Catherin Snyder is a graduate student in the Clinical Psychology Psy.D. Program at Argosy University/Phoenix. Catherin received her bachelor's degree from New Mexico State University in 1998. In 2004, she received a master's degree from Argosy University. Catherin will complete requirements for her Psy.D. in 2007.

 

Catherin has been an active member of the Arizona Psychological Community for the past four years. This stems from her treatment of children as young as four to adults in their nineties in a range of settings in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Catherin is a member of the Arizona Psychological Association and she teaches undergraduate psychology courses at Paradise Valley Community College.

 

Catherin's passion lies in her interest of psychoanalytic theory and therapy. She has been studying psychoanalytic literature for the past three years. Her dissertation involved an intensive review of the literature on psychoanalytic perspectives of substance abuse and pathological narcissism. This topic evolved out of her longer-term treatment of an adult male struggling with addiction. Catherin currently attends psychoanalytic seminars sponsored by the Southwest Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies and she is involved in a directed study on Contemporary Psychoanalysis.

 

Catherin's presentation on Somatization is a newer area of investigation for her. She hopes the group enjoys her unique presentation style, which has been cultured throughout her academic training and teaching experience.