Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Benjamin
Rolon-arroyo, Ph.D.

About dr. rolon-arroyo

Dr. Benjamin Rolon-Arroyo (PSY30849) earned his doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (APA Approved). His clinical training was completed at university clinics and academic medical centers. Dr. Rolon-Arroyo completed his predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, followed by a two-year NIMH T32 fellowship in adolescent suicide prevention at the Youth Stress and Mood Program at UCLA. Then after a year as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at California Lutheran University, Dr. Rolon-Arroyo shifted his focus to his private practice.

Dr. Rolon-Arroyo lives in Los Angeles. He enjoys exploring the city and staying active.

Services offered by Dr. Rolon-Arroyo

Dr. Rolon-Arroyo is a bilingual (English/Spanish) clinical psychologist in Los Angeles, California (PSY30849) with expertise in assessment and psychotherapy for youth, young adults, and families. He offers empirically supported assessment and psychotherapy approaches to develop individualized treatment plans tailored to the needs of each client.

• Dr. Rolon-Arroyo’s assessment work focuses on psychoeducational assessment, psychodiagnostic assessment, and neuropsychological assessment (e.g., testing for accommodations, IEEs, etc…).

• His therapeutic work focuses on overcoming issues related to posttraumatic stress reactions due to trauma exposure, grief, depression, disruptive behavior problems, and parent-child conflict. He also conducts work related to family communication, difficult life transitions (e.g., coming to terms with LGBT identity), acculturation, and adjustment issues. Dr. Rolon-Arroyo works primarily from a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) orientation, but is able to incorporate other approaches as guided by supporting research literature.

• Dr. Rolon-Arroyo is not in network with any healthcare insurance companies. Nevertheless, he can provide what is known as a “superbill” for those who pay out-of-pocket, which you may submit to your insurer for out-of-network benefits coverage. Independent Psychoeducational Evaluations (IEEs) are covered by school districts, and free of cost to families to whom these evaluations are granted (unless stated otherwise in specific cases).

• He offers services services in-person and via telehealth (i.e., live video).

peer-reviewed publications

• Bai, S., Rolon-Arroyo, B., Walkup, J.T., Kendall, P.C., Ginsburg, G.S., Keeton, C.P., Albano, A.M., Compton, S.N., Sakolsky, D., Piacentini. J., & Peris, T.S. (2023). Anxiety symptom trajectories from treatment to 5- to 12-year follow-up across childhood and adolescence. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13796.

• Alvis, L.M., Dodd, C.G., Oosterhoff, B., Hill, R.M., Rolon-Arroyo, B., Logsdon, T., Layne, C.M., & Kaplow, J.B. (2022). Caregiver behaviors and childhood maladaptive grief: Initial validation of the Grief Facilitation Inventory. Death Studies, 46(6), 1307-1315.

• Rolon-Arroyo, B., Oosterhoff, B., Layne, C. M., Steinberg, A., Pynoos, R. S., & Kaplow, J. B., (2020). The UCLA PTSD reaction index for DSM-5 brief form: A brief screening tool for trauma-exposed youth. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 59(3), 434-443.

• Kaplow, J. B., Rolon-Arroyo, B., Layne, C. M., Rooney, E., Oosterhoff, B., Hill, R.,…& Pynoos, R. S. (2020). Validation of the UCLA PTSD reaction index for DSM-5: A developmentally-informed assessment tool for youth. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 59(1), 186-194.

• Griffith, S. F., Hanson, K., Rolon-Arroyo, B., & Arnold, D. H. (2019). Promoting early achievement in low-income preschoolers in the United States with educational apps. Journal of Children & Media, 13(3), 328-344.

• Griffith, S. F., Arnold, D. H., Rolon-Arroyo, B., & Harvey, E. A. (2019). Neuropsychological predictors of ODD symptom dimensions in young children. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 48(1), 80-92.

• Kaplow, J. B., Layne, C. M., & Rolon-Arroyo, B. (2018). Evidence-based assessment in the aftermath of disasters: Towards a best-practice model for evaluating hurricane-exposed youth. APSAC Advisor, 30(4), 6-20.

• Rolon-Arroyo, B., Arnold, D. H., Breaux, R., & Harvey, E. A. (2018). Reciprocal relations between parenting behaviors and conduct disorder symptoms in preschool children. Journal of Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 49(5), 786-799.

• Tichovolsky, M. H., Griffith, S. F., Rolon-Arroyo, B., Arnold, D. H., & Harvey, E. A., (2018). A longitudinal study of fathers’ and young children’s depressive symptoms. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 47(suppl), S190-S204.

• Rolon-Arroyo, B., Arnold, D. H., Harvey, E. A., & Marshall, N. A. (2016). Assessing attention and disruptive behavior symptoms in preschool-age children: The utility of the diagnostic interview schedule for children. Journal of Child & Family Studies, 25(1), 65-76.

• Marshall, N. A., Arnold, D. H., Rolon-Arroyo, B., & Griffith, S. F. (2015). The association between relational aggression and internalizing symptoms: A review and meta-analysis. Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, 34(2), 135-160.

• Rolon-Arroyo, B., Harvey, E. A., & Arnold, D. H. (2014). The predictive utility of conduct disorder symptoms in preschool children: A 3-year follow-up study. Journal of Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 45(3), 329-337.