Brenna Connolly

Dynamic Clinical Director with over 15 years at Momentum for Health, renowned for leading diverse clinical teams and enhancing program evaluation. Skilled in crisis intervention and patient assessment, driving performance improvement while fostering effective communication. Achievements include developing initiatives that elevate clinical standards and promote team collaboration. Committed to advancing healthcare quality through innovative strategies and teamwork.

Empathetic professional in mental health, known for high productivity and efficiency in task completion. Skilled in cognitive-behavioral therapy, crisis intervention, and psychological assessment. Excels at communication, active listening, and empathy, ensuring client-centered care in diverse settings.

• Bi-yearly, Law and Ethics of Psychology
• 12/2006, Training: FULD
• 02/2006-06/2006, Seeking Safety- Seeking Safety training group
• 10/2005-06/2006, DBT Group- DBT skills training group
• 10/2005, Workshop- Motivational Interviewing
• 09/2005, Presentation- Substance Abuse and Co-occurring Disorders
• 03/2003, CHW Student Volunteer training
• 12/2003-02/2004, Certified Rape Crisis Counselor

• 10/2009, DBT Intensive Ten-Day Training, Team was awarded certificate for 'most work completed' in between first and second week of training.
• 09/2004-06/2007, Academic Scholarship, Alliant International University
• 09/2003-06/2004, Diversity Scholarship, Alliant International University
• 09/1999-03/2003, Dean’s List, California Polytechnic State University

• Child/ Adult Intellectual Assessment
• Psychodiagnostic Assessment
• Child/ Adolescent Human Development
• Intercultural Awareness Development
• Latino-American Psychology
• Advanced Psychopathology
• Theory and Technique of Clinical Practice: Psychodynamic and Cognitive-Behavioral
• Social Bases of Behavior
• Women’s Life Choices
• Learning to do Supervision
• Clinical Seminar: Psychodynamic
• Working with Severely Disturbed Patients
• Understanding Dreams
• Private Practice
• Human Sexuality
• Treating Substance Abuse and Dual Diagnosis
• Child Abuse reporting procedures

• Trauma informed care
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy
• Child ritual abuse
• Rape and sexual assault
• Eating disorders
• Substance abuse
• Working with the geriatric population

• Anthony Miller, LMFT, Director of Operations, La Selva Group, 4139 El Camino Way, Palo Alto, CA, 94306, 650-484-1287
• Monika Arnold, LCSW, Director of Admissions, La Selva Outpatient, 4139 El Camino Way, Palo Alto, CA, 94306, 650-617-8349

• Playing with my dogs
• Swimming
• Outdoor activities
• Reading
• Music
• Women’s health issues
• Baking
• Spending time with family and friends
• Traveling
• Going to concerts

• Yearly, Extensive DEI trainings, individual supervision trainings, working with Trans population, sexual harassment in the workplace, compliance trainings, FND trainings, co-occurring disorders trainings
• 11/2021, Suicide Assessment and Documentation
• 10/2021, Culture and Suicide Prevention
• 10/2021, Spousal Abuse Assessment and Reporting
• 09/2021, Managing Depressive Symptoms in Substance Abuse Clients
• 09/2021, Ethics and Boundary Issues
• 03/2020, Best Practices for Delivering Telehealth
• 03/2020, Ethical and Legal Guidelines for Telehealth
• 12/2019, Harm Reduction
• 09/2019, California Law and Ethics
• 09/2019, Trauma Competency Conference- certification
• 01/2018, Sexual Harassment and Supervisors in California
• 12/2017, Substance Abuse: Assessment and Treatment
• 12/2017, California Law and Ethics for Psychologists
• 06/2017, EMDR pre-certification course
• 04/2017, Trauma Conference: The Body Keeps the Score- Trauma Healing
• 05/2016, The 10 Core Competencies of Trauma, PTSD, Grief and Loss
• 05/2016, Evidence-Based Trauma Treatments and Interventions
• 01/2016, Clinical Supervision
• 01/2016, Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
• 12/2015, Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for CA Supervisors
• 05/2015, DSM-5 Training
• 03/2014, The Problem of Suicide- The Menninger Clinic
• 11/2013, On Grief and Grieving
• 10/2013, Risk Assessment and Treating Clients in Crisis
• 10/2013, Clinical Supervision
• 10/2013, DSM-5 Overview
• 10/2011, The EMDR 8-stage Protocol for Reprocessing Traumatic Memories
• 10/2011, The Neuroscience of Trauma and EMDR for Stabilization
• 10/2011, Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia: An Update
• 10/2011, California Law and Ethics for Psychologists
• 08/2011, Suicidal Behaviors: Practice Guideline for Assessment and Treatment
• 08/2011, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Practice Guideline
• 08/2011, Borderline Personality Disorder
• 08/2011, Impact of Maternal Depression, Stress, Anxiety on Young Children
• 08/2011, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• 04/2009, Completion of Ten-Day Intensive Course in DBT
• 10/2006, Training: Testing the Visually Impaired
• 10/2006, Training: Geriatric Syndromes
• 09/2006, Training Session: Medical Issues in Neuropsychological Screening Assessment
• 09/2006, Training: Dementia, Age Song Perspective
• 09/2006, Training: legal training regarding probate codes for the elderly
• 09/2006, Training: Conservatorship
• 09/2006, Training: Brain Plasticity
• 09/2006, Training: Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS)
• 08/2006, Training: Risk Assessment and Elder Abuse
• 07/2006, Lifespan Development and Aging Training
• 02/2005, Presentation- Elderly and the Law
• 01/2005, Presentation- Elder Abuse/ Recognizing Abuse
• 11/2004, Presentation- Sexuality and the Elderly
• 10/2004, Presentation- Parkinson’s Disease and the Elderly
• 08/2004, Workshop- Suicide Prevention for the Elderly
• 08/2005, Conference- 3-day conference on Ritual Abuse
• 10/2003, Ritual Abuse: What is it?

• CHW Student Volunteer, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Stockton, CA, 04/2003, 07/2003, Volunteered in numerous departments within the hospital, Data entry, filing, organizing charts before and after surgeries
• House Maintenance Chair/ Volunteer, Santa’s House in the Mission Plaza, San Luis Obispo, CA, 08/2002, 02/2003, Prepared and put on Santa’s House in the Mission Plaza, In charge of maintenance of house, attending numerous shift changes
• Volunteer, O’ Conner Woods, Stockton, CA, 06/1997, 09/1997, Planned activities, visited with residents and numerous miscellaneous tasks

License: PSY22175