Zerbrina Valdespino-Hayden

Zerbrina Valdespino-Hayden: Zerbrina graduated with a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Montclair State University in New Jersey. She completed her clinical internship at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Healthcare Center in North Chicago, IL. Zerbrina subsequently obtained a postdoctoral fellowship at the Road Home Program: National Center for Veterans and their Families at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL. Zerbrina's clinical areas of interest include treating trauma in diverse and underserved populations using a cognitive-behavioral approach, massed PTSD treatment, and military sexual trauma. Her research interests are primarily focused on understanding the socio-ecological factors that facilitate resilience in individuals and communities that have experienced trauma and more specifically, identifying the psychosocial mechanisms underlying sexual assault survivors' disclosure, reporting, and treatment-seeking behaviors. Her dissertation is entitled Rape Myth Acceptance and Acknowledgment: Predictors of Reporting Sexual Assault and Service-Seeking.