Adler School of Professional Psychology Catalog 2008 – 2009

University of Cambridge in Cambridge, U.K.; and a B.A. in Psychology from the
University of Delhi in New Delhi, India. Dr. Sandhya specializes in working with
families and diversity issues. Her teaching interests include research methods
and social psychology and difference.
Gregory M. Sarlo, Psy.D., Core Faculty
Dr. Sarlo is a Coordinator of the Clinical Comprehensive and Qualifying
Examinations at the Adler School of Professional Psychology. He is the Founder
and Clinical Director of Psychological Consultations, a Private Clinic in Lincoln
Park, IL. He has worked with the LGBT community providing services since
1987. Dr. Gregory Sarlo has devoted his life's work to the community, served
for 5 years as a steering committee member and chair of the Midwest
Association of Gay and Lesbian Therapists, and works with the HIV impacted
community providing studies and neuropsychological testing. He provides
training for graduate students. As an Executive Council member and President
Elect of the Illinois Psychological Association and former Chair of the Sexual
Orientations section, he continues to keep the area of Diversity in the forefront
of discussions in the professional community. Dr Sarlo is the Former CO-
Director of M.A.O. Programs at the Adler School. He is a Regional Presenter for
APA and Project HOPE, providing training to Psychologists in Advanced Ethical
issues working with the HIV population, and the Past President and CO-Founder
of ACEPT (Association of Chicagoland Externship and Practicum Training Sites).
Nancy Slater, Ph.D., Core Faculty and Director of the Art Therapy Program
Dr. Slater earned her B.A. in Psychology at the University of Michigan, her M.A.
in Art Therapy at the University of Louisville, and her Ph.D. in Psychology at the
Union Institute. She is a Registered Art Therapist (A.T.R.) of the American Art
Therapy Association, and a Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC). Dr. Slater
has taught and directed graduate art therapy programs in Melbourne, Australia,
and in Beer Sheva, Israel. She has given conference presentations and
consultation in countries outside the US. Dr. Slater’s teaching interests include
art therapy ethics, art therapy addressing the effects of trauma, multicultural
approaches to art therapy and clinical supervision. Her additional interests
include art therapy research, international collaborative training and research,
and multicultural art therapy intervention in response to domestic violence and
sexual assault, to substance abuse, and to the effects of interpersonal violence
and war.
J. Sherrod Taylor, J.D., Faculty Fellow at the Adler Institute on Social Exclusion
Sherrod Taylor conducts public policy research on deprivation, marginalization
and poverty issues and teaches psychology, law and social justice. He
received his B.A. in history from the University of Georgia, his M.A. in history
from the University of New Mexico, and his J.D. in law from the University of
Georgia School of Law. He is the author of Neurolaw: Brain and Spinal Cord
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