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Rachel E. Darrow, Ph.D.

Dr. Darrow is a staff psychologist in the Posttraumatic Stress Clinical Team at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston.  She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire with a B.A. in Psychology, and received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of North Dakota. She completed her clinical internship at the Missouri Health Sciences Psychology Consortium in Columbia, and went on to the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, TX to complete her postdoctoral fellowship in Trauma Psychology with an emphasis on the diagnosis of postconcussive symptomotolgy as well as adjustment to amputation and spinal cord injury.  Dr. Darrow's focus is on the effective treatment of PTSD in the veteran population using Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Processing Therapy, working with those impacted by Military Sexual Trauma (MST), and providing couple's therapy to veterans and their partners.

Clinical Interests: Adult trauma, veteran adjustment to civilian life, MST, impact of compassion fatigue or vicarious trauma on clinicians.

Presentations

·        Darrow, R.E. (January 2009, March 2009). Compassion Fatigue: Finding Balance.
Presentation to the inpatient staff of the MUSC Institute of Psychiatry

·        Benge, J.F, Thorton, G.M., Darrow, R.E., Pastorek, N.J. (February, 2009). Post-Concussive Symptoms in OEF/OIF Veterans: Factor Structure and Impact of PTSD Symptomatology. Poster Presentation: International Neuropsychological Society, Atlanta, GA.

·        Thorton, G.M., Benge, J.F., Darrow, R.E., Pastorek, N.J. (February, 2009). Relation Between Postconcussive Symptoms, Brain Injury Severity Characteristics, and Posttraumatic Stress in OEF/OIF Veterans. Poster Presentation: International Neuropsychological Society, Atlanta, GA.

·        Darrow, R.E. (October 2008). Crisis Management with Returning Veterans. Presentation to the training class for the Crisis Negotiation Team, Charleston County Sheriff's Department.

·        Darrow, R.E., Lanier, S., Waldman, K. (May 2008). Caring for the caregiver: Identifying compassion fatigue and implementing therapist self-care. Presentation to Michael E. DeBakey VAMC Mental Health Care Line.

·        Darrow, R.E. (June 2006). Secondary trauma and finding balance. Presentation to New Mexico Academy of Family Physicians 49^th annual meeting.

·        Darrow, R. E. (October, 2005). The Impact and Prevention of Secondary Trauma in Therapists. Didactic Seminar for Staff at the UND Counseling Center.

·        Darrow, R. E. (June, 2005). Performing Validational Studies: Validating the Professional Quality of Life Scale-Revision III: An Analysis of a Therapist Population Example. Presentation for Masters-Level Nursing Class.

·        Juntunen, C. L., & Darrow, R. E. (August, 2003). The School-to-Work Transition.  In B. Walsh (Chair) School and Work Transition.  Roundtable session conducted at the 110^th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. August, 2003

·        Juntunen, C. L., Wegner, K., Guilmino, A. J., Darrow, R. E., & Rempel, V. (October, 2002). Project HOPE: Evaluating a Psychological Intervention for the Welfare-to-Work Transition. Poster Presentation: Northern Lights Conference, UND 2002

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