Kelly Soberay, PhD (she/her) is a licensed clinical psychologist at the Golden VA Community Outpatient Clinic (CBOC), for the Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI) Program. She is a primary supervisor for the VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System Psychology Postdoctoral Residency Program and a secondary supervisor for the Psychology Internship Program, within the PC-MHI tracks. Her professional interests include improving access to affirmative and supportive care to historically marginalized and clinically high-risk Veterans. She is a member of the Mental Health Services’ LGBTQ+ Program Workgroup and the Psychology Residency Training Committee. She also continues to stay connected to the University of Colorado Denver Psychology Department as Lecturer to undergraduate classes.
Kelly completed her clinical internship and postdoctoral residency with the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center and Golden VA CBOC, in the Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI) track. She graduated from our APA-accredited clinical health psychology doctoral program with her PhD in 2021. Prior to this, she earned her MA in Counseling Psychology from the University of Denver in 2010 and a dual BA in Psychology and Criminal Justice from the University of Dayton in 2005.
Kelly has clinical and research related experience with underserved populations in integrated primary care, military psychology, the chronic pain community and their partners, suicide prevention and intervention, and dissemination and implementation science. She spends her time outside of work learning about dinosaurs, animals, and trains at local museums, losing in sports to her children, and camping with her family and their Saint Bernard. Kelly.Soberay@va.gov
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
1. Soberay, K.A., Cerel, J., Brown, M.M., & Maple, M. (2022). An examination of suicide exposure and fearlessness about death on suicide risk among active duty service members, veterans, and civilians. Archives of suicide research, 26(3), 1198-1218.
2. Comtois, K.A., DeCou, C.R., Landes, S.J., Brown, G.K., Soberay, K.A., Pierson, A.K., Plant, E.A., Gutierrez, P.M., & Joiner, T.E. (2021). Dissemination and Implementation of Suicide Research in the Department of Defense: Perspective from the Military Suicide Research Consortium. Military Behavioral Health, 9(1), 69-77.
3. Gai, A.R., Ringer, F., Schafer, K., Dougherty, S., Schneider, M., Soberay, K.A., Gutierrez, P.M., Joiner, T.E., Comtois, K.A., & Plant, E.A. (2021). The nature and structure of the Military Suicide Research Consortium’s common data elements. Military Behavioral Health, 9(2), 129-138.
4. Soberay, K.A., Plant, E.A., Hanson, J.E., Dwyer, M., & Gutierrez, P.M. (2019). Improving Military Readiness and Reducing Suicide Risk: The Role Between Positive TBI Screens, Severe Insomnia, and Suicidal Outcomes. Military Behavioral Health, 7(4), 448-458.
5. Soberay, K.A., Hanson, J.E., Dwyer, M., Plant, E.A., & Gutierrez, P.M. (2019). The relationship between suicidal responses and traumatic brain injury and severe insomnia in active duty, veteran, and civilian populations. Archives of suicide research, 23(3), 391-410.
6. Monteith, L.L., Gerber, H.R., Brownstone, L.M., Soberay, K.A., & Bahraini, N.H. (2018). The Phenomenology of Military Sexual Trauma among Male Veterans. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 20(1), 115-127. doi: 10.1037/men0000153.
7. Monteith, L.L., Brownstone, L.M., Gerber, H.R., Soberay, K.A., & Bahraini, N.H. (2018). Understanding Suicidal Self-Directed Violence among Male Veterans Exposed to Military Sexual Trauma: An Ecological Framework, Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 20(1), 23-35. doi.org/10.1037/men0000141
8. Ringer, F.B., Soberay, K.A., Rogers, M.L., Hagan, C.R., Chu, C., Schneider, M., Podlogar, M., Witte, T., Holm-Denoma, J., Plant, E.A., Gutierrez, P.M., & Joiner, T.E. (2018). Initial Validation of Brief Measures of Suicide Risk Factors: Common Data Elements Used by the Military Suicide Research Consortium. Psychological Assessment, 30 (6), 767-778.
9. Brenner, L.A., Hostetter, T.A., Barnes, S.M., Stearns-Yoder, K.A., Soberay, K.A., & Forster, J.E. (2017). Traumatic brain injury, psychiatric diagnoses, and suicide risk among Veterans seeking services related to homelessness. Brain injury, 31(13-14), 1731-1735.
10. Monteith, L.L., Bahraini, N.H., Matarazzo, B.B., Gerber, H., Soberay, K.A., & Forster, J.E. (2016). The influence of gender on suicidal ideation following military sexual trauma among veterans in the Veterans Health Administration. Psychiatry Research, 244, 257-265. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2016.07.036
11. Monteith, L.L., Bahraini, N.B., Matarazzo, B.B., Soberay, K.A., & Smith, C.P. (2016). Perceptions of institutional betrayal predict suicidal self-directed violence among veterans exposed to military sexual trauma. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 72(7), 743-755. doi:10.1002/jclp.22292
12. Anestis, M.D., Soberay, K.A., Gutierrez, P.M., Hernández, T.D., & Joiner, T.E. Jr. (2014). Reconsidering the link between impulsivity and suicidal behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 18, 366-386.
13. Matarazzo B.B., Barnes, S.M., Pease, J.L., Russell, L.M., Hanson, J.E., Soberay, K.A., & Gutierrez, P.M. (2014). Suicide risk among lesbian, gay bisexual, and transgendered military personnel and veterans: What does the literature tell us? Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 44, 200-217.