On October 11th, ACES (The Association for Counselor Education and Supervision) awarded Palo Alto University Trustee Carol Bobby, Ph.D., the ACES Legacy Award at their annual conference in Seattle, WA.

“It was an unexpected honor. It’s a humbling experience,” Bobby said.

PAU Ph.D. graduate Jessica Simonetti received the prestigious Murray Tondow Outstanding Dissertation Award at the 2019 commencement ceremony for her dissertation, Compassion Cultivation Training among Gender and Sexual Minorities.

Palo Alto University is pleased to announce that Anne Farrah has joined PAU as Director of Development. She brings to the position over 25 years of experience supporting schools and non-profits in the Bay Area.

“I am delighted to welcome Anne to the PAU community,” said PAU President Maureen O’Connor. “Anne brings a strong record of leadership, achievement, and success in the nonprofit sector to PAU. Her contribution will undoubtedly support our goal of increased growth and sustainability to PAU through philanthropy.”

 

The Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Board (SCCBHB) voted in September to install June Klein, E.D., Vice President of Business Affairs and CFO of Palo Alto University (PAU), as the Board’s chair for fiscal year 2019 – 2020. PAU is a leading school of psychology and counseling in Palo Alto. Klein also serves as the president of the Silicon Valley Chapter of Financial Executives International (SVCFEI).

Palo Alto, California—Palo Alto University (PAU), Northern California's leading school of psychology and counseling, has acquired Consolidated Continuing Education & Professional Training (CONCEPT) Professional Training, a world-class provider of premium online professional training for mental health professionals, with a reputation for excellence in forensic psychology.   Under the umbrella of a new division, Continuing and Professional Studies, this acquisition significantly expands PAU’s programming with the addition of p

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 45,000 Americans died by suicide in 2016, making it the 10th leading cause of death. Of those, 46% had a diagnosed mental illness.

Palo Alto University students, faculty, and alumni are leading the campaigns to prevent suicide and raise awareness through private practice, public-private partnerships, and research.

  Andrea Scott, who earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at PAU in 2013, is at the forefront of an important mental healthcare delivery trend. In July 2019, Scott and her business partner Kurtis Williams launched Session Sync Inc. (www.sessionsync.com), a nationwide telehealth platform that connects licensed psychologists and patients via HIPAA compliant video on any webcam enabled device.   Session Sync enables practitioners to serve more people in the settings that are most convenient for them.

Whether attending sessions, presenting posters and participating on panels, faculty, students and alumni made PAU proud at the 2019 American Psychological Association’s (APA) annual conference held earlier this month in Chicago. APA brings together 12,000 practitioners, scientists, educators and students to explore the most compelling issues in the discipline.

Every summer, online and distance learning students in PAU’s psychology and counseling master’s programs have a chance to come face to face with their faculty and online peers during a required week-long summer session after their first year. In addition to getting to know each other ‘offline,’ students attend courses that are core components of their program and that are often better taught in person.