CURRICULUM VITAE
RAYMOND TERRANOVA, PH.D.
EDUCATION
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ
Doctorate of Philosophy, February 2003
APA - Accredited Clinical Psychology Program
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ
Masters of Arts, May 1998
Clinical Psychology Program
University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science, May 1995
Major: Psychology (Clinical Track)
LICENSURE
Licensed Psychologist (New Jersey # 4311)
Licensed Psychologist (New York # 016594)
HONORS AND AWARDS
Society for Personality Assessment Research Grant, 2001
Fairleigh Dickinson University Fellowship, 1998 - 2000
Elected President of Graduate Student Organization (GSO),
1998 – 2000
Fairleigh Dickinson University Full Fellowship,
1997 – 1998
University of Scranton, Dean’s List: 1992, 1995
Psi Chi: 1995
All American Scholar Nominee, 1995
COMPUTER SKILLS
Expert at:
MS Word 2000
Proficient at:
Word Perfect 9,
MS Office 2000,
MS Excel 2000,
MS PowerPoint 2000,
SYSTAT 10,
SPSS 10,
MS Outlook Express 5,
COURSES COMPLETED
Tests and Measurements
Theories of Personality
Abnormal Psychology
Projective Methods
The Family: Theory and Therapy
Introduction to Psychotherapy
Abnormal Child Psychology
Psychological Statistics
Group Psychotherapy
Introduction to the Rorschach (Klopfer)
Practicum in Psychotherapy
Existential Psychology
Practicum in Projectives
Rorschach Seminar
Assessment I: Metric Theory
Behavioral Assessment
Teaching Seminar
Community Psychology/Forensic Issues
Second Year Practicum I
Physiological Psychology
Objective Assessment
Statistical Inference
Ethics and Professional Issues
Developmental Psychology
Applied Social Psychology
Second Year Practicum II
Research Seminar
Third Year Practicum I
Play Therapy
Research Design I
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Behavior Therapy
Psychopharmacology
Seminar in Clinical Psychology
Rorschach Interpretation (Exner: Comprehensive System)
Third Year Practicum II
Learning, Motivation & Emotion
Research Design II
CURRICULUM VITAE
RAYMOND TERRANOVA, PH.D.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Clinical Psychologist 2
Trenton Psychiatric Hospital (TPH)
Trenton, New Jersey
December 2006 to Present
Clinical Psychologist 2
Treatment Progress Review Committee (TPRC)
Special Treatment Unit (STU)
Assessment Team
Kearny, New Jersey
November 2005 to November 2006
Licensed Psychologist
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
233 Park Avenue South
New York, New York 10003
April 2006 to Present
Clinical Psychologist 2
Treatment Team Psychologist
Special Treatment Unit (STU)
Treatment Team
Kearny, New Jersey
September 2002 to October 2005
Research Coordinator
VA Hudson Valley Health Care System
Montrose, NY
February 2001 to September 2001
Coordinator
Children’s Aid and Family Services
Social Skills Program
Ridgewood, New Jersey
July 2000 to February 2001
Psychologist for the intensive treatment unit of TPH.
Duties: Conduct individual and group therapy and a legal issues group. Provide psychological testing, including competency evaluations, risk assessments, and referral based assessments
Assessment supervisor for the pre-doctoral intern program.
Duties: provide 1 and a half hours of direct weekly supervision. Oversee interns administration, scoring, and interpretation of psychological assessments. Assist and edit in report
writing.
The TPRC is a panel of Doctoral level clinicians who evaluate the treatment progress of residents civilly committed under the NJ Sexually Violent Predator Act.
Duties: Assess treatment progress of civilly committed residents at the STU and write corresponding treatment progress reports on an annual basis. Testify as an expert witness on evaluation findings. Evaluate residents who are temporarily committed to the STU for whether they meet the statutory criteria for civil commitment as a Sexually Violent Predator. Provide court testimony on findings.
Supervisors: Glenn Ferguson, Ph.D. and Natalie Barone, Psy.D
Duties: Perform psychological evaluations for candidates applying for positions as a Port Authority Police Officer. Render opinions on a candidate’s psychological fitness for employment.
Supervisors: Martin Duke, MD
Duties: Provide group therapy to residents civilly committed under the NJ Sexually Violent Predator Act. Write treatment plans for each resident and perform ongoing assessment of treatment progress. Provide individual therapy to residents on a periodic basis. Coordinated the Modified Activity Program (MAP) for residents placed on restricted activities for untoward behavior.
Supervisor: Merrill Main, Ph.D.
Duties: Coordinated neuroleptic research protocols for medications used in the treatment of schizophrenia. Responsibilities included performing psychiatric and movement assessment batteries on patients, supportive counseling, and coordinating a multi-disciplinary approach to ensure compliance with the research protocol. Other responsibilities included patient recruitment and completion of critical document records.
Supervisor: Edward Allen, MD and Cecile Sison, Ph.D.
Duties: Interviewed and hired group leaders, oriented and trained new staff, and created children’s group composition for social skills remediation. Served as a group leader of social skills groups for children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Scored and administered Social Skills Rating Forms, provided feedback to parents regarding their child’s progress. Administered psychological test batteries and wrote assessment reports for children referrals.
Supervisors: Shirley Shapiro
CURRICULUM VITAE
RAYMOND TERRANOVA, PH.D.
Group Leader
Children’s Aid and Family Services
Social Skills Program
Ridgewood, New Jersey
June 1999 to July 2000
Mental Health Associate
Charter Behavioral Health Systems of New Jersey
Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital
Summit, New Jersey
August 1996 to September 1997
Mental Health Associate
Richard Hall Community Mental Health Center
Partial Hospitalization Program
Bridgewater, New Jersey
September 1995 to August 1996
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Pre-Doctoral Internship
Trenton Psychiatric Hospital
Trenton, New Jersey
September 2001to August 2002
Pre-Doctoral Internship
The College of New Jersey
Trenton, New Jersey
October 2001to August 2002
Graduate Extern
The Center for Psychological Services
Hackensack, New Jersey
September 1999 to June 2001
Graduate Extern
North Shore University Hospital
Long Island, New York
June 1999 to August 1999
Graduate Extern
Veteran’s Administration Medical Center
Bronx, New York
September 1998 to August 1999
Graduate Extern
Nutley Family Service Bureau
Nutley, New Jersey
September 1997 to August 1998
Duties: Served as a group leader of social skills groups for children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Scored and administered Social Skills Rating Forms and provided feedback to parents regarding their child’s progress.
Supervisors: Deborah Mandell, Ph.D.
Duties: Responsibilities entailed the direct care of patients in the adult psychiatric, Substance Abuse, and Adolescent units. Conducted Individual assessment and group therapy.
Supervisors: Maria Harsh, RNC
Duties: Provided group facilitation in therapeutic, vocational, and educational modalities to consumers in the Partial Hospitalization
Program. Established a public thrift store where consumers could learn and improve vocational skills.
Supervisors: Hima Mukhija, BA
Duties: Administered, scored, interpreted and wrote psychological reports on inpatients at Trenton Psychiatric Hospital. Functioned as one of three unit therapists that conducted weekly individual and group therapy on both admissions and Intensive Treatment Units.
Supervisors:Thomas Steinberg, Ph.D., David Buckley, Ph.D.
Jonathan Rapaport, Ph.D. and Rich Estell, Ph.D.
Duties: Conducted individual therapy for undergraduates at the student-counseling center. Served as a psychological consultant for undergraduates with friends experiencing psychological problems.
Supervisor:Larry Gage, Ph.D.
Duties: Served as a therapist in this outpatient facility. Conducted therapy with children, adolescents and adults. Conducted psychological testing and assessment. Served as a group leader in the social skills program.
Supervisor: Charles Schafer, Ph.D.
Duties: Conducted Behavior Therapy at the Anxiety and Panic Clinic at North Shore University Hospital. Provided concrete services to various patient populations, and compiled self report inventories on all patients seen.
Supervisor: Julianna Lachenmeyer, Ph.D.
Duties: Administered, scored, interpreted and wrote cognitive and neuropsychological test batteries. Provided substance abuse group therapy and conducted intake assessments of hospitalized veterans.
Supervisors:Cynthia Radnitz, Ph.D. and Leslie Dargin, Ph.D
Duties Conducted family, marital, group, and individual therapy. Provided case management services for clients, as well as in-service trainings in projective assessment to staff at Nutley Family Service.
Supervisor:Robert MacDonald, LCSW
CURRICULUM VITAE
RAYMOND TERRANOVA, PH.D.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Teaneck, New Jersey
Madison, New Jersey
COURSES INSTRUCTED
Developmental Psychology2 Semesters
Advanced Abnormal Psychology2 Semesters
Personality Theory2 Semesters
Educational Psychology2 Semesters
General Psychology2 Semesters
Abnormal Psychology2 Semester
General Psychology II1 Semester
Sports Psychology1 Semester
Duties: Instruct various courses as an Adjunct Professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University since February of 2001. Plan and conduct weekly lectures. Administer and grade all exams.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Psychological Association
New Jersey Psychological Association
Society of Personality Assessment
PUBLICATIONS
McGrath, R.E., Terranova, R.D., Pogge, D, & Bartik, C. (2003). Development of a Short Form for the MMPI-2 Based on Scale Elevation Congruence. Assessment Volume 10.
Norcross, J. C., Hanych, J., and Terranova, R. D. (1997). Teaching opportunities in graduate psychology programs: Commonly Available but (still) rarely required. Teaching of Psychology. Volume 24.
Norcross, J. C., Hanych, J., & Terranova, R. D. (1996). Graduate study in psychology: 1992-1993. American Psychologist, Volume 51.
PRESENTATIONS
Terranova, R.D, McGrath, R.E., & Deluca, V. (2002). Rorschach Interpretive Strategies: Teaching a New Dog an Old Trick was presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, San Antonio, Texas. March 2002
McGrath, R.E., Terranova, R.D., Pogge, D, & Bartik, C. (1998). Another look at short forms for the MMPI: High Point Code type Congruence was presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Projective Personality Assessment, New Orleans. March 1998.
Terranova, R.D., & Potash, H. (1997). Sentence Completion and Thematic Apperception Test: A comparative analysis on aggression was presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Boston. March 1997.
Norcross, J. C., Hanych, J., & Terranova, R. D. (1996). “Graduate Study in Psychology”: Application and Enrollment Statistics Across Three Decades was presented at the annual convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia. March 1996.