Education and Experience

Education

Williams College, BA. (2001). Bachelor in Psychology, concentration in Neuroscience.
Long Island University/CW Post, MS. (2006). Master in Clinical Psychology
Long Island University/CW Post, Psy.D (2011). Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

National Institute for the Psychotherapies TI (NIP) TI- Internship certificate (2011)
Reiki Master (2008)

Private practice (2014-Now)
(ACS) Administration for Children’s Services, City of New York. (2001-2004). Provided counseling to teenagers living in a group home with histories of maltreatment and abandonment.
NIP TI (National Institute for the Psychotherapies Training Institute). (2006-2011). Trained in diverse psychoanalytic theories along with that specific supervision. Extensively trained in relational psychoanalytic model of treatment.
Bleuler Psychotherapy Center. (2008-2013). Community Mental Health Center. Provided treatment to adults, children, adolescents and couples of a variety of cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds struggling with all kinds of psychological conditions and disorders.
Bronx Psychiatric Center. (2007-2008). Clinical extern working with severe mental illness both doing psychotherapy and advanced psychological testing.

Caskey, V.P., Chan, C., Francois, P., Laevsky, J. (2012). Culturally-Based Resistance to Treatment. Poster presented at Mental Halth Associations, organizations, at Bleuler Psychotherapy Center. Also, presented at Long Island University/Post (2012).
Caskey, V.P., Pena, I.C. (2005). Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy with Acutely Psychotic Inpatients: Containment and Human Connection. Presented at Nucleo Psicanalitico de Aracaju and Clinica Sao Marcello. Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil.

Johnson, J. G., McGeoch, P. G., Caskey, V. P., Abhary, S., Sneed, J., & Bornstein, R. F. (2005).The developmental psychopathology of personality disorders. In: B. L. Hankin and J. R. Abela (Eds.), Development of psychopathology: A vulnerability-stress perspective. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage
Johnson, J. G., McGeoch, P. G., Caskey, V. P., Abhary, S., & Sneed, J. (2005) Persönlichkeitsstörungen und Dlinquenz. In: U. T. Egle, S. O. Hoffmann, and P. Joraschky (Eds.), Sexueller Mißbrauch, Mißhandlung, Vernachlässigung, 3. Auflage. Stuttgart, Germany: Schattauer.

American Psychological Association
ISPS (US Chapter) The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis