Our Team

Dr. Amanda Berney is a licensed psychologist in the state of California, in the United States. She earned her undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees from Carlow University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she focused on developmental and counseling psychology. Dr. Berney’s clinical training includes university, hospital, and community settings. As a recipient of the Social Justice Fellowship from Carlow, she supported the refugee and immigrant communities of Pittsburgh through her work with Jewish Family and Community Services. Through this work she taught formerly resettled people to become peer-leaders of support groups for other resettled people from their home countries. Dr. Berney continues her work with Carlow University as an adjunct instructor for undergraduate and graduate psychology programs. She currently has a psychotherapy private practice in California, where she lives with her partner and her dog, Evie.

Dr. White is an Assistant Professor and Clinical Coordinator in the Master of Arts in Psychology(MAP) Program at Carlow University. She holds a Doctorate in Counseling Psychology, a Master of Arts in Psychology, and a Bachelor of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology. Over the past five years, Dr. White has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Psychology, Counseling, and Criminology at Carlow. Her teaching focuses on psychopathology, developmental psychology, child psychology, and trauma assessment and intervention.

Over the past two years, Dr. White has experience in community mental health, where she conducts trauma-informed assessments and treatment, including suicide risk assessments and intensive outpatient treatment in both group and individual settings. Her scholarly work includes collaborative publications with Dr. Mary Burke on anti-human trafficking. Dr. White has traveled internationally to Uganda with Dr. Burke and other colleagues to engage in efforts against human trafficking and to prevent gender-based violence. This international experience has broadened her perspective and deepened her understanding of global issues, which she integrates into her teaching and clinical practice.

Gabrielle A. Romeo, M.S. holds a master’s degree in psychology from Purdue University and is a doctoral level trainee in the APA accredited Counseling Psychology program at Carlow University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Gabrielle’s clinical experiences include working with at-risk youth within the child protective services, outpatient therapy with university students from diverse backgrounds, and trauma-focused outpatient therapy. Her scholarly interests include minority mental health in the context of oppressive systems, gender-based violence, trauma, and substance misuse. 

Richard Smith serves on the board of the Social Impact Institute. Richard served in the military as a submariner in the Navy for close to ten years. In this role he underwent training in nuclear engineering. Afterward, Richard’s career was in the electrical industry and spanned 30 years, which included development of a recycling program at a major supplier for electrical products in western Pennsylvania. In 2015 Richard began Innovative Energy Services, a company dedicated to environmental sustainability and conservation that is working to transform the face of electricity in the greater Pittsburgh area. Richard has been working in Uganda since 2017 in support of eradicating gender-based violence and human trafficking. In addition, he has a special interest in working to secure access to water for those in rural areas in the country. 

Thomas Thompson, MS, LPC, is a doctoral student in Counseling Psychology at Carlow University. He completed bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Sociology from Washington & Jefferson College and a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Pennsylvania Western University. Thomas’ clinical experiences include intensive outpatient and inpatient treatment levels of care, as well as trauma-focused outpatient psychotherapy. His scholarly interests focus on social justice and advocacy, the LGBTQ+ community, and human trafficking.