Pamela J. Swales, Ph.D. is a psychologist at the National Center for
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (NCPTSD) at the Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) - Palo Alto Health Care System. She received her degree in clinical
psychology from the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto, California
and completed a three-year NIMH postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University,
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. During her graduate studies
and postdoctoral fellowship, she developed both research and clinical expertise
in the anxiety disorders, pharmacological and cognitive-behavioral treatments
for Panic Disorder and its related disorders, and the assessment, diagnosis, and
treatment of older adults with psychiatric disorders. Since joining the
NCPTSD-Education Division nine years ago, she has focused on developing
innovative ways to translate science-into-practice and for the dissemination
(e.g. nationwide live, satellite broadcasts, dvds, videos, web-based curricula)
of state-of-the-art knowledge related to PTSD to providers at VA and other
facilities nation-wide.
Courses by this instructor:
PTSD and the"Difficult Client": Using a Developmental Model to Inform Treatment
Vicarious Traumatization:Towards Recognition and Resilience-Building
