PHILADELPHIA, PA (07/24/2012)(readMedia)-- Cheryll Rothery, Psy.D, ABPP, associate professor of psychology and chair of the Department of Professional Psychology has earned the distinction of diplomate status (ABPP) in the field of clinical psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. The American Board of Professional Psychology is the primary organization for specialty board certification in psychology.
The American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) serves the public's need by providing oversight certifying psychologists competent to deliver high quality services in various specialty areas of psychology. Board certification (awarding of a diploma in a specialty) assures the public that specialists designated by the ABPP have successfully completed the educational, training, and experience requirements of the specialty, including an examination designed to assess the competencies required to provide quality services in that specialty.
The American Board of Professional Psychology was incorporated in 1947 with the support of the American Psychological Association. The ABPP is a unitary governing body of separately incorporated specialty examining boards which assures the establishment, implementation, and maintenance of specialty standards and examinations by its member boards.
Dr. Rothery has taught classes at the master's and doctoral level at Chestnut Hill for 14 years. A resident of Fort Washington, Pa., she received her undergraduate degree from Mount Holyoke College and her Doctor of Psychology from Rutgers University. Her scholarly interests include cross cultural therapy and supervision, women of color in therapy, racial identity formation, college counseling, clinical training and adolescent development. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, Association of Black Psychologists, Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists, and the Pennsylvania Psychological Association. She has held leadership positions in local, state, and national psychology associations, most recently serving as secretary of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association
(2008-2012).
About Chestnut Hill College
Chestnut Hill College, a four-year coed Catholic college in the Ignatian tradition, offers a traditional liberal arts undergraduate program as well as accelerated undergraduate degrees, master's and doctoral programs. The College has been rated by US News World Report as among the best master's universities in the North, as among the best Northeastern colleges by The Princeton Review, and has been classified as selective by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Since its inception, the College has offered a rigorous curriculum that provides students with a broad background in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The goal of Chestnut Hill College has been to prepare students for life's challenges by helping them to grow intellectually, spiritually,
emotionally, and socially.
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