Rocio Chang

M.A., Psy.D.

Rocio Chang, Psy.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, and affiliate Faculty at UCONN Health Disparities Institute. Rocio has published on childhood and adult trauma and presented at regional and national scientific meetings. She provides specific training on assessing and treating complex trauma and has been a resource to Latino organizations. Dr. Chang served as Director of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)-funded Capitol Region Mental Health Center Women’s Diversion Program, working with Dr. Ford to adapt Trauma Affect Regulation Guidelines for Education and Therapy (TARGET) to complement the Relational-Cultural treatment and rehabilitation model she initiated. She serves on the Clinical Advisory Board of several grassroots organizations. Dr. Chang is the Co-Principal investigator of the Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice and the Center for Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders.