Cheryll Rothery, PsyD, ABPP

Psychologist, Professor

Dr. Cheryll Rothery is a Professor of Psychology and the Graduate Program Chair and Director of Clinical Training of the Center for Professional Psychology at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is a licensed and board-certified clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience in teaching, training, supervision, and administration, and over 25 years of experience in individual, couple, and family therapy. Dr. Rothery utilizes the Relational Cultural model of psychotherapy, a psychodynamic model of healing through relationship, centered in awareness and appreciation of culture and context.

Dr. Rothery is a frequent workshop presenter on topics related to culturally conscious psychotherapy with African American clients and transracial adoptees, clinical interventions for microaggressions and racial trauma, culturally conscious supervision of trainees and clinicians, Relational-Cultural Therapy; and racial, ethnic, and sexual identity formation. She has served on the Executive Boards of the Delaware Valley Association of Black Psychologists (DVABPsi), the Philadelphia Society of Clinical Psychologists (PSCP), the National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology (NCSPP) and the Pennsylvania Psychological Association (PPA). Dr. Rothery is the recipient of the Rutgers University Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology Alumnae Award for Distinguished Career Achievement (2017) and the Pennsylvania Psychological Association’s Distinguished Service Award (2017).

Dr. Rothery received her doctorate from the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey, and Board Certification in Clinical Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology.