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Dr. Michelle A. Bosco, PsyD

School of Behavioral Sciences

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Dr. Michelle Bosco is a full-time faculty mentor at California Southern University. She has 15 years of teaching experience (graduate level) and five years of clinical research involvement across nearly 20 years of clinical practice. Within her clinical ventures, she incorporates teaching, training, and curriculum and program development, reflecting her belief in lifelong learning and real-world applications of research and theory.

Dr. Bosco is a licensed psychologist in Connecticut, holds PSYPACT authorization, and maintains state-specific telehealth registrations in Florida and Vermont. She operates a small private practice, emphasizing neuropsychological and personality assessments and prolonged exposure therapy. She provides pro-bono therapy services to families and friends of victims of homicide and extends this offering to individuals who have survived attempted murder. She has published about and presented locally and nationally on the interacting symptoms and treatment paradigms for overlapping trauma, cognitive, and chronic pain conditions. She has conducted interdepartmental presentations about various neuropsychological and psychological symptomology and disorders. She remains active as an invited peer reviewer for various journals.

Dr. Bosco lives in a registered historic house in New England with her two dogs, practices Ashtanga Yoga, throws pottery, loves travel, and watches, perhaps, too many true crime documentaries.

Areas of Expertise: Clinical Psychology; Diagnostic Psychopathology; Neuropsychological Assessment; Personality Assessment; Rorschach Inkblot Test; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Pain Psychology; Neurocognitive and Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Program Development and Outcomes; Scientific Inquiry; Interdisciplinary Study of Human Behavior

Educational Experience: Dr. Bosco’s academic training reflects her interests in all manner of human behavior as informed by psychological sciences, anthropology, and archaeological theory.

  • Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology – University of Kentucky
  • Master of Arts (MA) in Archaeology and Prehistory – University of Sheffield (England)
  • Post-Master’s Degree study in Late Medieval Archaeology – University of Sheffield
  • Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.; MA enroute) in Clinical Psychology (Neuropsychology and Geropsychology Concentrations) – Florida School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University