About Dr. Rosso
I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist in Oakland who specializes in working with children, teens, young adults and families.
I have worked in a variety of settings including community mental health clinics, hospital settings, and 8 years providing services in school based settings.
I especially enjoy working with people with complex presenting problems including: trauma exposure, aggressive behavior, difficulties with affect regulation, attention problems, academic failure, developmental delays, and impaired interpersonal relationships. I focus on utilizing a child's strengths to help them improve their emotional, behavioral and psychosocial functioning. I have extensive experience collaborating with schools and families to help children reach their maximum potential academically, emotionally, and socially.
I have additional training and experience with Dialectical Behavioral Therapy to support young people in improving their ability to manage their emotions, improve their relationships and create a life worth living.
I am very interested in the impact that culture and acculturation have on the development of a child. My year studying in France not only helped me become proficient in French, but I also learned more about myself, my own culture and had the opportunity to experience acculturation first hand. When working with people from diverse backgrounds I pay attention to the role that ethnicity, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status play in the life of a child and their family. I also pay attention to the ways in which my own race, power and privilege impact services so that we can have an honest, supportive dialogue to provide better services.
EDUCATION:
Clinical Psychology Ph.D. - Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto, California
Bachelors degree in Child Psychology & French - Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga, CA
EXPERIENCE & TRAINING:
2022 to Present - Director of Clinical Operations for the Division of Behavioral Health
2018 to 2022 - Interim Director of the Division of Mental Heath and Child Development
Since 2008 PROGRAM DIRECTOR – Psychological Services at
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
6 years as ADJUNCT FACULTY at Alliant University/ California School of Professional Psychology
Intellectual Assessment Course
4 years as LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
4 years as LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland McClymonds High School
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
University of California San Francisco - Child & Adolescent Services
Multicultural Clinical Training Program
INTERN IN CHILD CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
USC/ Childrens Hospital Los Angeles with a specialty in Adolescent Medicine
Dr. Rosso also has extensive experience in the following areas:
- Working in different school settings including regular education and nonpublic schools for children with emotional and behavioral difficulties
- Utilizing assessment to understand a child's cognitive, emotion, and psychosocial functioning in order to help utilize their strengths to cope with and overcomes their difficulties
- Presenting her clinical research at various conferences including American Psychological Association, Western Psychology Association, Society of Personality Assessment, and the International Conference on Violence, Abuse & Trauma