Brooke Herd, PsyD
Adjunct Professor
Phone: (661) 313-7073
Email: bherd@apu.edu
Office Location: West Campus, Mary Hill
Biography
Brooke Herd, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in working with children, adolescents, and families with special expertise in pediatric health psychology and behavior analysis. Herd has worked with children, adolescents, and families with medical complexities across numerous children’s hospitals both in Southern California and across the country, including Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, the Kennedy Krieger Institute, and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
She has worked across inpatient hospital settings, specialty outpatient medical clinics as well as in outpatient practices focusing on pediatric populations. She currently works with pediatric populations in an outpatient practice partnered with a pediatric medical group in Southern California. She has experience treating individuals across a wide array of medical domains including endocrinology, neurology, oncology, hematology eating and feeding disorders, and psychosomatic disorders. Her clinical and research interests include consultation and liaison services, chronic illness management, eating disorder treatment, and positive psychology. She also has experience with and currently provides psychodiagnostic testing services for children and adolescents.
She has worked across inpatient hospital settings, specialty outpatient medical clinics as well as in outpatient practices focusing on pediatric populations. She currently works with pediatric populations in an outpatient practice partnered with a pediatric medical group in Southern California. She has experience treating individuals across a wide array of medical domains including endocrinology, neurology, oncology, hematology eating and feeding disorders, and psychosomatic disorders. Her clinical and research interests include consultation and liaison services, chronic illness management, eating disorder treatment, and positive psychology. She also has experience with and currently provides psychodiagnostic testing services for children and adolescents.
Education
- PsyD, Clinical Psychology: Family Psychology, Azusa Pacific University, 2021
- MA, Clinical Psychology: Family Psychology, Azusa Pacific University, 2018
- BA, Psychology and Social Behavior, UC Irvine, 2016
- BA, Education Science, UC Irvine, 2016
Credentials/Certifications
- California Licensed Clinical Psychologist, 2022
Academic Area
- School of Behavioral and Applied Sciences
- Department of Clinical Psychology
Expertise
- Health Psychology
- Pediatric Psychology
Courses Taught
- PPSY 788 - Integrated Health Psychology