Psychology Psychology Adjunct Faculty

Volney Tavarez

Adjunct Professor of Psychology | Office Location: WH 217 | Email: vtavarez@westmont.edu

Office Hours | Fall 2023 | Monday 12:30pm - 1:30pm via Zoom, Tuesday & Thursday by appointment

Volney earned her BA in Psychology and MA in Clinical Psychology from Azusa Pacific University. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has worked in private practice, interdisciplinary group practices, and has provided in-home therapeutic services. She has training in DIR/Floortime (a relational approach to development), attachment and interpersonal theories, and interpersonal neurobiology, which continue to inform her practice and work. She is a current fellow with UC Davis Napa Institute for Parent-Infant and Child Mental Health. She has served as adjunct faculty at Azusa Pacific University in the Department of Graduate Psychology, and is pleased to be joining the Westmont Psychology Department as adjunct faculty teaching Child Development. Volney currently serves the students of Westmont in the Counseling and Psychological Services office providing brief intervention and counseling services.

Volney is married (yes, to THAT Jason Tavarez, Director of Institutional Resilience) and has two young sons whom she loves and challenge her every day.