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Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

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EDUCATION
Ph.D., Michigan State University, Clinical Psychology
M.A., Michigan State University, Clinical Psychology

LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1997-present
State of Michigan, 2005-present

EXPERTISE/INTERESTS
Multicultural psychology, psychological trauma, ethnic and racial discrimination among immigrant communities, race and ethnicity in the psychotherapeutic process.

HONORS/AWARDS
Scholars in Medicine Fellowship, Harvard Medical School
Sonia Smith Diversity Award, Cambridge Health Alliance

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Tummala-Narra,P., Kallavayalil, D., singer, R., & Andreini, R. (in press).  Relational experiences of complex trauma survivors in treatment:  Preliminary findings from a naturalistic study.  Psychological Trauma:  Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.

Tummala-Narra, P., Alegria, M., Chen, C. (in press). Perceived discrimination acculturative stress and depression among South Asians:  Some mixed findings.  Asian American Journal of Psychology.

Tummala-Narrra, P., Inman, A.G., & Ettigi, S. (in press).  Asian Indians' Responses to Discrimination:  A mixed-method examination of identity coping and self-esteem.  Asian American Journal of Psychology.

Liang, B., Tummala-Narra, P., & West, J. (in press).  Revisiting community work from a psychodynamic perspective.  Professional Psychology:  Research and Practice.

Tummala-Narra, P. (2011).  Becoming a psychotherapist:  Discovering the self amidst cultural shifts.  In L. Comas-Diaz & Marcella Bakur Weiner (Eds.), Women Psychotherapists: The Journey of Female Healers.  Lanham, MD: Jason Aronson.

Tummala-Narra. P. (2010.  Looking beyond the surface:  Trauma, invisibility, and the negotiation of identity in the Minyan. (Women and Therapy, 33(3), 411-417.

Inman, A.G. & Tummala-Narra, P. (2010). Clinical competencies in working with  immigrant communities. In J. Cornish, L. Nadkarni, E. Rodolfa, & B. Schreier, (Eds.) Handbook of Multicultural Counseling Competencies. (pp. 117-152). New York: Wiley.

Tummala-Narra, P. (2009). The immigrant’s real and imagined return home. Psychoanalysis, Culture, and Society, 14(3),237-252.

Tummala-Narra, P. (2007). Skin color and the therapeutic relationship. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 24(2), 255-270.

Tummala-Narra, P. (2007). Conceptualizing trauma and resilience across diverse contexts:  A multicultural perspective.  Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, 14(1/2), 33-53.