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name: Sheela Raja
about: Sheela Raja, PhD is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the author of Overcoming Trauma and PTSD, the PTSD Survival Guide for Teens, the Resilient Teen, and the Sexual Trauma Workbook for Teen Girls. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago where she teaches Health Communication and Behavioral Medicine and the Director of the UIC College of Dentistry Resilience Center. She received her PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago and completed internship and post-doctoral training at the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Boston, MA. Dr. Raja has a passion for making evidence-based psychology accessible. Her current research interests include examining the components of effective trauma-in Sheela Raja, PhD is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the author of Overcoming Trauma and PTSD, the PTSD Survival Guide for Teens, the Resilient Teen, and the Sexual Trauma Workbook for Teen Girls. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago where she teaches Health Communication and Behavioral Medicine and the Director of the UIC College of Dentistry Resilience Center. She received her PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago and completed internship and post-doctoral training at the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Boston, MA. Dr. Raja has a passion for making evidence-based psychology accessible. Her current research interests include examining the components of effective trauma-informed healthcare. She is a regular contributor to various print and national television media outlets, including the Huffington Post, CNN, HLN and the CBS Chicago morning news. ...more