Dr. Michael Aaron Gould, Psy.D. – Licensed Clinical Psychologist in California and Alaska
- California license: #PSY16620
- Alaska license: #608
My Clinical Experience:
From 2000 through today’s date:
- I have maintained a private psychological testing practice specializing in the assessment of children, adolescents and adults.
From 2011 through today’s date:
- I am currently working with QTC Medical Group – a Lockheed Martin Company that is a vendor of the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs – as an evaluator for Military Veterans. Specifically, I provide clinical assessments for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), as well as psychological and neuropsychological screening and testing for cognitive impairments associated with Traumatic Brain Injury.
From 2005 through today’s date:
- I have worked on over three dozen “reality” television shows and conducted hundreds of psychological evaluations while serving as a network-contracted risk-evaluator. Specifically, I perform psychological testing for the purposes of determining prospective candidates’/contestants’ suitability for participation on reality television shows. I also provide behind-the-scenes psychological consultation for contestants experiencing psychological distress during the filming of such.
From 2001 through 2011:
- I worked for the Los Angeles Unified School District, School Mental Health division (a unit of approximately 350 licensed Clinical Social Workers, Psychologists and Psychiatrists), where I conducted numerous ‘in-house’ psychological evaluations on Kindergarten through 12th grade students for the purposes of clarifying DSM-IV-TR differential diagnoses.
- I provided clinical supervision to pre-licensed clinical psychologists
- I frequently consulted with parents, teachers, school psychologists, and school administrators on the home and classroom management of disruptive behaviors problems such as ADHD, specific learning disorders, and emotional difficulties.
- As a member of the LAUSD Local District 1 Crisis Team, I provided psychological first-aid to students and school personnel who had been exposed to traumatic events. I was frequently called upon to provide threat-assessments for students and employees who demonstrated potentially self- or other-harmful behaviors.
From 2003 – 2011:
- I served as Behavioral Consultant for Familias First in Los Angeles. My duties included: consultative services pertaining to therapeutic behavior modifications for children with pervasive developmental delays.
From 2002 through 2009:
- I served as the Supervisor of the Psychological Assessment Program at the Julia Ann Singer Center in Los Angeles. In this position, I provided clinical supervision to between four and eight doctoral level psychology interns per year as they conducted comprehensive psychological assessments on children and adolescents.
- I conducted year-long, weekly-held training seminars with these interns teaching the following topics: test administration, scoring, and interpretation of various psychological assessment instruments; test selection; report writing; and feedback sessions to parents.
From 2003– 2008
- I served as a Behavioral Consultant for CBC Education, Inc. in Pasadena, CA. My duties included: consultative services pertaining to therapeutic behavior modifications for children with pervasive developmental delays.
From 1998 – 2002:
- From 1998 through 2002, I served as the Assistant to the Supervisor of the Psychological Assessment Program at the Julia Ann Singer Center.
- I served as a Behavioral Consultant for FOCUS: Educational Programming Specialists in Los Angeles. My duties included: providing supervision to behavioral interventionists within the school environment on a monthly basis; in-home behavioral consultation services to parents of special needs children; in-school behavioral companionship work to special needs children; psycho-social interviews and written reports which focused upon the specific behavioral needs of identified children.
- I worked as a Research Assistant at the UCI CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER, in Irvine, CA. My duties included the administration and scoring of the WISC-III and WIAT tests for ADHD children as part of a clinical trials experiment
From 1997-1998:
Education:
B.A., Psychology, University of California, Irvine
M.A., Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
M.A., Clinical Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles
Psy.D., California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:
Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS):
LAUSD & University of California, Los Angeles: 11/05, 4/06, 8/06, 10/06; 9/07
University of Oklahoma, 6/06
Psychological Testing in Schools and Community Clinics:
LAUSD: 5/05, 9/05
Julia Ann Singer Center: 12/04, 1/06
The Effectiveness of Psychological Debriefing-A Literature Review:
LAUSD: 10/04
California Board of Psychology website
National Institute of Mental Health website
Los Angeles County Access Line
Los Angeles Unified School District, School Mental Health website