Talissa Dorsaint

Provide clinical and administrative leadership for campus-wide group mental health services, including supervision, training, and program development. Supervise 8 doctoral-level interns and externs, conduct individual psychotherapy, and lead DEI seminars.

Quoted as an expert source on mental health, burnout, creativity, and community well-being.

Founded and led a mental health and wellness brand, creating and publishing a burnout and creativity workbook accessed by 100+ individuals. Built a TikTok community of 84.1K and served as an expert source for media outlets.

Featured as a guest on multiple podcasts discussing mental health, burnout, creativity, and community well-being.

Deliver an annual talk to 20-25 healthcare graduate students on mental health, self-care, and burnout prevention.

Delivered a virtual talk titled 'Overcoming Burnout: Unleash Your Inner Creative' to a global audience of 395 attendees.

Delivered brief individual psychotherapy and conducted intake evaluations as part of an interdisciplinary team. Contributed to a collaborative care model integrating mental health services across disciplines.

Conducted brief individual psychotherapy with college students, performed intake and triage evaluations, and supervised a doctoral extern. Co-facilitated workshops and developed outreach programming.

Managed documentation processes and records management, assisted the treasurer with conference funding applications, and ensured alignment with university standards and bylaws.

Founded and led a coalition of 8 APA-accredited clinical psychology doctoral programs to improve recruitment and retention of underrepresented students. Coordinated bi-annual meetings and served as liaison to program leadership.

Developed research questions examining differences in body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in a community sample of Black and White women. Used experimental design to assess changes following exposure to body ideals.

Founded and led a department-wide diversity committee focused on advancing equity and inclusion within the clinical psychology program. Coordinated monthly meetings, budget, and guest speakers, and oversaw a peer mentorship program.

Conducted research related to eating disorders and associated behaviors, participated in lab meetings, and helped design and conduct research projects.

Participated in panels of clinical psychology students from underrepresented groups, providing resources for applying to graduate school and sharing personal experiences. Served as a judge for undergraduate research posters.

Assisted principal investigator in clinical research studies involving psychogenic non-epileptic seizures; helped design and conduct research projects, collected, recorded, and analyzed data.

Co-organized a workshop for 6 APA-approved clinical psychology programs to recruit underrepresented undergraduates into graduate school. Moderated a graduate student panel.

Led discussions on ethical considerations of race and privilege, and psychopathology in undergraduate and graduate courses.

Examined maternal-reported parental feeding practices, child appetitive traits, and observed child behavior and their associations with observed maternal encouragement and discouragement at mealtime.

Graded students' homework, exams, and online discussions via Blackboard. Provided feedback on essays and assignment drafts.

Assessed children and collected data using grant-funded Classroom Strategies Scale in elementary school settings to evaluate teachers' instructional and behavioral management practices.

Doctorate of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology from Illinois Institute of Technology, APA-accredited. Dissertation focused on racial differences in body dissatisfaction and disordered eating.

Master of Science in Psychology from Illinois Institute of Technology. Thesis examined parent-reported feeding practices and child characteristics in relation to mother-child mealtime interactions.

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Rutgers University, with a minor in Biology.