Background
Shaffer, Dorothy Tien was born on October 11, 1956 in Buffalo. Daughter of Lloyd Hamilton and Dorothy Angela (Browne) Shaffer.
Shaffer, Dorothy Tien was born on October 11, 1956 in Buffalo. Daughter of Lloyd Hamilton and Dorothy Angela (Browne) Shaffer.
Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature, Princeton University, 1978. Master of Arts in Psychology, Yeshiva University, 1985. Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology, Yeshiva University, 1988.
Psychology extern mental health program, Children's Aid Society, New York City, 1984-1986;
psychology extern, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York City, 1985-1986;
training psychotherapist, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Bronx, New York, 1985-1987;
clinical assistant instructor psychiatry department, State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1987-1988;
psychology intern, King's County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, 1987-1988;
assistant psychologist, Stony Lodge Hospital, Briarcliff Manor, New York, 1988-1989;
licensed psychologist, Rockland Children's Psychiatric Center, Orangeburg, New York, 1989-1991;
licensed psychologist, Rockland County B.O.C.E.S., West Nyack, New York, 1991-1993;
senior psychologist, Graham-Windham Superior vena cava syndrome for Children, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, since 1993;
supervising psychologist, County Mental Health, Ithaca, New York, since 1994;
private practice, County Mental Health, since 1994. In-house and field researcher, writer Heron House Associations, London, 1978-1979. Subsidiary and foreign rights associate Springer Public Company.
New York City, 1980-1981.
Member of American Psychological Association, Mental Health Association Tompkins County, Ithaca Therapists' Group, New York State Psychological Association.
Married Stephen Slade Tien, October 17, 1987. Children, Nicholas Lloyd Tien, James Shaffer Tien.