Assistant Supervisor

Curriculum Vitae

SANNO E. ZACK

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State College, PA 16803 The Pennsylvania State University

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EDUCATION:

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 2001-present

Doctoral Candidate in APA Accredited Clinical Psychology Program

Masters of Science in Psychology, 2004

Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY 1995-1999

BA with General Honors and Honors in Psychology

University College London, London, England, 1998

Semester study abroad in psychology

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Nominated for Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts, PSU, 2005

Martin T. Murphy Award for Excellence in Clinical Psychology, Penn State, 2004

Teaching Fellowship, Department of Psychology, Penn State, 2004-2005

Farris Family Conference Travel Award in Clinical Psychology, 2005

Noakes Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts, Penn State, 2002

Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology, 1998

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:

Staff Therapist, Penn State Psychological Clinic, 2003-present

Provide individual and couples therapy to adult clients at a low-income community mental health center; perform intakes using structured interviews; conduct psychological and neuropsychological evaluations; perform crisis-line duty; and receive direct supervision from licensed psychologists.

Staff Therapist, Penn State Child and Adolescent Clinic, 2002-present

Provide child and family therapy in community clinic and school settings; perform neuropsychological and educational assessments of children and adolescents; coordinate with school, family, psychiatric and other wrap-around service personnel.

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Graduate Assistant, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), PSU, 2005-2006

Provided short-term individual and group psychotherapy to undergraduate and graduate students at a university counseling center; conducted intake assessments and crisis interventions; performed community outreach, and received direct supervision from licensed psychologists.

Supervisor, Penn State Psychological Clinic, 2005-2006

Provided supervision to beginning graduate student therapists working with adult

clients. Supervised intake assessments and individual therapy.

Supervisor, Mental Health Practicum at Penn State, 2003-2004

Provided weekly feedback and supervision to undergraduate coaches conducting

social skills groups with children at a community-based mental health center.

Autism Clinic Assistant, Yale Child Study Center, 1999-2001

Conducted parent interviews as part of a multidisciplinary clinical assessment team at a specialty autism clinic.

CLINICAL PRACTICA TRAINING:

Participated in year-long practica with didactic training and clinical supervision of cases in the following areas:

Therapy and SupervisionIntroduction to Child Therapy, Brian Rabian, Ph.D., 2001-2002Introduction to Adult Therapy, Gown Roper, Ph.D., 2002-2003Advanced Child Therapy, Peter Montminy, Ph.D., 2002-2003Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Tom Borkovec, Ph.D., 2003-2004Dynamic/Transference Focused Psychotherapy, Aaron Pincus, Ph.D., 2004-2005Supervision Training, Mary Boutselis, Ph.D., 2005-2006

Assessment:School Based Consultation, Pamela Cole, Ph.D., 2003-2004Child Assessment, Cynthia Huang-Pollack, Ph.D., Fall 2004Adult Assessment, Michael Keil, Ph.D., Summer 2006

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Coder, Personality, Psychopathology, and Psychotherapy Study of Borderline

Personality Disorder, Supervisor: Kenneth Levy, 2005-present.

Use a 238-item process coding scale to rate adherence in individual therapy sessions conducted from a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Transference-Focused Psychotherapy, or Supportive Therapy approach. Meet weekly to aid in scale development and on-going reliability assessment with 3 other coders.

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Coder, Helpful Aspects of Therapy Study for the Psychology Practice-Research Network

(PRN), Supervisor: Louis Castonguay, 2005-present.

Code client and therapist reported session-level helpful events in therapy as part of a practitioner-researcher collaborative study, using an established rating scale; meet weekly to aid in reliability assessment. Participate in collaborative research planning between university researchers and private practice clinicians in the community.

Research Assistant, PAWS Test Anxiety Intervention Study, Supervisor: Brian Rabian, Ph.D., 2004-2005.

Assisted in the development and planning of a test anxiety prevention study targeting second graders. Implemented an 8-week prevention program with Elementary school students, performing pre and post test measures.

Adolescent Interviewer, Fast Track Program (Families and Schools Together; NIMH

funded grant), Supervisor: Karen Bierman, Ph.D., Summer 2004.

Conducted structured clinical home-based interviews with adolescents as part of the post-intervention follow-up for a study aimed at reducing the incidence of school failure, conduct problems, and substance use.

Research Assistant, Development of Toddlers Study (NIMH funded grant), Cole

Lab, Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University. Advisor:

Pamela Cole, Ph.D., 2001-2002.

Assisted in the planning and recruitment of families for a study of emotional development in toddlers. Trained for lab visits and developmental assessment of toddlers.

Research Assistant, Family Study of High Functioning Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome

(NIMH funded grant) Yale Child Study Center, Yale University, Advisors: Fred Volkmar and Ami Klin, 1999-2001.

Conducted neuropsychological testing with autistic children and their families as part of a family genetics study. Reviewed video-based applications for participant selection; provided community referrals and educational information to families by phone and email.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:

Zack, S., Castonguay, L., & Cole, P. (manuscript in preparation). Adolescent

pretreatment characteristics in psychotherapy process and outcome.

Castonguay, L. (chair), Adelman, R., Kraus, D., Stelk, W., Wolfe, A. W., & Zack, S.

Panel Discussant: Evidence Based Practice: Six perspectives on the future of

psychotherapy (2006). North American Society for Psychotherapy Research, Oak Burrs, OH.

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Clinton, D., Gierlach, E., Zack, S. E., Beutler, L. E., & Castonguay, L. G., (in press).

The art and science of psychotherapy integration. In S. Hoffman & J. Weinberger (Eds.), The art and science of psychotherapy. London: Brunner-Routledge.

Castonguay, L. G., Newman, M. G., Borkovec, T. D., Grosse-Holtforth, M. G., Boswell,

J. F., Angtuaco,, L. A., Kakouros, A. A., Nelson, D. N., Zack, S. E. (2006). Client’s emotional experience in cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal/emotional processing treatments: An attempt to replicate previous findings. Paper in a symposium presented at the 2006 Society for Psychotherapy Research, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Levy. K.N., Wasserman, R. H., Scott, L.N., Zack, S. E., White, C., Cain, N., Fischer, C.,

Eubanks Carter, C., Clarkin, J.F., Kernberg, O.F. (2006). The development of a measure to assess putative mechanisms of change in the treatment of borderline personality disorder. Poster Presentation at the American Psychoanalytic Association Winter Meeting, New York, NY.

Scott, L.N., Zack, S.E., White C.N., Cain, N.M., & Levy, K.N. (2005). The

Psychotherapy Process Rating Scale for Borderline Personality Disorder: A preliminary examination of reliability. Poster session presented at the 2005 Mid-Atlantic Regional Group Meeting of the North American Society for Psychotherapy Research, St. Mary’s College, MD.

Zack, S., Petrill, S.A., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2005). Parental perceptions of risk in

adopted children. Poster session presented at the 2005 conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.

Lipton, P. A., Zack, S., Petrill, S. A., Flanagan, J., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2003).

Welcome home: From the perspective of research on international adoption. In L. Schwartz & F. Kaslow, Eds. Welcome home! An international and nontraditional adoption reader. New York: Haworth Press, Inc.

Wing, L. (2001). The autistic spectrum. A parents’ guide to understanding and helping

your child. Berkeley, CA: Ulysses Press. [Conducted U.S. Research]

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Instructor, The Pennsylvania State University, Department of PsychologyAdolescence, Summer 2005Psychology of the Exceptional Child, Fall 2004 and Spring 2005

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Teaching Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Psychology

Performed a variety of responsibilities including teaching weekly sections of 30 students, guest lecturing to 100-300 student classes, writing exams, grading papers, and holding office hours for the following courses:Mental Health Practicum, Instructor, Janet Welsh, Ph.D., 2003-2004.Developmental Psychology, Instructor, Ulrich Mueller, Ph.D., spring, 2003.Introduction to Psychology, Instructor, Ulrich Mueller, Ph.D., fall, 2003.Abnormal Psychology, Instructor, Rahan Ali, MS, 2002-2003.Research Methods, Instructor, Mel Marks, Ph.D., spring, 2002.Psychology of the Exceptional Child, Instructor, Keith Crnic, Ph.D., fall, 2001.

SERVICE/OUTREACH:

Diagnostic Training Committee, Invited Member, 2006

Personal Issues Series Presentations to Penn State Community, 2005-2006:

Surviving Relationship Breakups, workshop with Joyce Illfelder-Kaye, Ph.D.

Overcoming Procrastination, workshop with JoAnn Cohn, Psy.D.

Liberal Arts/Psychology Travel Awards Committee, Invited Member, 2005-2006

Clinical and Multicultural Faculty Search Committee, Invited Member, 2004-2005

Screening college students for National Depression Awareness Week, 2005

Neuropsychology Faculty Search Committee, Member, 2003

Clinical Training Committee, Elected Representative, 2002-2003

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