Dr. Cavanaugh Ferguson has served in diverse leadership, clinical, and school-based settings across Massachusetts:

• Private Practice: Since 2004, current practice incorporated in 2018

• Fitchburg Public Schools: Certified Professional-level School Psychologist conducting assessments for the Special Education Department and participating in IEP/TEAM meetings (Current).

• Southbridge Public Schools & Southbridge Family Center: Served as Clinical Director at the Southbridge Family Center prior to transitioning to Southbridge Public Schools.

• Consulting Clinical Psychologist: Department of Youth Services, LUK, Inc. (Fitchburg), Harrington Memorial Hospital (G.B. Wells Center), and YOU, Inc.

• Harrington Memorial Hospital: Clinician in the Psychiatric Emergency Department and Director of the Crisis Stabilization Unit.

Dr. Cavanaugh Ferguson has served in diverse leadership, clinical, and school-based settings across Massachusetts: 

• Pre-Doctoral Internship: Fellow at the Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology (CMTP), Boston University School of Medicine / Boston Medical Center, emphasizing intensive cultural competency.

• Practical Forensic Hours: Bridgewater State Hospital and Lemuel Shattuck Hospital (Forensic Units).

• Post-Doctoral Training: Devereux of Massachusetts (Integrated Treatment Unit for dual-diagnosed adolescent males).

Dr. Cavanaugh Ferguson served as an adjunct professor at Anna Maria College, Mount Wachusett Community College, and Fitchburg State University. She regularly provides professional development workshops on topics including:

• Current Standards of Intervention with Suicidal Patients

• Bilingual Language Development

• Assessment & Understanding of Sexual Predators

• Effects of Trauma on Students

• Management of Disruptive Behaviors in the Classroom

• Publication: Hickey, E. W. (Ed.). (2003). Encyclopedia of murder and violent crime. SAGE Publications. 

• Publicaiton: Stalking behavior and adult attachment styles of batterers

             Ferguson, Sarah; Canfield, Merle. CSPP, Fresno, 2003. 2003. 3092404

Dr. Cavanaugh Ferguson is recognized as an expert witness in the following areas:

• Psychological Testing & Clinical Assessments

• Forensic Psychology

• Parenting & Child-Parent Bonding

• Clinical Psychology & Attachment Theory