Matthew Stimmel has experience treating the following diagnoses and life stressors:

• Anxiety and Depressive Disorders
• Mental Health Issues Related to Medical Conditions
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Trauma

Browse through Matthew’s clinical and educational background below to get a better sense of his professional training, interests, and areas of expertise.

Education

• Ph.D. Candidate in Clinical Psychology at Fordham University. Matthew’s Master’s Thesis focused on the relationship between specific trauma events, posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology and aggression in juvenile offenders.
• M.A. in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness at New York University, Steinhardt School of Education
• B.A. in English from Wesleyan University. Including a year-long matriculation in French and English Literature at Wadham College, Oxford University

Current Position

1. Teaching Associate, Fordham University. Teaches Biopsychology and Personality courses to undergraduates.
   

Recent Clinical Experience

• Clinical Psychology Externship at TAPS IBD Program for Children and Adolescents conducting pre- and post-treatment psychosocial assessments with particular focus on anxiety (including use of ADIS), providing CBT treatment for anxiety and health related symptoms for participants and their parents, and providing supportive therapy to children and adolescents for anxiety and health related symptoms.
• DBT Therapist and Skills Trainer at Project SHARP at John Jay University providing individual Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) for court-referred adults with interpersonal and relationship problems, co-leading DBT skills training groups, and providing individual skills training to clients.
• Psychology Consultant at Fordham University Criminal Defense and Federal Litigation Law Clinic providing consultation to supervising lawyers and law students about client mental health, conducting psychological and neuropsychological assessments of clinic clients, attending arraignments and conducting client interviews at court, and conducting classes on topics in forensic psychology.
• Clinical Psychology Externship at the Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center. Provided psychotherapy for patients in long term inpatient hospital, led DBT group therapy, conducted forensic assessments to assess malingering, competency to stand trial and dangerousness of clients, and conducted neuropsychological testing.
• Clinical Psychology Summer Externship at Addictions Institute of New York. Conducted diagnostic and psychosocial assessments, led CBT treatment groups for substance abuse, and lead MICA groups for patients with dual diagnoses.
• Clinical Psychology Summer Externship at NYU Child Study Center. Administered and scored specific neuropsychological measures and subtests, collaborated on report writing with supervising psychologist, participated in family treatment team observations and meetings, and
  wrote comprehensive reports based on KSADS administrations.
• Clinical Psychology Externship at New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute. Provided long-term psychotherapy for adults and children, and conducted comprehensive neuropsychological and projective testing for patients, as well as participated in weekly case conferences.
• Clinical Psychology Externship at Rikers Island Correctional Facility, Mental Health Center. Conducted counseling sessions, psychosocial interviews and suicide risk assessments with new patients, developed and revised treatment plans for all patients in caseload

Presentations

• Stimmel, M.A., Green, D., Belfi, B., & Klaver, J. Exploring the Accuracy and Utility of the ReyFifteen Item Test with Recognition Trial in a forensic psychiatric population. Presented March 3rd, 2011 at the American Psychology-Law Society annual conference.
• Stimmel, M.A., Maschi, T., O'Mary, A. (2010). Trauma Exposure, World Assumptions and Coping Resources in Youthful Offenders. Presented March 20th, 2009 at the American Psychology-Law Society annual conference.
• Stimmel, M.A., Cruise, K.R., & Weiss, R. (2009). Study II: The relationship between specific trauma events, PTSD symptomatology and aggression in male juvenile offenders. Presented at the American Psychology-Law Society annual conference.
• Weiss, R., Cruise, K.R., & Stimmel, M.A. (2009). Study I: Study I: The Influence of Traumatic Life Events, Callousness, and Emotional Processing on Aggression in Male Juvenile Offenders. Presented March 6th, 2009 at the American Psychology-Law Society annual conference

Publications

• Brook, J. S., Whiteman, M., Marcus, S., & Stimmel, M.A. (2008). The association between early marijuana use and subsequent academic achievement and health problems: A longitudinal study. American Journal on Addictions, 17(2), 155-160.
• Brook, J. S., Marcus, S.E., Zhang, C., Stimmel, M.A., Balka, E.B., & Brook, D.W. (2010). Adolescent attributes and young adult smoking cessation. Substance Use and Misuse, 45(13), 2172-2184.
• Maschi, T., MacMillan, T., Morgen, K., Gibson, S., & Stimmel, M. (2010). Trauma, world assumptions and coping resources among youthful offenders: Social work, mental health and criminal justice implications. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 27(6), 377-393.
• Maschi T., Morgen, K. , Gibson, S., Stimmel, M., & Omary, A. (in press). Trauma and PTSD among juvenile justice involved youth. In E. Grigorenko (Ed.). Handbook of Juvenile Forensic Psychology. New York: Springer Publishers.
• Stimmel, M.A., & Cruise, K.R. (in preparation). Assessing traumatic experiences in male justice-involved youth. (In preparation for submission to Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice).