VICTORIA E. RABOW, Ph.D.

DISSERTATION

The Effects of Prenatal Conditioning on Mother's Attitudes Toward Their Birthing Experience
 

POST-DOCTORAL EXPERIENCE

September 1993 to Present
Licensed Clinical Psychologist (#PSY 13518), Independent Contractor
Arnold L. Gilberg, M.D., Ph.D., Psychiatrist, Beverly Hills, California.
Duties include: reviewing workers' compensation medical records and dictating/writing
defense reports.

August 1993 to Present
Licensed Clinical psychologist (#PSY 13518), Group Private Practice
Wilmes-Reitz Psychological, Calabasas, California.
Duties include: providing short- and long-term individual psychotherapy to adolescents,
adults and couples.

November 1996 to December 1997
Licensed Clinical Psychologist (#PSY 13518)
Assessment Specialists, Tarzana, California.
Duties included: administering/scoring psychological testing to children in foster homes
and preparing reports for social workers.

November 1996
Licensed Clinical Psychologist (#PSY 13518), Private Practice
Alliance for Human Growth, Northridge, California.
Duties included: providing individual and couple therapy.

December 1994 to October 1996
Licensed Clinical Psychologist (#PSY 13518)
Alliance Residential Treatment Services, Northridge, California.
Duties included: providing supportive individual therapy to geriatric patients in
skilled nursing/residential facilities.

March 1995 to February 1996
Licensed Clinical Psychologist (#PSY 13518)
Senior Psychology Services, San Diego, California.
Duties included: providing supportive individual psychotherapy to seniors in a locked
Alzheimer's facility.

March 1993 to December 1994
Registered MFCC Intern (#IMF 14736)/Licensed Clinical Psychologist (#PSY 13518)
Supportive Counseling Care, Manhattan Beach, California.
Duties included: providing individual and group therapy to geriatric population at
retirement hotels and board and care facilities.
Supervisor: Fred J. Goldstein, Ph.D.

July 1992 to July 1993
Registered Psychological Assistant (#PSB 20604)
Arnold L. Gilberg, M.D., Ph.D., Psychiatrist, Beverly Hills, California.
Duties included: taking workers' compensation history intakes, dictating reports, and
reviewing medical records for the defense.
Supervisor: Anthony Reading, Ph.D.

September 1990 to August 1993
Registered Psychological Assistant (#PSB 17587), Group Private Practice
Wilmes-Reitz Psychological, Woodland Hills, California.
Duties included: providing short- and long-term individual therapy to adults,
adolescents and couples.
Supervisor: Marc Wilmes-Reitz, Ph.D.

May 1991 to April 1992
Registered Psychological Assistant (#PSB 18750)
Pacific Health Services and Psychological Group, (formerly Psychological Assessment
Specialists), Los Angeles, California.
Duties included: providing individual and couple therapy to applicants filing
workers' compensation claims, dictating progress letters to attorneys, case management,
case presentations, case consultations and record keeping.
Supervisor: Diane R. Lipson, Ph.D.


April 1989 to June 1990
Registered Psychological Assistant (#PSB 16312), Private Practice
Robert J. Rome, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, Encino, California.
Duties included: individual therapy with children in a private practice setting
and providing group therapy to children at Kadima Hebrew Academy.
Supervisor: Robert J. Rome, Ph.D.

February 1988 to November 1992
Registered MFCC Intern (#IMF 14736)
California Counseling Center, Van Nuys, California.
Duties included: performing case management, intake interviews, dictating reports
to attorneys, leading groups, administering and scoring of psychological testing and
front-office work for applicants filing workers' compensation claims.
Supervisor: Thomas J. McWhirter, L.C.S.W.
 

PRE-DOCTORAL TRAINING

September 1987 to July 1988
CSPP Internship
Switzer Center, Torrance, California.
Duties included: working 20 hours per week in a cognitive, psychodynamic, behavioral,
social learning and family systems milieu clinic/special education school. Provided
individual therapy to learning disabled and severely emotionally disturbed children and
adolescents. Also participated in Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). Other
direct services included performing intakes and administering, scoring and report writing
of psychological/educational tests. Indirect services included case consultation and
presentations, outreach and classroom observations.
Supervisor: Owen Fudim, Ph.D.

September 1986 to August 1987
CSPP Internship
Chabad Residential Rehabilitation Program, Los Angeles, California.
Duties included: working 20 hours per week in a psychodynamic, humanistic and behavioral
oriented milieu substance abuse treatment program for males, 18 years old and over.
Provided long-term, twice-weekly individual therapy and co-led four groups per week.
Indirect services included extensive record keeping, case consultation and presentations.
Supervisor: Simcha Goldman, Ph.D.
 

POST-MASTERS TRAINING

July 1986 to September 1986
Summer Internship
California Department of Rehabilitation, Los Angeles, California.
Duties included: administering/scoring and report writing of vocational testing.
Supervisor: Barry M. Stein, M.A.
 

PRE-MASTERS TRAINING

October 1985 to June 1986
CSPP Internship
Edgewood Family Counseling, Covina, California.
Duties included: working 15-18 hours per week in an outpatient, psychodynamic and
humanistic oriented family agency. Provided long-term individual and family therapy,
mostly court-referred. Also, co-led weekly therapy group of geriatric stroke victims
in association with the Organization for After-Stroke Resocialization, Inc. (OASR).
Supervisor: Delcia Beil, L.C.S.W.
 

ADDITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE

January 1984 to June 1984
Teacher's Assistant
Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI) at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Duties included: supervising emotionally disturbed children and teaching appropriate
learning and play skills.
Supervisor: Ellen Richey, M.A.

October 1983 to June 1984
Research Assistant
Department of Psychology at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Duties included: assisting in the designing and conducting of two related
experiments, scoring and analyzing of the results, and writing a research paper
discussing the findings.

January 1983 to June 1983
Behavior Modification Therapist
Young Autism Project at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Duties included: therapy, program development, treatment planning, parent training and
recording behavior for a single autistic child's individualized therapeutic program.
 

RESEARCH and PUBLICATIONS

Geiselman, R. E., Rabow, V.E., Wachtel, S.L., & Mackinnon, D.P. (1985). Strategy control
in intentional forgetting. Human Learning, 4, 169-178.

PRESENTATIONS

October 30, 1996: "Superwomen Syndrome" presented to Mothers of Preschoolers and Moppets
(MOPS), Agoura, California.

September 21, 1996: "Short-Term Therapy" presented to the Counseling Department at Pepperdine University, Malibu, California.