Paula Domenici, Ph.D., is Director of Training & Education with the Consortium for Defense Psychology (CDP), formerly the Center for Deployment Psychology, at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. She leads Star Behavioral Health Providers (SBHP), a national training and referral initiative that expands access to mental health care for service members, veterans, and their families, with a particular focus on the National Guard. SBHP is a national training and referral initiative connecting service members, veterans, and their families with military-informed providers, with a focus on serving the National Guard population.

Earlier in her career with CDP, Dr. Domenici worked at the National Naval Medical Center, providing care in both the outpatient clinic and inpatient casualty care unit. Specializing in trauma and the treatment of PTSD, she currently trains clinicians in trauma-related topics including Prolonged Exposure Therapy. Prior to her work at CDP, she served as an APA Congressional Fellow and as a Staff Psychologist at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. Dr. Domenici is a licensed psychologist in Virginia and California.