Nicola Chung presents seminars to doctoral students and counseling center staff as an affiliate faculty member. She is a licensed clinical psychologist formally trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and has conducted research in the treatment of alcoholism. She completed her postdoctoral residency at the Renfrew Center, a residential treatment facility for eating disorders, and became licensed in the state of Florida in 2006.
Chung has been in private practice since 2006 and specializes in depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and eating disorders. She performs both psychoeducational evaluations and neuropsychological testing.
Honors & Awards
- Fred and Helen Flipse Annual Award, University of Miami, 2013
- Academic Achievement Award in Psychology, Florida International University, 1997
Research Interests
- Alcohol abuse and dependence
- DSM-IV diagnostic criteria and symptom progression
- Onset and staging of alcohol-related symptoms
- Gender-specific patterns in alcohol use disorders (particularly among women)
- Longitudinal methods in addiction research
- Survival analysis and advanced statistical modeling in clinical psychology
- Cognitive and behavioral approaches to substance use disorders
- Clinical assessment and treatment conceptualization of addictive behaviors
See research publications and more on FIU Discovery.
Education
- Postdoctoral Residency, The Renfrew Center, Coconut Creek, FL
- Doctoral Internship, University of Miami Counseling Center, Miami, FL
- Ph.D., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ