Rita Rispoli, Ph.D., BCET

For Rita Rispoli, it’s a joy to assist clients in accomplishing the goals they set for themselves — in learning and in life. She provides individual remediation sessions to clients (ages five through adult) for academic problems and learning-related employment issues. She also provides testing for clients who have learning difficulties and learning disabilities, with the goal of greater clarity in treatment and educational planning. Her assessment reports have been accepted by supportive service departments at universities and colleges throughout the country, including the CSU system and Stanford University. Dr. Rispoli offers innovative solutions to individuals, educational institutions, businesses and human resource departments.

Committed to community involvement, Dr. Rispoli has served the following: Monterey County chapter of Student Advisors for Education (SAFE); Community Partnership for Youth (CPY); Central California Branch of the International Dyslexia Association; Monterey County Chapter of Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD). She has also supervised interns in the educational therapy certificate program at UC Santa Cruz.

Dr. Rispoli brings to her work a unique blend of compassionate experience, psychological insight, and practical strategies for dealing with the challenge of learning differences.

B.A., Psychology
Marymount Manhattan College
New York, NY

M.A., Special Education
California State University
Los Angeles, CA

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology
Pacifica Graduate Institute
Carpinteria, CA

Board-Certified Educational Therapist #10074

State of California credentials:
Specialist: Learning Handicapped (lifetime)
Specialist: Severely Handicapped (lifetime)
Multiple Subject (lifetime)
Resource Specialist (clear)

International Association for Analytical Psychology
Joint International Conference / July 2015
Yale University
New Haven, CT

American Psychological Association
120th Annual Convention
Orlando, FL

Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies
11th Annual Conference
New Orleans, LA

State of California Dropout Prevention Conference
Santa Clara County Convention Center
Santa Clara, CA

Santa Cruz County Children’s Network
Santa Cruz, CA

California State University, Monterey Bay
Residential Life Staff
Seaside, CA

Monterey County Office of Education
Salinas, CA

Community Partnership for Youth (CPY)
Seaside, CA

Soledad Unified School District (co-presenter)
Soledad, CA

California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists (CAMFT), Monterey County Chapter
Monterey, CA