Bio and Work Experience
Dr. Monteiro is an international mental health expert, researcher and consultant. She earned a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Howard University, with an emphasis on culture and mental health and a minor in neuropsychology. She has received extensive training in trauma and PTSD, global mental health and treatment with survivors of war and torture (Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma), long-term and brief psychotherapy (Columbia University) and group therapy (Washington School of Psychiatry - National Group Psychotherapy Training Institute). Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Master's Program in Clinical and Counseling Psychology at Chestnut Hill College.
Dr. Monteiro's work has spanned the globe - figuratively and literally. She has worked with children through adults providing counseling and psychotherapy, psychological assessment and clinical supervision. In this capacity, she has worked in New York, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Maryland, Virginia, Grenada, Liberia, Bahrain, and Botswana in settings as diverse as schools, hospitals, juvenile detention facilities, university counseling centers and community clinics.
Dr. Monteiro has worked as an expert witness and consultant in cases involving child labor, immigration and asylum, disaster relief and traffic psychology. Her global mental heath research has focused on mental illness in developing countries, traditional healing treatments and cultural competence when working with diverse groups. She has obtained research grant funding to address important mental health issues domestically and internationally. Her professional interests also include African American Muslims' mental health, immigrant adolescent development and cross-cultural psychology.
Living in Ethiopia to conduct her dissertation research on mental illness in Ethiopia helped to launch her career as an "international psychologist," working on different mental health initiatives globally. Dr. Monteiro served as a mental health team leader in Haiti as part of disaster relief efforts following the country's catastrophic earthquake in 2010. She gained important experience and insights while living and working in Bahrain during the historic "Arab Spring" uprisings. From 2012-2014, Dr. Monteiro worked at the University of Botswana as a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology and Coordinator of the University's Psychology Clinic.
Through her private practice, Dr. Monteiro provides services that promote well-being, healing, growth and personal and professional development for individuals, communities and organizations. She offers a unique mix of personalized therapeutic services and consultation and research in the emerging filed of global mental health.
The services she provides are multi-faceted and include:
Dr. Monteiro's work has spanned the globe - figuratively and literally. She has worked with children through adults providing counseling and psychotherapy, psychological assessment and clinical supervision. In this capacity, she has worked in New York, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Maryland, Virginia, Grenada, Liberia, Bahrain, and Botswana in settings as diverse as schools, hospitals, juvenile detention facilities, university counseling centers and community clinics.
Dr. Monteiro has worked as an expert witness and consultant in cases involving child labor, immigration and asylum, disaster relief and traffic psychology. Her global mental heath research has focused on mental illness in developing countries, traditional healing treatments and cultural competence when working with diverse groups. She has obtained research grant funding to address important mental health issues domestically and internationally. Her professional interests also include African American Muslims' mental health, immigrant adolescent development and cross-cultural psychology.
Living in Ethiopia to conduct her dissertation research on mental illness in Ethiopia helped to launch her career as an "international psychologist," working on different mental health initiatives globally. Dr. Monteiro served as a mental health team leader in Haiti as part of disaster relief efforts following the country's catastrophic earthquake in 2010. She gained important experience and insights while living and working in Bahrain during the historic "Arab Spring" uprisings. From 2012-2014, Dr. Monteiro worked at the University of Botswana as a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology and Coordinator of the University's Psychology Clinic.
Through her private practice, Dr. Monteiro provides services that promote well-being, healing, growth and personal and professional development for individuals, communities and organizations. She offers a unique mix of personalized therapeutic services and consultation and research in the emerging filed of global mental health.
The services she provides are multi-faceted and include:
- Mental health treatment - Psychotherapy and Psychological Assessment/Testing
- Clinical supervision for mental health professionals
- Consultation to organizations in program development, research and evaluation
- Workshops on mental health, culture, diversity
- International program development