Carla Smith Stover, M.D.

Appointments & Promotions

Trauma Focused-CBT and Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention Trainer for agencies around the country

Provided pro bono training in domestic violence and the impact on children to lawyers and guardian ad litems in the state of CT
PTA member Bear Path School in Hamden

Stover, C. S., Hall, C., McMahon, T., Easton, C. (2012). Fathers Entering Substance Abuse Treatment: An Examination of Substance Abuse, Trauma Symptoms and Parenting Behaviors. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
Stover, C. S., Connell, C., Leve, L., Neiderhiser, J. M, Shaw, D. S., Scaramella, L. V., Conger, R., & Reiss, D. (2012). Fathering and Mothering in the Family System: Linking Marital Hostility and Aggression in Adopted Toddlers. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 53, 401-409. NIHMS339758
Stover, C. S., Urdahl, A., & Easton, C. (2012). Depression as a Mediator of the Association Between Substance Abuse and Negative Parenting of Fathers. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 38, 344-349.
Stover, C. S., & Spink, A. (2012). Affective Awareness in Parenting of Fathers with Co-Occurring Substance Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence. Journal on Advances in Dual Diagnosis, 5, 74-85.
Stover, C. S. (2012). Police-Advocacy Partnerships in Response to Domestic Violence. Journal of Police Crisis Negotiations, 12:2, 183-198.

CT Guardian Ad Litem Statewide Training, “Impact of Violence on Children and Families”
CT Bar Association Conference Family Violence in Connecticut: Trauma Trends and Triage, Invited Address “Impact of Violence on the Family”
The New Hampshire Association of Infant Mental Health Annual Meeting, “Focusing on Fatherhood Keynote Address.”
Austin Riggs Parenting Conference, “Fathering in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence and Substance Abuse.”

The Aroostook Medical Center Two Day Training, Presque Isle, Maine, “Treatment for Childhood Trauma Exposure.”
Keynote Address Connecticut State University System Psychology Day, New Haven, CT, “Developing Evidence Based Treatment for Domestic Violence.”
Invited Research Colloquium Penn School of Social Policy, Philadelphia, PA, “Toward Evidence Based Practice for Intimate Partner Violence.”

Symposium Presentation International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, Portsmouth, NH: “Treatment Approaches for Fathers with Co-Occurring IPV and Substance Abuse.”
Moderated Panel Presentation National Child Traumatic Stress Network Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD: “Working with Fathers in Father-Child Treatment.”
Presentation at the Healing the Generations Conference, Foxwoods, CT
- “Fathers for Change: A New Approach to Working with Families Impacted by Domestic Violence.”