Clinical Coordinator/Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology

Psychological and Educational Services

Dr. Thompson is a New York state-licensed psychologist. His research interests include Black American college student mental health, sociocultural differences in coping from traumatic stress as a result of Hurricane Katrina, Positive Youth Development, program evaluation, and community risk assessments of sexually violent predators. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at the Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology at Boston Medical Center and the Leadership Education in Adolescent Health post-doctoral fellowship in the Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Dr. Thompson has provided psychotherapy and psychological evaluation services in schools, correctional and substance abuse treatment facilities, community mental health centers, private practice, a residential senior citizen center, college counseling centers, and hospital settings.