About Dr. Melissa London

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Clinical Psychology, Northern Illinois University

  • Bachelor of Arts, Psychology and Sociology, Hunter College of the City University of New York, Summa Cum Laude

License, Certifications, Selected Trainings

  • License, State of California Board of Psychology PSY30611

  • Provider Certification in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance Use Disorders (CBT-SUD)

  • Provider Certification in Cognitive Processing Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (CPT for PTSD)

  • Core Clinical Training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, two week training by Shari Manning, PhD

  • DBT Prolonged Exposure Protocol for PTSD, 19 hour training by Melanie Harned, PhD & colleagues

  • Impact of Killing - CBT based Treatment for Moral Injury, training by Shira Maguen, PhD & Kristine Burkman, PhD

  • Race Based Stress and Trauma Empowerment Group training, national consultation by Maurice Endsley, PhD

Selected Clinical Experience

  • San Francisco Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System, Addiction Recovery Treatment Services

  • VA Northern California Healthcare System, Addiction Recovery Treatment Services

  • VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Addiction Consultation and Treatment Team, Men’s Trauma Recovery Program, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Spinal Cord Injury Inpatient Clinic

  • Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Trauma Services Program (PTSD Clinical Team), Traumatic Brain Injury/Polytrauma Psychology Outpatient Clinic

Teaching Experience

  • University of California, San Francisco, Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor

  • The Psychotherapy Institute, Group Therapy Training Program Seminar

Book Chapters

  • Hubbard, A.A., London, M.J., Endsley, M. & Erazo, T. (2023). Race-based stress and trauma empowerment group. Group Approaches to Treating Traumatic Stress: A Clinical Handbook, 191.

  • Despotes, A. M., Valentiner, D. P., & London, M. J. Resiliency and posttraumatic growth. (2016). The Wiley handbook of the psychology of mass shootings, 331.

Selected Publications

  • Valdez, C.E., London, M.J., Gregorich, S.E., & Lilly, M.M. (2021). Development and validation of the Trauma-Related Cognitions Scale. Plos one, 16(4), e0250221.

  • London, M. J., Mercer, M. M., & Lilly, M. M. (2017). Considering the impact of early trauma on coping and pathology to predict posttraumatic growth among 9-1-1 telecommunicators. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/0886260517716942

  • Hessinger, J., London, M. J.,  & Baer, S. (2017) Evaluation of a shared decision-making intervention on the utilization of evidence-based psychotherapy in a VA outpatient PTSD clinic. Psychological Services. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/ser0000141

  • Butler, D. M., London, M. J., & Orcutt, H. K. (2016). Examining minority attrition among women in longitudinal trauma research. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 29, 26-32. doi: 10.1002/jts.22066

  • London, M. J., Lilly, M. M., & Pittman, L. (2014). Attachment as a mediator between community violence and posttraumatic stress symptoms among adolescents with a history of maltreatment. Child Abuse & Neglect, 42, 1-9. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.11.002

Selected Presentations

  • Group Work in The Treatment of Trauma across Diverse Populations

  • Trauma Informed Care

  • Race-Based Stress and Trauma and the Empowerment Group

  • Posttraumatic growth: Predictors and controversies

Selected Identifying Information

I am a licensed clinical psychologist based in Berkeley, raised in the Bronx, and trained in San Francisco, Palo Alto, and Chicago.

I identify as a ciswoman of color, daughter of a Guyanese immigrant, wife, and mother.