Author Profile
Dr Neal Hemmelstein PhD
Dr. Hemmelstein received his B.A. degree and elementary school teaching credential from Sonoma State University in California. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in school psychology at The Penn State University. Dr. Hemmelstein worked as a staff psychologist at a residential treatment facility in Erie, Pennsylvania. His duties included providing inpatient and outpatient psychotherapy, staff training, and consultation, as well as oversight of the day-to-day operation of three Emotional Support classrooms. During his years in Erie, Dr. Hemmelstein also taught courses as an adjunct professor at the Behrend Campus of Penn State University to those pursuing Chemical Addiction Counseling (CAC) certification.
Between his undergraduate and graduate education, he co-founded a private elementary school (K-6) in Los Angeles, where he taught kindergarten for three years, and later taught as a clinical teacher of adolescents for two years at a private psychiatric hospital in central Pennsylvania. Dr. Hemmelstein currently lives in Lemont, Pennsylvania, where he works as a school psychologist in the State College Area School District and participates in a private group practice, Child, Adult, and Family Psychological Center, where he works with children aged five to twenty-five and their families.
