Carolyn B. Allard, Ph.D., ABPP, is Professor and Program Director of the Clinical Psychology PhD Program at the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP) of Alliant International University. Dr. Allard received her B.A. (Hons.) from Queen's University in Kingston, Canada, and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Oregon.
She is a licensed psychologist in the state of California and has her Board Certification in Clinical Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). Before coming to CSPP, she served as Program Director of the Military Sexual Trauma & Interpersonal Trauma Clinic and San Diego Advanced Fellowship in Women's Health at the Veteran's Affairs San Diego Healthcare System for a little over 10 years, where she continues serve as a research investigator.
Dr. Allard has extensive experience in clinical practice, training and consultation with all levels of trainees and professionals; public education and advocacy; clinical research; program development and evaluation; and administration and leadership. She has served as a certified trainer and consultant for Cognitive Processing Therapy and consultant for Prolonged Exposure.
Dr. Allard is also an active researcher, serving as principal or co-investigator on several past and ongoing institution- and government-funded randomized clinical trials and other studies. Her research is focused on the identification of individual, socio-cultural and contextual predictors of posttraumatic distress and treatment outcomes, with a specific interest in trauma-related guilt and shame, and the goal of developing and testing interventions to address these factors to improve outcomes.
She has published and presented her research in peer reviewed journals and international conferences, several book chapters and three books. She is a frequently invited speaker and CEU presenter at local, national and international scientific and professional conferences, and has conducted numerous television and radio interviews. Dr. Allard is also engaged in public education and social advocacy.
She is a member of several professional associations, and is Past President of Division 56 (Trauma) of the American Psychological Association. She serves on the editorial board of the Division 56 Journal, Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, and is an ad hoc reviewer for several other scientific journals.
Dr. Allard's clinical and research expertise is in posttraumatic distress. Her program of research focuses on the impact of interpersonal trauma, including risk and resiliency factors, cultural moderators, and intervention implications. In particular, she is interested in identifying predictors or posttraumatic sequelae and treatment outcomes including contextual and cultural factors. Dr. Allard has published a therapist manual (Trauma Informed Guilt Reduction Therapy) and a self-guide workbook (Transform Your Guilt and Shame) based the evidence-based intervention, that she developed and tested in randomized trials with colleagues.
- Theory and Practice of Psychotherapy Individual (Cognitive Behavarioal Therapy)
- Research/Dissertation
- Professional Development in Clinical Psychology
Please go to my Research page www.carolynallardphd.com/research for an up-to-date list of current and past research projects in my Studying Trauma and Recover from Interpersonal ViolencE (STRIVE) lab.
You can find my full Curriculum Vita here: www.carolynallardphd.com/cv