• CEO Clinical Psychologist, Ph.D.
• Fellow and Diplomate of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress

Dr. Bove is a Licensed New York State Psychologist with a
Doctorate in Clinical and School Psychology who has been in private practice
for over 20 years. She is a Fellow and Diplomate of the American Academy of
Experts in Traumatic Stress. She has taught psychology at Wagner College and as
a Graduate Faculty member of Capella, a web-based University. She chaired the
Monitoring and Evaluation Committee and was member of the Committees on
Privileging and Supervision of Psychologists in a Psychiatric Center. She
achieved supervisory status in the Family Support Project of Columbia
University and was Director of the Learning Disabilities Program at Hofstra
University. She is Past Staten Island Representative to Council of NYSPA and
Past President of RCPA. Dr. Bove has a full-time psychotherapy practice. She is
also a Hypnotherapist, and Personal and Executive Coach.

Dr. Bove has given presentations, published articles in magazines and
newsletters, given radio and TV interviews involving areas such as trauma,
bereavement, dissociation, communication, pain management, behavioral medicine
in cardiology, infertility, depression, and stress. She has co-authored papers
in cardiac research studies, and is writing her second poetry book. Dr. Bove
received the Distinguished Service Award from NYSPA, and the Dr. Deitch
Humanitarian and Public Service Award from RCPA.

Following the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Dr. Bove worked
extensively in a firehouse that lost many men, with family members and others
intimately touched by 9/11 and with the general community. Dr. Bove conceived
and spearheaded the Garden of Healing, a place of tribute for those lost on
9/11, of solace for anyone affected by 9/11 and its aftermath, and those
suffering from any cataclysmic event. She ran debriefings, workshops with
children, workshops with school principals and teachers on the effects of
trauma in order to reduce its current and far-reaching effects.

WORKSHOPS, PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINAR TOPICS AND DESCRIPTIONS

"Hypnosis: What it is and how it can reduce stress and tension."
American Parkinson Disease Association, Staten Island, NY, January 2013.

"Hypnosis and Stress."
American Parkinson Disease Association Staten Island, NY, October 2012.

"Depression and its Relationship to Parkinson's Disease."
American Parkinson Disease Association Staten Island, NY, May 2012.

Opening of the Woodland Garden of the Garden of Healing,
Dedication Ceremony, New York 1
Broadcasted Interview, Staten Island Botanical Garden, Staten Island, NY,
September 2008.

"The Wall of Remembrance and Remembering"
Dedication of the Wall of Remembrance, Memorial Plaque and Celtic Cross at the
Tribute Center of the Garden of Healing, Staten Island Botanical Garden, Staten
Island, NY, September 2005.

"The Garden of Healing Legacy to Future Generations."
Remembrance Day Ceremony and the Woodland Healing Garden of the Garden of
Healing, Staten Island Botanical Garden, Staten Island, NY, September 2004.

"Garden of Healing Children's Art Project-2."
Workshop for any child touched by 9/11 events, Staten Island Botanical Garden,
Staten Island, NY, October 2003.

"Legacy of the Tribute Center of the Garden of Healing."
Dedication Ceremony for the Opening of the 9/11 WTC Educational Tribute Center
of the Garden of Healing," Staten Island Botanical Garden, Staten Island, NY,
September 2003.

"Clinical Responses to Secondary Trauma"
Professional Staff Development Workshop for School Principals and Teachers,
Panel Presentation; panel chair, organizer and presenter, Staten Island, NY,
November 2002.

"Stress and You."
Staten Island Medical Specialties, Staten Island, NY, February 2000.

"Stress and the Holiday Season."
St. Vincent's Hospital, Staten Island, NY, December 1999.

"Stress and Relaxation: Managing your day the easy way."
Center for Women's Health, Staten Island, NY, June 1999.

"How to Get Others to Really Hear You: Improving Communication
through Listening."
Center for Women's Health, Staten Island, NY, April 1999.

"Countertransference and Communication: An Attempt at Bridging the
Gap between Theory and Practice."
In-service CE-Credit Workshop, South Beach Alcohol Treatment Center of the New
York State Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Staten Island, NY, April
1997.

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