About Dr. Castillo-McGivern

EDUCATION

1993: Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Summa Cum Laude
San Diego State University, San Diego, California

09/2000: Doctorate of Philosophy, Clinical Psychology
San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego
Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology
Specialty Track: Experimental Psychopathology

HONORS

Valedictorian, San Diego State University, 1993
Outstanding Psychology Student, San Diego State University 1993
Outstanding Senior, Golden Key Honor Society, San Diego State University,
San Diego Chapter, 1992
Phi Betta Kappa

SPECIALTY TRAINING

• EMDR LEVEL I and II

• Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
New Center for Psychoanalysis
Santa Monica, California

• Prolonged Exposure Treatment (PE) for PTSD, VA Certified

• Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD, VA Certified

WORK EXPERIENCE

08/97 – 08/99: Clinic Coordinator, San Diego State University Psychology Clinic

10/2000 to 06/2012: Staff Psychologist
Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center
Loma Linda, CA 92357

• 10/2000 – 08/2003 Psychologist for the PTSD Program for combat veterans

• 09/2003 to 08/2011: Psychologist for Trauma Recovery Program (specializing in childhood and military sexual trauma in male and female veterans)

• 05/2009 to 06/2012: Psychologist for Women Veterans Medical Clinic.

01/09 – 06/12: Part-time Private Practice, Redlands, CA

Groups I have conducted:

• Young Girls Sexual Trauma Group, The Chadwick Center, San Diego, CA
• Childhood Sexual Trauma Group for Adult Female Survivors, VA Hospital Loma Linda, CA
• Women’s Empowerment Group for Survivors of Physical, Emotional, and Psychological Abuse, VA Hospital Loma Linda, CA
• Women’s Biofeedback Group, VA Hospital Loma Linda, CA
• Women’s Lean Vet Group (Weight Management Group for Women Veterans) , VA Hospital Loma Linda, CA
• Mantram Repetition Training Group for Women, VA Hospital Loma Linda, CA

SPECIAL SERVICES/COMMITTEES

• 2007 to 2011: Leadership coach for participants of annual California VA Leadership Institute

• Member of Women Veterans Advisory Committee (2009 – 2012)

PRESENTATIONS/PUBLICATIONS

by Dr. Castillo-McGivern (formerly Dr. Castillo-Cañez):

Almendarez, L. D., Ancoli-Israel, S., Jones, D. W., Marks, K., Kramer, R., Goldberg, A., & Castillo-Cañez, I. (1993, June). Evaluation of sleep/wake with wrist activity vs. observations. Poster presented at meeting of the Association of Professional Sleep Societies, Los Angeles, CA. Published abstract: Sleep Research, 22: 54.

Ancoli-Israel, S., Kramer, R., Castillo-Cañez, I., Marks, K., Almendarez, L., & Jones, D. W. (1993, June). Total sleep time and agitation. Poster presented at meeting of the Association of Professional Sleep Societies, Los Angeles, CA. Published abstract: Sleep Research, 22: 55.

Castillo-Cañez, I. (2001, March). Eating Disorders in the Military Population. Paper presented at the Conference of Eating Disorders: Assess, Educate, Treat Anorexia Nervosa/Bulimia Nervosa held at the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA.

Castillo-Cañez, I. (1997, February). Family Violence: Market Study of San Diego County Providers. Technical report and oral presentation made to Board of Directors, Casa de Amparo, Crisis Center for Children, at meeting in San Diego, CA.

Castillo-Cañez, I., & Ancoli-Israel, S. (1992, October). Sleep Problems in Nursing Home Elderly. Poster presented at National MARC/MBRS Symposium, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Castillo-Cañez, I., Ancoli-Israel, S., Kullen, A. S., & Jeste, D. V. (1993, June). Sleep complaints in older schizophrenics and older controls. Paper/Poster presentation at annual meeting of the Association of Professional Sleep Societies, Los Angeles, CA. Published abstract: Sleep Research, 22: 145.

Castillo-Cañez, I., & Cronan, T. A. (1991, November). Increasing the Intergenerational Transfer of Knowledge in Ethnic Families. Poster presented at National MARC/MBRS Symposium, Washington, DC.

Castillo-Cañez, I., Saccuzzo, D., & Johnson, N. (1992, February). Environmental Risk Factors in Giftedness. Paper presented at 30th Annual California Association for the Gifted meeting, Long Beach, CA.

Elliassen, D., Castillo-Cañez, I., Hardy, P., & Cronan, T. A. (1992, March). A Community-Based Intervention to Increase the Intergenerational Transfer of Knowledge. Poster presented at Western Psychological Association Convention, Portland, OR.

Gonzalez, M., Castillo-Cañez, I., Tarke, H., Soriano, F., Garcia, P., & Velasquez, R. J. (1997). Promoting the culturally sensitive diagnosis of Mexican-Americans: Some personal insights. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 25, 156-161.

Jones, D. W., Ancoli-Israel, S., Mason, W. J., Castillo-Cañez, I., Almendarez, L. D., Goldberg, A., Kramer, R., & Marks, K. (1993, June). EEG measures of sleep efficiency in nursing home patients. Poster presented at meeting of the Association of Professional Sleep Societies, Los Angeles, CA. Published abstract: Sleep Research, 22: 62.

Litrownik, A. J., & Castillo-Cañez, I. (2000). Childhood maltreatment: Treatment of abuse/incest survivors. In R. E. Ingram and C. R. Snyder (Eds.) Handbook of psychotherapy: The processes and practices of psychological change, pp. 520-545. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Velasquez, R. J., Gonzalez, M., Butcher, J. N., Castillo-Cañez, I., Apodaca, J., & Chavira, D. (1997). Use of the MMPI-2 with Chicanos: Strategies for counselors. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 25, 107-120.

Velasquez, R. J., Castillo-Cañez, I., et al. (2000). Culturally Competent use of the MMPI-2 with minorities. In I. Cuellar and F. A. Paniagua (Eds.) Handbook of multicultural mental health: Assessment and treatment of diverse populations. New York: Academic Press.