Carlos Yoshiyuki Konishi, PhD
Psychologist
Education and Degrees
- BA, University of California, Santa Barbara
- MA, University of Southern Mississippi
- PhD, University of Southern Mississippi
Licenses - Board Certifications
- California Board of Psychology (Psychologist)
Professional Experience
Carlos is a trilingual (English, Spanish, and Japanese) staff psychologist at CHC. He provides individual and family psychotherapy to children with medical treatment adherence/adjustment problems, conduct/behavioral problems, depression, anxiety, academic difficulties, and general family issues.
He completed Predoctoral Internship and Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County. His work has included consultation and liaison services to medical teams of various subspecialties throughout a pediatric hospital and emergency consultations (including after-hours) for high-risk patients (suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, or psychosis).
Professional Affiliations
- American Psychological Association
- Asian American Psychological Association
Languages
- English
- Spanish
- Japanese
Recent Presentations
- Konishi, C.Y., Nugent, L., Park, T., Donahue, S., Soni, A., Nugent, D., Chira, P., & Huszti, H.C. (2008, April). “Developing Innovative New Approaches to Assessment of Chronically Ill Adolescents.” Poster to be presented at the biennial National Conference in Child Health Psychology, Miami, FL.
- Randolph C. Arnau, R.C., Martinez, P., Niño de Guzman, I., & Konishi, C.Y. (2008, March). “A Spanish-Language Version of the Herth Hope Scale: Development and Psychometric Evaluation in a Peruvian.” Poster to be presented at the annual convention of the Society for Personality Assessment, New Orleans, LA.
- Konishi, C.Y., & Arnau, R.C. (2007, August). “Positive emotions induced through nature-related stimuli: Cognitive, personality, and physiological correlates.” Poster presented at 115th annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
- Arnau, R.C., Konishi, C.Y., & Cepeda-Benito, A. (2006, August). “Personal Preferences Self-Description Questionnaire – Spanish version: Development and validation.” Poster presented at the 114th annual convention of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
- Konishi, C.Y. & Arnau, R.C. (2006, January). “Positive emotions, personality, and cognition.” Poster presented at the 56th Mississippi Psychological Association annual convention, Vicksburg, MS.
Recent Publications
- Greening, L., Stoppelbein, L., Konishi, C.Y., Jordan, S., & Moll, G. (In Press). Child routines and youths’ adherence to treatment for type I diabetes, Journal of Pediatric Psychology.
