Maria Poston, PhD

Over 15 years experience providing individual and group therapy across the lifespan in outpatient and inpatient settings. Experience with depression, anxiety, trauma, anger, relationship conflict, adjustment difficulties, self-esteem issues, work stress, communication problems, and struggles with direction/meaning.

• Licensed Psychologist, NY #027822
• Licensed Professional Counselor, New Jersey #37PC00590700

• American Psychological Association
• New Jersey Psychological Association

• Minority Fellowship Recipient, Long Island University-Brooklyn
• Psi Chi, National Honors Society in Psychology

Poston, M., Kahan, K.L., & Schatte, D. (2010). Personality Disorders. In R.A. Carlstedt (Ed.), Integrative clinical psychology, psychiatry, and behavioral medicine: Perspectives, practices, and research. New York: Springer Publishing Company.

• 2019-2020 Psychology Extern, Metropolitan Center for Mental Health, New York, NY Supervisors: Cecile de Lardemelle, Psy.D., Marisa Enrico, Ph.D. Responsibilities: Conducted intake assessments and treatment planning, provided individual and group psychotherapy to adults presenting with mood disorders, trauma, relationship, academic, and adjustment difficulties, administered and interpreted psychological test batteries, prepared written reports, completed case presentations, attended didactic seminars
• 2019 Psychology Extern, Brooklyn Gardens Nursing Home, Brooklyn, NY Supervisor: Irwin Mansdorf, Ph.D. Responsibilities: Administer and interpret neuropsychological test battery to elderly residents, prepare written reports
• 2018-2019 Psychology Extern, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Metropolitan Regional Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Child Advocacy Center – Game Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Externship Program in Child Abuse and Maltreatment, Newark, NJ Supervisors: Jacquelyn Doran Cunningham, Ph.D., Barbara Prempeh, Psy.D. Responsibilities: Provided manualized trauma-focused individual therapy to children/adolescents with abuse histories, co-led child/adolescent Game-Based CBT groups, co-facilitated caregiver support group, conducted forensic psychosocial evaluations, completed written reports, observed live and recorded forensic interviews, attended multidisciplinary team meetings, prepared case presentations, developed individual and group therapy treatment plans
• 2017-2019 Practicum Trainee, Long Island University, Psychological Services Center, Brooklyn, NY Supervisors: Nicholas Papouchis, Ph.D., Nicole Cain, Ph.D., Lynn Egan, Psy.D. Responsibilities: Conducted intake assessment; administered self-reports and structured interview; provided individual therapy to diverse body of university students; conducted psychological evaluations and feedback to examinees; prepared intake and integrated psychological reports; participated in clinical case conferences; data entry of therapy and outcomes measures; attended 2 hours of weekly clinical supervision meetings
• 2016-2017 Psychology Extern, The Jewish Board, Child Development Center, New York, NY Supervisors: Dawnette Jones, Ph.D., Andrea Roth, Psy.D. Responsibilities: Provided play therapy to developmentally delayed children ages 3-5; contributed to Individualized Education Plan and developed therapy treatment plans; attended weekly classroom meetings and collaborated with teachers, social worker, occupational therapist, and speech therapist regarding student progress; attended parent-teacher conferences and provided feedback regarding student progress; prepared quarterly and annual progress reports; received 2 hours of weekly supervision
• 2009-2012 Fellow in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Center for Psychoanalytic Studies, Houston, TX Supervisors: Efrain Bleiberg, M.D., Gregory Graham, M.D. Responsibilities: Attended three seminars weekly on psychoanalytic theories and techniques; maintained long term therapy clients and receive weekly clinical supervision from institute faculty; presented in case conferences; prepared case formulation report; completed colloquium

• 2016-2019 Research Assistant, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY Principal Investigator: Nicholas Papouchis, Ph.D. Research Project: Personality, psychological mindedness, and thinking about the self and others Responsibilities: Administration of Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI-II), oversee participants’ proper completion of self-report measures on Qualtrics, including the Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ-46), Differentiation of Self Inventory (DSI-R), Experiences in Close Relationship (ECR-R), Early Trauma Inventory Self-Report-Short Form (ETISR-SF), Dissociative Experience Scale (DES-II), Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), and Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MCSD-S), conduct literature reviews, prepare and submit IRB reports, statistical analyses of project data, maintain database, interface with SONA and PEC subject pool
• 2013-2014 Research Assistant, University of Houston, Developmental Psychopathology Lab, Houston, TX Principal Investigators: Carla Sharp, Ph.D., Carolyn Ha, M.A. Research Project: The effects of intranasal oxytocin on social cognitive functioning in adolescents with borderline personality disorder compared to a sample of non-clinical adolescents Responsibilities: Administration of Child Attachment Interview (CAI) and Childhood Interview for DSM-IV Borderline Personality Disorder (CI-BPD), transcription of CAI and CI-BPD, administration of self report measures, data entry, coordinate recruitment of healthy control participants

• Relationship between levels of social participation (social exclusion, overinclusion), personality traits, and regulatory mechanisms
• Mentalization and social cognition
• Relationship between attachment styles, interpersonal functioning, and affect regulation
• Trauma and resilience

• 2009-2014 Mentalization and Theory of Mind lectures, University of Texas-Health Science Center, Harris County Psychiatric Center, Houston, TX
• 2010 Presentation on Psychodynamic Case Formulation, University of Texas-Health Science Center, Harris County Psychiatric Center, Houston, TX
• 2010 Presentation on Milieu Treatment of Traumatized Children and Adolescents, University of Texas-Health Science Center, Harris County Psychiatric Center, Houston, TX
• 2009 Lecture on Cognitive-behavioral Therapy, University of Texas-Health Science Center, Harris County Psychiatric Center, Houston, TX