Amber Smith, M.A.

Amber M. Smith, M.A. is a Senior Research Administrative Analyst at the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences. She received her Bachelors in Art degree in Psychology in 2015 from California State University, Northridge and her Master’s in Art degree in Clinical Psychology with emphasis in Marriage, Family Therapy from Pepperdine’s Graduate School of Education and Psychology in 2017. Ms. Smith’s research focuses are on self-harm, suicide prevention and the effects of trauma and interpersonal violence. She is planning on continuing her education to obtain her Ph.D, and is interested in studying cumulative trauma and interpersonal violence in children and adolescents. Ms. Smith has been working with Dr. Wyatt's Center since November 2016.