VALB Postdoc Brochure 2026 - 2027

Updated September 16, 2025

Publications/Research Interests: Biological and Psychological contributors to Creativity, Creativity and Implications for Depression, Anxiety, and Self-Concept Impairment Professional Organizations: APA, LACPA Teaching/Training Interests: Complex Trauma/PTSD, Creativity, Culturally Sensitive Therapy, Integration/Spirituality, Mindfulness and Meditation, Military Sexual Trauma (MST), Professional development, Reproductive Mental Health, and Women’s Mental Health NASH, Catherine Current VA Position: Staff Psychologist, Women’s Mental Health Clinic (WMHC) Training Rotation: WMHC Area of Specialization: Clinical Psychology Degree: Psy.D., Midwestern University – Glendale, 2022 VA Hire: 2023 Previous VA Training: Postdoctoral Fellowship E-mail address: catherine.nash@va.gov Licensure: California (2024) Theoretical Orientation: Integrative; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy Areas of Clinical Specialization: Women’s mental health, SUD, CPT-PTSD, ACT-D, Research Interests: Substance use, mental health stigma, multicultural psychology, suicide prevention, diversity & mental health Teaching/Training Interests: Women’s Mental Health, Diversity, Trauma/PTSD, SUD, Professional Development, integrative mind-body connection PALAD, Veronica Current VA Position: Staff Psychologist, Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP); Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Coordinator Degree: Ph.D., Palo Alto University, 2013 Area of Degree: Clinical Psychology VA hire: 2021 E-mail address: veronica.palad@va.gov Licensure: California (2016) Theoretical Orientation: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Areas of Clinical Focus: Trauma, Emotion Dysregulation, Severe Mental Illness Professional Organizations: American Psychological Association, CPA, LACPA Teaching/Training interests: DBT, Case Conceptualization-driven CBT

REED, Brandon W. Current VA Position: Staff Psychologist, Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) Training Rotation: Outpatient Mental Health at BHIP Area of Specialization: Clinical Psychology Degree: Ph.D., Rosalind Franklin University, 2021 VA hire: 2021 E-mail address: Brandon.Reed@VA.gov Licensure: California (2023) Theoretical Orientation: Integrative (CBT, ACT, DBT) Areas of clinical specialization: General mental health including trauma and stressor-related disorders, addiction, personality pathology Teaching/Training interests: Mood regulation, addiction, trauma.

SHOENBERGER, Bailey R.

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