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Michele Nealon-Woods
Professional Faculty
Clinical Psychology
President, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
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Biographical Sketch
On July 1, 2010, Dr. Michele Nealon-Woods became the eighth president of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
Prior to studying and working in the United States, Dr. Nealon-Woods began her career in clinical psychology in Dublin, Ireland. She moved to the United States in 1994 and between 1994 and 2000, she worked with adolescents in group home and foster care. Dr. Nealon-Woods has worked in a variety of clinical settings with diverse groups of people, including inpatient, outpatient, community mental health, forensic, and academic settings. She specializes in the treatment of children, adolescents, and their families. Therapeutic modalities include individual, group, and family therapy and theoretical orientations are primarily behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, and family systems. Dr. Nealon-Woods is the 2006 recipient of The Chicago School's Distinguished Teaching Award in the area of public service teaching. She became department chair of the Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.) program at The Chicago School in 2007 and the first dean of the school's Los Angeles Campus in 2008 before being named campus president in 2009.