About Dr. David Rose

While completing my Doctoral training at The American University, I was continuously and intensely involved in learning about and practicing psychotherapy.  I was and am very interested in how a therapist thinks and develops, and served as a teaching assistant in graduate level clinical classes.  Also, my Master’s thesis and Doctoral dissertation research studied the attitudes that therapists carry and how they change as they gain professional experience.  After completing my Ph.D., I trained in a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Sheppard Pratt Hospital in Towson, MD, with intensive training in working with inpatients and outpatients presenting depressive disorders, psychotic disorders, eating disorders, anxiety disorders, and disorders relating to early and recent trauma.

In the 25 years that I have been in practice, I have been involved in advanced training programs and institutes to make sure my skills and knowledge were always up to date and as broad and as deep as possible.  I have trained in Post-Doctoral Institutes in Couples Therapy and in Treating Trauma Survivors and Their Families, in specialized programs in Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy, Imago Relationship Therapy, and Clinical Hypnosis, and I have attended numerous workshops in areas such as Assessment and Intervention with the Suicidal Patient, Patterns of Addictive Behavior, and workshops for Straight Therapists working with Gay, Bi, and Lesbian Clients.