Associate Professor
California Baptist University
Dr. Gaona is an associate professor at California Baptist University in Riverside, California. She has extensive experience working as clinical consultant and clinical supervisor in community mental health programs. She received her B.A. in psychology from University of California, Los Angeles, her Master’s in Social Work at California State University, Los Angeles and her doctorate at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. Before returning to academia to pursue a doctorate, as a licensed clinical social worker, Dr. Gaona received rigorous clinical training with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health at Harbor UCLA Medical Center. Some of Dr. Gaona’s research interests include, community mental health outcomes, serious mental illness, culturally adapted evidenced based intervention research, evidenced based treatment outcomes across cultures, religion and trauma.
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