Allan J. Rooney, Psy.D. specializes in neuropsychological assessment of children (from 3 years old), teenagers and adults through geriatrics. He is also a certified Autism Spectrum Disorders Specialist following a post-graduate program in Autism Spectrum Disorders at Antioch New England University.
Dr. Rooney received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Nova University and his postdoctoral neuropsychology training through the Fielding Institute at New York University of Medicine. He also completed postdoctoral training in psychoanalysis at the Psychoanalytic Center for Communicative Education and Research (New York). He holds 2 masters’ degrees in clinical psychology, an M.S. from Nova University and an M.A. from Southern Connecticut State University. He received his B.A. in psychology from the University of Massachusetts.
Dr. Rooney’s experience working with children and adolescents began in 1985. He provided assessment and therapy for children with intellectual and emotional difficulties through the University of Miami School of Medicine-Mailman Center for Child Development. At the Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Clinic of Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Dr. Rooney worked with children and taught them behavioral techniques to help them manage their anxiety and depression associated with undergoing medical procedures.
During the late 1980’s Dr. Rooney expanded his background in geriatric psychology while working with Holocaust survivors at the Southeast Florida Holocaust Memorial Center. He further developed his work in adult psychology while on the staff at the Fairfield Hills Hospital in Connecticut, where he evaluated and treated chronic mentally ill adult and geriatric patients.
Dr. Rooney provided evaluations and therapy for patients with brain injuries and other neurocognitive conditions while Director of Psychological Services at the Brook Hollow Health Care Center in Wallingford, Connecticut in the early 1990’s. He has been in private practice in Worcester since 1997.
Dr. Rooney serves as a consultant to medical and mental health practices and agencies throughout Massachusetts and New England.