
Scheduled patient appointments
Trained new consultants
Dec 2007- Boston Learning Center
July 2008 Dorchester, Massachusetts
Tutor
Helped homebound elementary school, junior high school, and high school students in a
variety of subjects with homework and test preparation
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Facilitated learning process for students struggling with learning disabilities, physical
and mental health problems, and language barriers
ADDITIONAL PSYCHOMETRIC EXPERIENCE
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of
Neuropsychological Status (RBANS), Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT), Wechsler
Intelligence Scale for Children-IV (WISC-IV), Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV (WAIS-
IV), Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS - IV), Woodcock-Johnson-III: Achievement Test (WJA),
Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Parenting Satisfaction
Scale, Sentence Completion Series (Adolescent, Adult, and Parenting), Millon Clinical
Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III), Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS-SR), Kinetic
House Tree Person, Rorschach, Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), Minnesota Multiphasic
Personality Inventory (MMPI), MMPI-Adolescent, Bender Gestalt
VOLUNTEER/LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Sept 2004- Big Brother Big Sister
Aug 2005 New City, New York
Volunteer
Provided guidance and academic support for underprivileged children
Participated in activities and attended events with Big Brother Big Sister group
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
American Psychological Association (APA), student affiliate
Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI), student affiliate
Association for Psychological Science (APS), student affiliate
Cornell Alumni Association of New York and South Florida
REFERENCES
Margaret Mulligan, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Behavioral Cardiology
North Shore-LIJ Health System
North Shore University Hospital
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400 Community Drive
Manhasset, NY 11030
(516) 562-3237
mmulligan@nshs.edu
David Gansler, Ph.D., ABPP/ABCN
Associate Professor of Psychology, Director of Clinical Training
Suffolk University
41 Temple Street
Donahue, Room 620
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 305-6397
dgansler@suffolk.edu
Kevin T. Henze, Ph.D., CPRP
Director, Empowerment & Peer Services Center
Edith N. Rogers Memorial VAMC
200 Springs Road
Bedford, MA 01730
(781) 687-3340
Kevin.Henze@va.gov
Alice LoCicero, Ph.D., ABPP (clinical psychology), MBA
Associate Professor and Chair of Social Science
Endicott College (Former faculty member and practicum supervisor at Suffolk University)
376 Hale Street
Beverly, MA 01915
(978) 232-2156
alocicer@endicott.edu
nn Monis, Psy.D.
Licensed Clinical & Forensic Psychologist
Training Director & CEO
Visiting Mental Health
3349 North University Drive, Suite 4
Davie, FL 33024
(954) 885-9500
drann@visitingmentalhealth.com
Patrick Raue, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
21 Bloomingdale Road
White Plains, NY 10605
(914) 997-8684
praue@med.cornell.edu