Faculty

Pamela Pressy Abraham

Pamela Pressley Abraham, Psy.D., NCSP

Professor of Psychology

Clinical & School Psy.D. Programs
Coordinator, Psy.D. in School Psychology

Dr. Pam Pressley Abraham earned her Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from Baylor University. Dr. Abraham is licensed as a psychologist in Pennsylvania, is certified as a School Psychologist in Pennsylvania, and is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist. She completed an internship at Children's Medical Center (rotations: pediatric, psychiatric, outpatient) in Tulsa, Oklahoma and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Devereux Foundation in the areas of child, adolescent, and family therapy.  Following postdoctoral training, Dr. Abraham was employed for two years at Bryn Mawr Hospital, Youth Psychotherapy Center as a clinical and school psychologist.  Subsequently, she worked at the Devereux Foundation as the Clinical director of the Mapleton Psychiatric Institute, Hedges Treatment Center, Hideaway, Gatehouse Cottage, and the Beneto Center.  In addition, she consulted to local schools and held a private practice for children, adolescents, and families.  In 1998, she joined Immaculata in 1998 and teaches in the clinical and school psychology programs and is the Coordinator of the School Psychology Psy.D. Program.  Dr. Abraham is on the editorial board of the Society for Personality Assessment Exchange. She has published in the areas of treatment outcome, assessment, diversity, and psychotherapy. She has presented in the areas of school violence, diversity, prevention, treatment planning, ethics, therapeutic interventions, suicide prevention, multiculturalism, crisis intervention, supervision, child and adolescent treatment, and training of mental health professionals.

Selected Publications:

Abraham, P. (2008). Teaching assessment case conceptualization: Misattribution bias and clinical judgment, Society for Personality Assessment (SPS) Exchange, summer edition.

Yalof, J., & Abraham, P. (2008).Integrative assessment supervision model: A primer for supervisory practice– currently being reviewed for an APA journal         

Yalof, J., & Abraham, P. (2007). Personality assessment in schools. In (S. Smith & L. Handler, Eds). The clinical assessment of children and adolescents: A practitioner’s guide. Erlbaum: New York.

Abraham, P. (2007). Incorporating dimensionality classification of personality functioning in assessment training, Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) Exchange, summer edition.

Abraham, P. (2007). Incorporating diversity into assessment courses, Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) Exchange, winter edition.

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