автор: Brian D. Leany

Lorraine Benuto received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and a post-doctoral scholar at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she provides treatment to victims of sexual assault, sexual abuse and child physical abuse. She is project coordinator and therapist the Victims of Crime Treatment Center at the University of Nevada, Reno. Dr. Benuto completed her APA-accredited internship at the VA in San Juan, Puerto Rico where she delivered psychological services to a culturally diverse clientele presenting with depression and anxiety. Dr. Benuto has extensive experience delivering evidence-based treatments and conducting psychological assessments with the Latino population. She has delivered professional presentations at state, national and international conferences on topics related to cultural competence and is co-editing Handbook of Adolescent Health Psychology for Springer. Nicholas S. Thaler is a post-doctoral fellow at. He completed his internship in 2012 at the Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Neuropsychology track and received a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has published over fifteen articles focusing on childhood and adult disorders including traumatic brain injury, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder. His work has covered neuropsychological and social cognitive impairments associated with these illnesses and how such impairments might be predictive of functional and psychosocial outcomes. Nicholas is also committed to promoting cross-cultural neuropsychological competency among minority and underrepresented groups and has extended his research towards this endeavor.