Curriculum Vitae

MOHINI BHARGAVA, MA

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St Louis, MO 63112

Phone: 734-***-****

Email: acx8qd@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Master in Social Work

Washington University in St. Louis

May 2017

GPA: 3.89

Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology

Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.

May 2014

GPA: 3.72

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

Minor in near Eastern Studies - Arabic

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

April 2012

GPA: 3.44

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Practicum Student

Clayton Behavioral

St. Louis, MO

August 2016 Present

Providing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for adolescents and adults

exhibiting symptoms of depression, anxiety and social phobia

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Providing Exposure Response Prevention Therapy to individuals with Obsessive

Compulsive Disorder

Providing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to individuals exhibiting suicidal

ideation and emotion dysregulation

Facilitating a DBT skills group

Practicum Student

St. Louis Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center

St. Louis, MO

January 2016 August 2016

Provided individual and group Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Provided relapse prevention skills training with individual clients

Introduced general education programs for individual clients

Completed Social Service Assessments

Case Management

Graduate Student Intern

TARA Association for Personality Disorder

New York, NY

August 2014 - February 2015

Screened patients for Borderline Personality Disorder through telephone

interviews

Prepared instructional documents for group psycho-education in Dialectical

Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Summarizing text: Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder to educate

family members whose loved ones are diagnosed with Borderline Personality

Disorder

Graduate Student Intern

Comprehensive Consultation Psychological Services

New York, NY

January 2014 - July 2014

Scored Neurological tests such as Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and

the Dean-Woodcock Neuropsychological Assessment (DWNAS)

Scored the Disruptive Behavior Rating Scale, Connors Rating Scale, and Beck

Depression Inventory

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Wrote Evaluation Reports using Bio-Psycho-Social Foundations

Graduate Student Intern

Center for Motivation and Change

New York, NY

May 2013 January 2014

Trained in evidence-based treatment approaches such as Motivational

Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and DBT

Observed CBT, DBT and Relapse Prevention Groups and prepared detailed

clinical notes for the clinicians

Researched techniques and tools that would aid the clinicians during therapy by

reviewing assessments and Conducting Literature Reviews

Student Intern

Sultan Qaboos University-Department of Clinical Psychology

Muscat, Oman

May 2012 August 2012

Wrote clinical notes on each patient

Reviewed cases from a multicultural perspective

Observed a variety of therapy approaches such as Motivational Interviewing and

CBT

Student Intern

All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Department of Clinical Psychology

New Delhi, India

May 2011 - August 2011

Wrote clinical notes on each patient

Documented evaluation procedures and therapy plans

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant

George Warren Brown School of Social Work

Center for Violence and Injury Prevention

St. Louis, MO

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August 2016 Present

Creating spreadsheets to analyze and differentiate between eight trauma

interventions for women

Collecting information on Skills Training and Affect Regulation to determine its

implementation within the correctional system

Graduate Research Assistant

New York State Psychiatric Institute

Columbia University- Department of Substance Abuse

New York, NY

August 2014 May 2015

Study: The Role of Stress & Oxytocin in Female and Male Smoking Marijuana Users

Principal Investigator: Suzette Evans, PhD

Screened and Recruited participants through telephone interviews

Scored psychological assessments such as Beck Depression Inventory (BDI),

State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STATE) and Positive and Negative Affect

Schedule (PANAS)

Implemented the research protocol by collecting biological specimens from the

participants, checking their breath CO levels and administered drug screens and

urine pregnancy tests

Graduate Research Assistant

Psychotherapy, Technology & Disclosure Lab, Columbia University

New York, NY

August 2013 May 2014

Study: Experience of Beginning Therapists

Principal Investigator: Barry Farber, PhD

Examined aspects of experiences of psychotherapists such as courage to perform

critical clinical tasks

Examined and distinguished the way in which beginning therapists present

themselves to patients and supervisors

Prepared structured interviews for beginning and experienced therapists

Collected data from surveys

Graduate Research Assistant

New York State Psychiatric Institute

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Columbia University-Child Psychiatric Epidemiology Group

New York, NY

March 2013-July 2013

Study: The Effects of Stress and Mental Illness in Children of First Responders from

9/11

Principal Investigator: Christina Hoven, PhD

Examined exposure to mental health problems in families of First Responders in

context of 9/11

Conducted in-depth interviews of First Responders or World Trade Center

evacuees and their children

Recruited participants for follow-up interviews

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Family Relationships Project

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

August 2011- April 2012

Study: The Family Transitions Study

Principal Investigator: Brenda Volling, PhD

Examined changes in the firstborn childs adjustment following the infant

siblings birth by means of parent-child free play and parent reports or self-

reports of childrens peer relations and social acceptance

Examined changes in relationship functioning such as marital relationships,

parental well-being, family social supports, work-family stress by means of

parent-child free play and parent-child structured tasks

Coding of videos and family laboratory visits

Collected and entered data

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Language and Cognitive Architecture Laboratory

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

January 2011 April 2012

Study: Processing Fluency of Humor

Principal Investigator: Richard Lewis, PhD

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Determined the correlation between humor and processing fluency of visual

stimuli such as the use of different fonts in newspaper comics

Completed senior thesis on this study

Recruited participants for the study

Implemented research protocol on the participants

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Transitional and Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

April 2011 - June 2011

Study: Neural correlates of serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms and social

impairment in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Principal Investigator: Christopher Monk, PhD

Determined amygdala volumes of children and adolescents diagnosed with

Autism Spectrum Disorder through functional and magnetic resonance imaging

LANGUAGES

Fluent in English, Hindi and Arabic

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

Vice President of Undergraduate Psychology Society, Ann Arbor, MI, 2011-2012

Volunteer, Sunrise Senior Care, Ann Arbor, MI, 2011

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Psi Chi National Honor Society in Psychology

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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