Raja is an international expert on the Therapeutic Assessment (TA) model and co-author of the TA manual, Therapeutic Assessment for Adults—Using Psychological Testing to Help Clients Change. He received intensive training in TA with the model’s creator, Dr. Stephen Finn, in Austin, Texas. In 2015, he earned certification in the adult TA model from the Therapeutic Assessment Institute. Besides routinely conducting TAs, he has trained hundreds of clinicians in this approach through workshops and graduate courses. He has also presented at professional conferences, including as a plenary speaker at the 2015 and 2021 International Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment Conferences, and has been a regular presenter at the Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) Annual Conference. He has written articles and chapters on TA for professional publications and has consulted with professionals and agencies seeking to implement TA with their clients. In 2022, he joined the Therapeutic Assessment Institute Board of Directors and was appointed editor of the biannual professional newsletter, The TA Connection.

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Raja began his career as a middle school social studies teacher, which built his passion for helping young people. He earned his Doctorate in Psychology (PsyD) at the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology in 2002, and he is board certified in Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology (ABPP). Besides his expertise in assessment, he also provides individual and family therapy, conducting these services in a highly collaborative and relational manner. He is the former Program Dean of the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology, where he taught doctoral psychology courses, including a course on Therapeutic Assessment. Since 2022, he has taught his Therapeutic Assessment course as an adjunct professor for Augsburg University’s Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) in Clinical Psychology department. Raja lives in St. Paul with his wife and three daughters.