Dr. Carole Goguen is the Director of the Traumatic Stress Treatment Center. She is a Licensed Psychologist who has extensive clinical experience. She has received specialized training in the assessment and treatment of traumatic reactions as well as in forensic psychology. In addition to California licensure, Dr. Goguen is credentialed by The National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology.
EDUCATION:
Dr. Goguen received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from California State University, Los Angeles. She received her Masters of Arts in Psychology and Doctor of Psychology from Pepperdine University. Dr. Goguen is Credentialed by The National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology.
Dr. Goguen received specialized training in forensic psychology during a year-long, American Psychological Association accredited, pre-doctoral internship at Patton State Hospital. Patton State Hospital is a maximum-security state forensics medical facility that provides mental health evaluation and treatment to criminally and civilly committed persons. There she developed skills in assessment and treatment of severe mentally illness with individuals with legal commitments including not guilty by reason of insanity, incompetent to stand trial, prison to hospital transfers, parolees, and sex offenders.
Dr. Goguen held the position of Associate Director for Research and Education at the Executive Division of the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The National Center for PTSD was created in 1989 within the Department of Veterans Affairs and is a world leader in research and education programs focusing on PTSD and other psychological and medical consequences of traumatic stress. It was at the National Center for PTSD that Dr. Goguen received two years of focused post-doctoral training assessing and treating posttraumatic syndromes and various trauma-related problems including anxiety, depression, guilt/shame, and disrupted relationships.
EXPERIENCE:
Dr. Goguen has extensive experience providing psychotherapy for both women and men who have experienced sexual and physical traumas including rape, childhood sexual abuse, assault/battery, combat, motor vehicle accidents, and national disasters. Dr. Goguen merges her trauma and forensic experience when performing forensic assessments for the possible impact of traumatic reactions in civil and criminal cases. Additionally, she performs pre-employment and annual incumbent psychological evaluations of federal police officers for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Dr. Goguen is a member of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, American Psychological Association Trauma Psychology Division and American Psychology-Law Society.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:
Descamps, M., Mueser, K., Rosenberg, S., Salyers, M., Jankowski, M. K., Friedman, M., Schnurr, P., & Goguen, C. A. (1999). Modification of a protocol for treating PTSD in women with severe mental illness. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.
Foy, D. W., & Goguen, C. A. (1998). Community violence-related PTSD in children and adolescents. PTSD Research Quarterly, 9(4), 1-6.
Foy, D. W., Goguen, C. A., & Wood, J. (1995, December). Risk factors for dating violence among female adolescent offenders. In C. B. James (Chair), Chronic community violence exposure as hindrance to healthy psychological and social development among inner-city adolescents: Part II. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the California Wellness Foundation Violence Prevention Conference, San Diego, CA.
Goguen, C. A. (1998). The relationship between dating violence victimization and other traumas among incarcerated female adolescents (Doctoral dissertation, Pepperdine University, 1997). Dissertation Abstracts International, 58(7), 3922B.
Goguen, C. A. (2000, July). Posttraumatic stress disorder and trauma related factors mitigating capital punishment sentencing. Presentation to the Capital Defenders Office, New York City, NY.
Goguen, C. A. (2002, July). Forensic Psychology. Presentation to Pre-doctoral Internship Program, Department of Veterans Affairs, Los Angeles Ambulatory Clinic, Los Angeles, CA
Goguen, C. A. (2001, May; 2002, June). Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) Interpretation. Presentation to Pre-doctoral Internship Program, Department of Veterans Affairs, Los Angeles Ambulatory Clinic, Los Angeles, CA
Goguen, C. A. (2001, July). Gulf War Illness Treatment and Research. Presentation to Pre-doctoral Internship Program, Department of Veterans Affairs, Los Angeles Ambulatory Clinic, Los Angeles, CA
Goguen, C. A. (2003, June). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: History, assessment, and treatment. Pre-doctoral Internship Program Weekly Seminar, Department of Veterans Affairs, Los Angeles Ambulatory Clinic, Los Angeles, CA
Goguen, C. A., & Foy, D. W. (1996, November). Children of battered women: Battering exposure profile. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, San Francisco, CA.
Goguen, C. A., & Friedman, M. J. (2000). Stress effects of the Korean conflict. In G. Fink (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Stress (Vol. 2, pp. 595-597). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Goguen, C. A., Stepaniuk, H. A., & Foy, D. W. (1996, September). The relationship between dating violence and other traumas among female adolescent offenders. Poster session presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association’s Women’s Health Conference: Psychosocial and Behavioral Factors in Women’s Health, Washington, DC.
Jankowski, M. K., Descamps, M., Salyers, M., Mueser, K., & Goguen, C. A. (1999). Treating PTSD in a woman with severe mental illness: Case presentation. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.
McLain, S., Goguen, C. A., Morland, L., Salazar, X., & Foy, D. W. (1998, November). Trauma-related symptomatology among juvenile delinquents exposed to multiple traumatic episodes. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Washington, D.C.
Stepaniuk, H. A., O’Keefe, M. E., Goguen, C. A., & Foy, D. W. (1996, November). Posttraumatic stress disorder in battered women: Comparing incarcerated versus sheltered women. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, San Francisco, CA.
Wood, J.; Foy, D. W; Goguen, C. A; Pynoos, R.; James, C. B.. Violence exposure and PTSD among delinquent girls. (2002) R. Greenwald (Ed), Trauma and juvenile delinquency: Theory, research, and interventions. (pp. 109-126). Binghamton, NY, US: Haworth Maltreatment and Trauma Press/The Haworth Press, Inc.
Wood, J.; Foy, D. W; Goguen, C. A; Pynoos, R., & James, C. B.(2002). Violence exposure and PTSD among delinquent girls. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma. Vol 6(1), 109-126.
