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In Brief:
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Dr. Doud is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist.
Since 2009, she has maintained a Clinical Faculty role at UCLA, and has taught graduate level courses at various universities (e.g. Pepperdine Graduate School of Education and Psychology).
She occasionally consults for media outlets in various formats (e.g. interviews, writing, content guidance), serves on the Board of Directors for mental health organizations, and provides psychological expert testimony in legal (forensic) cases.
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Since 2010, she has been working in her own private practice with children and adults (to include couples and families).
Dr. Doud also has many ongoing academic and research interests. She is currently studying the interplay of diet, nutrition and mental health (i.e. holistic nutritional neuroscience), and it's role in overall physical and psychological well-being.
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In her personal time she enjoys traveling, reading/writing, being outdoors, cooking, photography, volunteering when possible, and spending time with her favorite people and furry friends.
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Relevant Professional Experience/Career Path:
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Dr. Doud received a bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Kansas.
After graduating, she worked for Village Voice Media as a Non-Profit Coordinator/PR Manager. In this role, she served in the publishing and editorial departments for LA and OC Weekly(s), to assist in writing, marketing, and collaborating with charities to promote awareness and fundraising events.
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She then gathered direct psychological/psychiatric clinical experience at The Menninger Clinic, as a Patient Coordinator. Dr. Doud received invaluable opportunities to work alongside leading experts in the field, conducting research and facilitating patient care, with adolescents on a residential treatment unit. She was part of a selected team chosen to facilitate the transfer of the hospital to Baylor Medical Center in 2003.
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Dr. Doud received her master's (MS, 2005) and doctorate (PsyD, 2008) from Nova Southeastern University. She was granted multi-year scholarships to complete her studies with children/adolescents and adults, at various training placements, to include Miami Children's Hospital. Prior to graduating she completed her dissertation, "Fostering Resilience in Inner City Youth."
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Her academic interests, to include trauma, diversity and resilience, led to her APA-accredited internship placement at LSU Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, in New Orleans (2007). Her class was the first allowed back into the city post Hurricane Katrina. This opportunity allowed her to serve a community reeling from foundational, physical and mental devastation, while working collaboratively to assist the residents to recover, rebuild and heal. She spent the year working in various settings with all age ranges, including completion of a simultaneous elective fellowship in parent-infant mental health. This afforded Dr. Doud the expert awareness to work with pregnant mother's and/or their newborns, emphasizing attachment parenting and providing parental psycho-education and support during this critical period of development (ages 0-3). Upon completion, she became a certified Harris Infant Mental Health specialist.
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In 2008, Dr. Doud accepted a postdoctoral scholarship position at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Within the Center for the Assessment and Prevention of Prodromal States (CAPPS), she worked with a team to provide assessments, interventions, outreach and research, to further support understanding and treatment options for vulnerable youth at clinical high risk for psychosis. In this role, she also spent time involved with her own research interests, to include studying correlations found between amygdala size, trauma and signs of early onset (prodromal) psychosis. Dr. Doud was awarded a travel grant to present her work in Washington DC, at a trauma research convention sponsored by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
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Dr. Doud became a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in 2009, while working full-time as a Supervising Clinical Psychologist at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. Within the Families Overcoming Under Stress (FOCUS) program, which was funded by the Department of Defense, her clinical and research work emphasized fostering resilience for individuals and families vulnerable to exposure and/or experiencing stress or trauma. The evidenced-based model emphasized prevention (potential impact) of personal and environmental stressors on emotional well-being and functioning. In this role, Dr. Doud was able to participate in ongoing research as part of a highly-skilled team, which resulted in writing manuals, publications in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters, and producing videos and trainings to expand the awareness and impact of the program. Dr. Doud also served as an Attending Clinical Psychologist in the UCLA Stress and Trauma Clinic, where she supervised and trained medical students, interns, and residents involved in patient care.
