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Tiffany Bridgett, M.A. identifies herself as d/Deaf and a fluent ASL speaker. She is currently an advanced student in the Clinical Psychology PhD Program at Gallaudet University. She graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology (2014) with magna cum laude in Psychology and Pre-Med with a minor in Criminal Justice. Ms. Bridgett has been trained at University of Michigan- Psychology Department, University of Rochester- Deaf Wellness Center, Gallaudet University- Counseling and Psychological Services, D.C. Courts- the Child Guidance Court, San Diego Community Services- Behavioral Health Department, Multicultural Clinical Center in Virginia, Psychiatric Washington Institute in Washington, D.C., Veterans Affairs Health System, and the nationwide Crisis Text Line. For the past two years, she has been working as a clinical consultant for the Deaf Services at Barrier Free Living, an agency that serves domestic violence survivors with disabilities. For her dissertation, she is doing research on identifying how to best administer assessment measures in standardized ASL and how to best measure language-based reasoning in deaf children who speak ASL. In short, Ms. Bridgett is interested in improving mental health services for the deaf population, including interpreting services for signing professionals and clients. She wants to be able to make services more accessible, culturally acceptable, and clinically appropriate. Above all, she strives to reduce misdiagnoses among deaf people and eradicate the stigma of mental illnesses in the Deaf community.