Speakers
Carlina R. Wheeler, Ph.D.
Sessions
Lindsay Smart, PhD
Internship Training Director, Associate Professor
Lindsay Smart, Ph.D. is an Associate Vice President for Leadership and Faculty Equity & Inclusion in the University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences Center Office for Diversity Equity, and Inclusion, and also an Associate Professor, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, and Internship Training Director in the UNM School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Smart received her B.A. degree in Psychology at the University of Portland and her M.A and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Denver. During her time as a graduate student at the University of Denver, Dr. Smart was an American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program Fellow. Dr. Smart completed her Pre-Doctoral Clinical Psychology internship in New Mexico at the UNM HSC Children’s Psychiatric Center and her post-doctoral training was completed with the UNM Division of Community Behavioral Health. Dr. Smart is committed to ensuring there is a diverse healthcare workforce in New Mexico. Currently, she is involved in initiatives that contribute to the promotion of diversity, equity and inclusion among faculty, students, and staff within the UNM Health Sciences Center.
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Dr. Madeleine Goodkind, PhD, ABPP
Clinical Psychologist/Psychology Training Director for the NMVAHCS
Dr. Goodkind is a clinical psychologist and the Director of Psychology Training at the NMVAHCS for the Southwest Consortium Doctoral Internship in Health Service Psychology and the fellowship programs in clinical psychology, clinical health psychology, and clinical neuropsychology. She completed her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, her internship at the VA Northern California, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Palo Alto VA/Stanford. Her clinical work focuses on interventions for PTSD, primarily CPT and PE and she is board certified in behavioral and cognitive psychology. Dr. Goodkind serves as a trainer and consultant for Cognitive Processing Therapy both within and outside the VA. Professional interests include evidence-based psychotherapy, education and training in psychology, and neurobiological underpinnings of psychiatric conditions. She has published articles on PTSD treatment effectiveness and on functional and structural neural correlates of psychiatric and neurological symptom presentations.
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Kusha Murarka, PsyD
Director of Training
Kusha (she/her) is a licensed clinical psychologist and the current Director of Training at UC Berkeley Student Mental Health. She enjoys working with university students using a culturally centered and intersectional social identity lens. She has worked with university students across the US since 2005 providing counseling, group therapy, and outreach to students as well as supervision and training to mental health professionals. She serves on the leadership team for Student Mental Health and has been in a leadership role for the larger University Health Services strategy team, working on improving integration of all health and wellbeing services at the university since 2020.
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Liza Bonin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Training Director
Dr. Liza Bonin is a clinical psychologist at Texas Children’s Hospital who specializes in pediatric OCD and health anxiety. She is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and has served as Training Director for the Psychology Division’s APA-accredited internship program, the Texas Children’s Hospital Psychology Internship, for the past 15 + years. Prior to her faculty role at Baylor, Dr. Bonin completed a child/adolescent psychology fellowship at Texas Children’s, her doctoral internship training through Baylor’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and her post-graduate education at the University of Texas at Austin.
Over the course of her tenure at Baylor and Texas Children’s, Dr. Bonin has been actively involved in program development as well as a champion for quality and quality improvement. She leads Quality Education for the Psychology Division.
Over the course of her tenure at Baylor and Texas Children’s, Dr. Bonin has been actively involved in program development as well as a champion for quality and quality improvement. She leads Quality Education for the Psychology Division.
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Lauren Gardner, PhD, ABPP
Psychology Internship Director
Lauren Gardner, Ph.D., ABPP is the Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital (JHACH) Doctoral Internship in Professional Psychology Internship Director. She is also the Administrative Director of the JHACH Autism Program. Dr. Gardner specializes in evidence-based assessment of neurodevelopmental disabilities and best practices in early diagnosis. Her research interests include developmental models of training for advanced level psychology trainees, differential diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disabilities, and training law enforcement officers to increase their knowledge and understanding of autism.
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Jennifer Claire West, PhD
Associate Professor
Dr. Jennifer West (she/her) received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Denver and completed her doctoral internship and two postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Rochester Medical Center. She is an educational leader in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center. She is Director of Clinical Psychology Training and of the Child and Adolescent Doctoral Internship Track. She has extensive experience in the clinical treatment of children and adolescents with acute and chronic medical conditions and with individuals coping with grief and loss. Dr. West's research focuses on using innovative educational methodology, particularly standardized patients, to train providers and other interventionists. She was a co-PI on a randomized controlled trial to test the use of standardized patients for suicide prevention training for providers in primary care and in 2020 developed a project focused on improving healthcare providers' skills in firearm injury prevention. Dr. West has expertise on observational coding and has collaborated on projects assessing implementer fidelity. Dr. West is the co-director of the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Firearm Injury Prevention Program.
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Nicole Dempster, PhD
Pediatric Psychologist
I am a pediatric psychologist at Nationwide Children's Hospital. I am the former practicum director and current internship director at our institution (4 interns). I serve on our training committee, executive training committee, and pediatric psychology and neuropsychology training committee. I am chairing efforts to improve our recruitment (standardize reviews, promote DEI considerations in recruitment). At the national level, I serve as an APA site visitor as well as on the ASARC committee. My clinical interests are primarily in pediatric cardiology (congenital heart disease, heart failure + transplant, arrhythmias).
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Mi-Young Ryee, PhD
Building a DEI Program: Lessons Learned in Training
Dr. Ryee is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Sciences and Pediatrics and also serve as the Co-Director of the Anxiety Disorders Program at Children’s National Hospital. Her clinical interests are in working with children and adolescents with anxiety as well as fostering adaptive coping in youth with chronic medical conditions. Dr. Ryee is an Associate Training Director and continues to participate in DEI efforts within the division, especially with regards to training.
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Dani Archie, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry; Training Director of Clinical Psychology Internship Program
Dani Archie, Ph.D. (2014, Counseling Psychology, University of Central Arkansas): Dr. Archie (he/they) is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at LSU Health Sciences Center and currently serves as the Training Director for the Doctoral Psychology Internship Program. Prior to joining the LSUHSC faculty in April of 2023, he provided psychological services in Community Mental Health and University Counseling settings and was an instructor for graduate and undergraduate psychology courses. Dr. Archie currently provides individual and group psychotherapy for adults at UMC Behavioral Health Clinic, as well as psychological services at the LSU Behavioral Sciences Center. One of Dr. Archie’s personal and professional passions is improving health in the transgender and non-binary community. Their research experience includes several grant-funded community-based participatory research projects aimed at identifying and addressing the healthcare needs of a trans community with limited access to gender-affirming care. Dr. Archie also has extensive experience educating mental health, medical, nursing, allied healthcare, and healthcare administration providers, professionals, trainees, and students on gender-affirming care.
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Allison Grennan, PhD, LP
Associate Professor, Director of MMI Intern Training, Co-Associate Director NICPP
Dr. Allison Grennan is a licensed psychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Munroe-Meyer Institute at University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Grennan is currently the Project Director on a $1.2 million federally-funded HRSA Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training grant and has contributed to more than $5 million in federally-sponsored projects focused on training and education in integrated behavioral health in primary care. Dr. Grennan serves as the Internship Training Director for the APA-Accredited pre-doctoral psychology internship and the Co-Associate Director for the Nebraska Internship Consortium for Professional Psychology. She is actively involved in supervising interns, fellows, and interdisciplinary trainees, and has clinical practice in a pediatric primary care clinic in Bellevue, NE. Her research interests are centered on contextual factors and supervision in integrated behavioral health in pediatric primary care.
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Chardée A. Galán, PhD
Dr. Chardée Galán is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Child Clinical Area and Director of the Dismantling Racial inEquities Around Mental Health (DREAM) lab at the Pennsylvania State University. Her program of research strives to address drivers of racial inequities in child and adolescent mental health by: (1) advancing scholarship on the intersection of cultural, developmental, and familial risk and protective factors in predicting youth psychopathology, including the influence of racial-ethnic discrimination, racial-ethnic identity development, and racial-ethnic socialization processes; (2) improving our measurement of racism-based traumatic stress in youth of color; (3) developing and testing interventions that draw on cultural strengths, such as racial-ethnic socialization processes, to disrupt pathways from racial stress to psychopathology; and (4) improving clinical training in cultural humility and anti-racism to ensure that the next generation of mental health providers and researchers are equipped to address the unique stressors and leverage the inherent strengths of youth and families of color.
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Michelle Cuevas, PhD, ABPP
Pediatric Neuropsychologist, Training Director
Michelle Cuevas, PhD, ABPP is a board-certified clinical pediatric psychologist whose work focuses primarily with children, adolescents, and families. Her current clinical interests include: neuropsychological/psychodiagnostic assessment; neurodevelopmental disorders; parent training and psychoeducation; diversity/multicultural issues, including gender-affirming health care. She became the Training Director of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care, San Diego Doctoral Internship Program in 2022.
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Kelly Walker Lowry, PhD
Director of Training in Psychology
Dr. Lowry is the Training Director at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago where she oversees the APA-accredited internship program, postdoctoral, and practicum student training programs. Dr. Lowry is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Northwestern University.
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Kalo C. Sokoto, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow, Boston Medical Center
Kalo Sokoto is a is a Pan-African, womanist, global mental health advocate and postdoctoral fellow at Boston Medical Center. Kalo graduated with a PhD in Counseling Psychology from West Virginia University. She completed her pre-doctoral psychology training at Boston University’s, Center for Multicultural Psychology, the oldest Multicultural Psychology (CMTP) training program in the US. As an intersectional psychologist from Kenya, Kalo is familiar with the effects of imperialism which cultivated her imagination for a decolonized psychology. For example ongoing instability in Haiti has led to increased numbers of Haitian Immigrants in the US. In response to this public concern, Kalo co-facilitates a popular mental health support group for Haitian mothers at Boston Medical Center. Evoking her background in gender studies, Kalo believes that psychologists have the responsibility to name the challenges in our field, assign responsibility and collaboratively cultivate a psychology that serves humanity. Kalo’s research focuses on social determinants of mental health. After completing her post-doctoral training, Kalo hopes to obtain a faculty position where she will continue to collaborate in research efforts towards decolonizing psychology, while mentoring the next generation of intersectional psychologists.
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Samuel Wan, PhD
Director of Training, Postdoctoral Residency
Samuel Wan, PhD, is Director of Training for the Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Residency Training Program at the San Francisco VA Health Care System and Clinical Supervisor with the Substance Use and PTSD (SUPT) Clinic and Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He completed his doctoral internship with the VA Boston Healthcare System (formerly the Boston Consortium in Clinical Psychology) and postdoctoral fellowship in Substance Use Disorders at the SFVAHCS. He received his PhD in Counseling Psychology from Boston College, and BA in Psychology from the Univ. of California, Berkeley. As team member of the SUPT clinic, Dr. Wan performs a range of clinical, administrative, and educational activities focused on the assessment, management, and treatment of co-occurring substance use disorders and PTSD in the Veteran population. Dr. Wan’s clinical interests include substance use disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, multicultural psychology, and gender issues. Dr. Wan is Past-President and Treasurer of the Association of VA Psychologist Leaders (AVAPL). He was also Chair of the Conference Planning Committee for the 17th and 18th Annual VA Psychology Leadership Conferences (2014-2015) and remains a planning committee member. He is the Chair-Elect for the VA Psychology Training Council and former member of the VAPTC’s Multicultural and Diversity Committee. He is former Member-At-Large for Division 51 (Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity). In 2014, Dr. Wan was awarded a Presidential Citation by APA President, Dr. Nadine Kaslow, and in 2012, he was selected to receive the James Besyner Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to VA Psychology by the AVAPL. In 2008-09, Dr. Wan was an Early Career Leadership Fellow with the Asian American Psychological Association, a leadership development program that he subsequently co-chaired for several years.
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Chelsea McIntosh, PsyD, ABPP
Postdoctoral Training Director and Program Director on GPE Grant
Chelsea McIntosh, PsyD, ABPP, is the Training Director for Community Health Center, Inc. (CHCI)’s postdoctoral residency program as well as the program director on CHCI’s Graduate Psychology and Education grant. Dr. McIntosh obtained her undergraduate degree at Drew University and her doctorate in clinical psychology from Baylor University. Dr. McIntosh trained as a generalist, working across a diversity of settings such as probation, adolescent residential, university and other educational settings, as well as the outpatient setting. Dr. McIntosh has worked at CHCI, which is a primary, integrated care, Federally Qualified Health Care setting since her postdoctoral year. Her clinical interests focus on interpersonal, systems based work, and the implementation of general practice, taking evidence based treatment and adopting it to various populations and settings. An additional interest is the development of clinical identity and how it influences ethical decision making and the therapeutic relationship.
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Jennifer Peraza, PsyD, ABPP
Training Director
Dr. Peraza is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist with Denver Health Medical Center and is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Peraza is the Director of Advanced Practice Provider Mental Health Clinicians and the Training Director for the Denver Health Doctoral Psychology Internship which has received support from multiple training grants from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Dr. Peraza is a current Co-Chair of the AACN Relevance 2050 Student Pipeline Subcommittee and a member of the HRSA Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages and the NAN Women in Leadership Committee. She is a past president of the Colorado Neuropsychological Society and has past service on the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology Education Advisory Committee. As a clinical neuropsychologist, Dr. Peraza works with adult and geriatric populations from underserved communities in outpatient and inpatient settings. Dr. Peraza has a strong interest in education and mentorship with particular interests in fostering professional development and promoting diversity in the field of psychology and neuropsychology.
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Kristen Davis Eliason, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Kristen Davis Eliason, Ph.D., is the Assistant Training Director for Psychology Internship at the VA Pacific Islands Health Care System (VAPIHCS) in Honolulu, HI. She also serves as Associate Military Sexual Trauma Coordinator at VAPIHCS and provides clinical care within the outpatient PTSD clinic. She completed her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology at Biola University, Rosemead School of Psychology and postdoctoral fellowship at the VA Pacific Islands in women’s health and military sexual trauma.
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Allison Aosved, Ph.D., ABPP (she/her/hers)
Program Manager, Intensive Virtual EBP Team (iVET)
ALLISON C. AOSVED (she/her), is the Program Manager for the Intensive Virtual Evidence-Based Psychotherapy (EBP) Team (iVET) at VA Pacific Islands Health Care System and is a former APPIC board member.
She earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Oklahoma State University, completed internship at VA Puget Sound Health Care System – Seattle, completed postdoctoral fellowship at the National Center for PTSD Pacific Islands Division and VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, and is board certified in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology.
Her interests include evidence based treatments for PTSD and dissemination of such treatments, supervision, education, and training; and, social responsivity.
She earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Oklahoma State University, completed internship at VA Puget Sound Health Care System – Seattle, completed postdoctoral fellowship at the National Center for PTSD Pacific Islands Division and VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, and is board certified in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology.
Her interests include evidence based treatments for PTSD and dissemination of such treatments, supervision, education, and training; and, social responsivity.
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Yoey Cheng, PsyD
Yoey Cheng, PsyD is a Clinical Assistant Professor (Clinical Educator) with the Department of Psychiatry, Keck School of Medicine USC. She has been the Training Director at the University of Southern California, Counseling and Mental Health for the past five years and oversees the Fellowship, APA Internship, Practicum, and Social Work Internship programs. Her clinical and teaching interests include anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, life transitions, identity development, trauma, grief/loss, and attachment issues. Dr. Cheng incorporates interventions from various evidenced based treatment modalities including cognitive behavioral, interpersonal, psychodynamic, relational, family systems, and differentiation therapy. She is especially passionate about working with individuals, couples, and families from all diverse backgrounds to explore how relational experiences impact their ability to connect meaningfully with others and empower them to create change towards a life of authenticity, purpose, and fulfillment.
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Dr. Aieyat Zalzala, PhD
Assistant Director of Clinical Training, Psychology Department and Assistant Program Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Education & Training
Dr. Zalzala is a counseling psychologist with clinical interests in providing insight-oriented therapy to individuals suffering from severe mental illness, with special emphasis on schizophrenia spectrum disorders. She is also involved in training fellows, residents and interns across disciplines in the area of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Her research interests are centered on improving treatment approaches for those with SMI and the intersection of multiculturalism and social justice in mental health care.
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Heidi Putney, Ph.D.
Assistant Director of Clinical Training
Dr. Putney is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Chan (UMass Chan) Medical School where she serves as a full-time forensic evaluator as well as the Co-Assistant Director of the school’s APA-accredited clinical psychology internship. She earned her doctorate from Central Michigan University and has undergone training at the National Institute of Justice in Washington, D.C., at Western State Hospital in Washington State, and as a postdoctoral resident in forensic psychology at UMass Chan. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Putney teaches and facilitates didactics for both psychology interns and residents. Her research interests include public policy reform, program development and evaluation, professional development in psychologists, training in social justice advocacy, and issues related to forensic psychology.
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Sara Hagstrom, PhD., C. Psych
Director of Training for NORPIC
Dr. Sara Hagstrom has worked as a Clinical Psychologist since 2007 and as the Director for Training for the Northern Ontario Psychology Internship Consortium since 2012 where she organizes the training curriculum and oversees the residents across the seven consortium partners. She completed her undergraduate work at Lakehead University and her masters and PhD at the University of Windsor. Sara is currently on the APPIC Board, the Canadian Council of Professional Psychology Programs Executive, and on the Canadian Psychological Association Board as a Partner Representative for CCPPP. When not working, she volunteers her time with her local police department peer support team as the clinical specialist, with her College regulatory board, as a sidekick / handler for her dog who recently became a volunteer therapy dog with the St. John’s Ambulance, and with her husband and children restocking the Rural Food Bank each month.
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Amanda Maranzan, Ph.D., C.Psych
Dr. Amanda Maranzan is an Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Graduate Programs at Lakehead University in Ontario, Canada. Dr. Maranzan’s primary research is related to mental illness stigma (e.g., self-stigma and help-seeking; stigma reduction) with additional interests in professional psychology ethics and training. She teaches courses about mental illness, ethics, and clinical supervision. Dr. Maranzan is currently President of the Canadian Council of Professional Psychology Programs. As a registered (licenced) psychologist she also provides psychological services through her private practice.
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Dr. Evelyn E Sandeen, PhD, ABPP-clinical psychology
Evelyn Sandeen graduated from the University of Notre Dame in one of the first classes that included women. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Stony Brook University and had a long career in VA including 16 years as a Director of Training. She's currently in private practice in Albuquerque, specializing in clinical work with complex cases, clinical consultation, and training in case conceptualization and cultural competence. Dr. Sandeen is a 2014 recipient of the APPIC Award for Excellence in Diversity Training.
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Nicole GiGi Giordano, PhD, LP
Training Director
GiGi (she/her) received her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of North Dakota. She enjoys supporting students through the many transitions inherent to college. She is involved as a liaison to LGBTQ+ students through outreach and consultation for CAPS.
Therapeutically, GiGi predominately pulls from a relational, integrative, insight-oriented approach. This means that she believes that relationships are a central part of wellness and is informed by interpersonal process and cognitive-based strategies. GiGi aims to provide an authentic and warm environment rooted in respect. She takes a collaborative approach focusing on identity, emotional exploration, and skill development. GiGi values the integration of social justice, feminist, and multicultural frameworks in clinical work. GiGi's clinical interests include trauma, relationship concerns, sexual identity development, and gender identity development. She also has a strong passion for clinical training and supervision.
Therapeutically, GiGi predominately pulls from a relational, integrative, insight-oriented approach. This means that she believes that relationships are a central part of wellness and is informed by interpersonal process and cognitive-based strategies. GiGi aims to provide an authentic and warm environment rooted in respect. She takes a collaborative approach focusing on identity, emotional exploration, and skill development. GiGi values the integration of social justice, feminist, and multicultural frameworks in clinical work. GiGi's clinical interests include trauma, relationship concerns, sexual identity development, and gender identity development. She also has a strong passion for clinical training and supervision.
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Petra Duran, Ph.D.
Dr. Petra Duran is a bilingual clinical psychologist at Texas Children’s Hospital who specializes in PMT for pediatric preschool populations with medical diagnosis. She is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and serves as Training Director for the Psychology Division’s Pediatric/Clinical Child fellowship program. Prior to her faculty role at Baylor, Dr. Duran completed a child/adolescent psychology fellowship and pre-doctoral internship training at Texas Children’s, and her post-graduate education at Kent State University.
Dr. Duran has been actively involved in the development of educational curriculums for the division’s training programs and medical school. She serves as the Psychology Division’s senior diversity education officer.
Dr. Duran has been actively involved in the development of educational curriculums for the division’s training programs and medical school. She serves as the Psychology Division’s senior diversity education officer.
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Marissa Feldman, PhD, ABPP
Pediatric Psychologist, Psychology Fellowship Director
Dr. Feldman is the Clinical Director of the Consultation/Liaison Service and Psychology Fellowship Director at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. She specializes in the evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents with acute and/or chronic medical conditions to promote psychological health and well-being, and focuses on adaptation and coping with illness, treatment adherence, and emotional and behavioral functioning. She is a proponent of evidence-based practice and multidisciplinary care. Dr. Feldman's research interests include improvements in health, family, and psychological outcomes of youth diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, risk and resilience in child/adolescent development, and treatment outcomes. She is an Assistant Profession in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University.
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Kristen Holderle, PhD
Dr. Holderle has extensive experience in the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, young adults, and families. Her areas of expertise include adjustment to chronic medical illness, pain management, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and general behavioral concerns. She has specialized training and expertise using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people increase their psychological flexibility and improve their quality of life.
As a member of several multidisciplinary teams, Dr. Holderle works to improve service delivery and clinical programming. Clinically, she is a pediatric psychologist on the Psychiatry Consultation/Liaison Service where she provides psychological support to children admitted to Golisano Children's Hospital for a variety of medical reasons. As Clinic Director of the HEAL Collaborative she coordinates a dedicated team of clinicians, advocates, and legal professionals who provide therapeutic supports to victims of interpersonal violence.
Dr. Holderle is actively involved in training pre-doctoral psychology interns, post-doctoral fellows, medical students, and residents. She is a member of the Psychology Training Committee and the supervising psychologist for the Med-Psych Unit (1-9200). She currently serves as Associate Director of the APA Accredited Clinical Psychology Training Program.
As a member of several multidisciplinary teams, Dr. Holderle works to improve service delivery and clinical programming. Clinically, she is a pediatric psychologist on the Psychiatry Consultation/Liaison Service where she provides psychological support to children admitted to Golisano Children's Hospital for a variety of medical reasons. As Clinic Director of the HEAL Collaborative she coordinates a dedicated team of clinicians, advocates, and legal professionals who provide therapeutic supports to victims of interpersonal violence.
Dr. Holderle is actively involved in training pre-doctoral psychology interns, post-doctoral fellows, medical students, and residents. She is a member of the Psychology Training Committee and the supervising psychologist for the Med-Psych Unit (1-9200). She currently serves as Associate Director of the APA Accredited Clinical Psychology Training Program.
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Michelle B. Moore, Psy.D., ABPP
Chief of Psychology
Michelle B. Moore, Psy.D., ABPP is currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at LSUHSC and serves as Section Chief for Psychology. She is also Board Certified in Clinical Psychology. She served as the Training Director of the Psychology Internship Program from 2017-2023. She specializes in complex trauma, infant, child and adolescent mental health as well as school based populations conducting special education evaluations. Dr. Moore received her master's degree in School Psychology and her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Pace University in New York, NY. Through medical student research initiatives, she is working on research to further understand the mental health needs of Asian American medical students, the effectiveness of ketamine on treatment resistant depression and the benefits of wellness activities on perceived wellness. In regards to service to the profession, Dr. Moore was appointed to the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists in 2019 and currently serves as the Chair of LSBEP. She also currently serves as a Co-Chair for the Faculty Development and Evaluation Committee as well as Co-Chair of the Junior Faculty Mentoring and Guidance Committee in the School of Medicine. Dr. Moore is also the School of Medicine's Senior Representative to AAMC Council of Faculty and Academic Societies.
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Janice M. Schneider, PsyD
Psychologist/Training Director
Janice M. Schneider, PsyD is a Developmental Psychologist, Primary Supervisor and Clinical Training Director at Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles Medical Center in the Department of Psychiatry. She joined Kaiser Permanente in 2009. She received her PsyD in Clinical Psychology at Alliant International University/CSPP Los Angeles (2001). Dr. Schneider completed her Postdoctoral Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychology, Glen Roberts Child Study Center. Her areas of interest include: Family, group, and individual psychotherapy with children, adolescents and families; psychodiagnostic assessment of children, adolescents and adults; psychotherapy across the lifespan with a variety of mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, ADHD, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, PTSD, substance abuse and ODD; substance abuse risk factors for adolescents with ADHD; training and supervision in psychotherapy and psychodiagnostic assessment. She earned her certification as a Certified Specialist in Autistic Spectrum Disorders in 2022.
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Shona N Vas, PhD, ABPP
Associate Professor
Dr. Vas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Chicago. She is the Director of the Cognitive Behavior Therapy Program and certified in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. Dr. Vas is also the Director of Clinical Psychology Training for the externship, internship, and postdoctoral fellowship programs in health service psychology.
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Shamaila Khan
Clinical Associate Professor
Dr. Khan (she/her) is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and a Clinical Associate Professor at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine / Boston Medical Center. She is additionally the Training Director of the Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology (CMTP), the Director for the Center for Multicultural Mental Health (CMMH) and the Director for the (FSC) Family support Center (for Covid patients/families) at BUSM/BMC. Her clinical outlook is informed by Psychodynamic and Postcolonial theoretical frameworks. Her specialty training is in Trauma: Individual trauma, group/community-based trauma, disaster related trauma, immigration, and postcolonial trauma. As such, she was recently the Director of Behavioral Health and Resiliency Services at the Massachusetts Resiliency Center, serving the survivors of the Boston Marathon Bombings. She has provided disaster relief services nationally and internationally, and conducts crisis intervention and psychological first aid trainings locally and globally. Her additional interests are in multicultural clinical practice and multivariate aspects of identity development and she has presented on these topics at varying national and international conferences. She is the Co-Chair for the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee and the Diversity Champion for the Dept. of Psychiatry at BMC and serves on the Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council of BUSM. She is an active member of the APA Division of Psychoanalysis (39). She additionally serves on the Disaster Behavioral Health Advisory Committee of the Massachusetts DMH. She is also the APA’s Committee of Accreditation’s Site visitor. She is a recipient of several awards, most recently including the “Rising to the Occasion Award” for her work during the pandemic, the “Humanitarian Service Award” for her work with the Rohingyan Refugees in Bangladesh; the “Service Appreciation Award” for her work following the Boston Marathon Tragedy; “Woman of the Year Appreciation Award” by Pakistani Association of NY; and an “Outstanding service award” by the U. S. Attorney’s Office for services provided during the Tsarnaev trail. She is of Pakistani American descent and as a Muslim raised on three different continents, she is conversant in seven languages.
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Claytie Davis III, Ph.D., ABPP
APPIC Membership Coordinator
Co-Director, Student Mental Health
University Health Services
University of California, Berkeley
Tang Center, 2222 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94720-4304
TEL: (510) 642-9336
FAX: (510) 642-2368
https://uhs.berkeley.edu/caps
University Health Services
University of California, Berkeley
Tang Center, 2222 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94720-4304
TEL: (510) 642-9336
FAX: (510) 642-2368
https://uhs.berkeley.edu/caps
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Kate Patterson, PsyD
Clinical Director
Kate Patterson, Psy.D. (she/her) serves as the Clinical Director of the Lillian Reba Moses Child Guidance Clinic as well as the On Site Behavioral Health Director for Middletown and Clinton for the Community Health Center, Inc (CHC). Dr. Patterson has been at CHC since 2014, and a supervising psychologist since 2016. CHC’s psychology externship program was developed and implemented by Dr. Patterson and will be entering its seventh year. Dr. Patterson received her undergraduate degree from Central Connecticut State University and continued on to pursue a doctorate from Antioch University New England in Keene, NH. At CHC, Dr. Patterson works with clients across the age range, but has a particular interest in working with children and adolescents. Dr. Patterson is a state certified TF CBT provider in addition to being trained in CBITS. Regarding research, Dr. Patterson has an interest in countertransference, vulnerability, and parallel process. These constructs are often applied in her clinical work and is a key aspect during her supervision with residents and externs. As a supervisor, Dr. Patterson strives to create a safe environment where the sharing and understanding of identities both within the supervisory relationship and that of our patients is discussed and explored to gain deeper clinical insight and foster professional development. In addition to her work at CHC, Dr. Patterson provides therapy in a small private practice.
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Trina Seefeldt, PhD
Trina Seefeldt, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist and clinic manager for the Adult Outpatient Behavioral Health team at Denver Health Medical Center. She is also an Associate Training Director for the Denver Health predoctoral psychology internship. She received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Loyola University Chicago and her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Utah. She provides clinical services for patients and clinical supervision for psychology residents and post-doctoral fellows. In addition, she holds an instructorship with the University of Colorado School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry. During her career, Dr. Seefeldt has worked with underserved populations, including individuals experiencing homelessness and incarceration, and individuals seeking political asylum/other forms of immigration status. Her areas of treatment interest include complex trauma; personality disorders; parenting issues; couples and family therapy; and depressive and anxiety disorders.
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Mary Harlinger, Ph.D.
Mary Harlinger, Ph.D. (she/her) is the Assistant Training Director for the Psychology Postdoctoral Residency Program at VA Pacific Islands Health Care System (VAPIHCS) in Honolulu, HI. She is the Health Behavior Coordinator at VAPIHCS, providing clinical care within preventive health, while maintaining a focus on organizational health programming. She completed her doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology at Tennessee State University.
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Jodi Bell, Psy.D. (she/her/hers)
JODI C. BELL, Psy.D. (she/her) is a licensed staff psychologist in the Intensive Virtual EBP Team (iVET) at VA Pacific Islands Health Care System.
She completed her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Loma Linda University in Southern California. Dr. Bell completed both her doctoral internship and her postdoctoral residency with an emphasis in PTSD at the VA Pacific Islands Health Care System.
She earned VA provider status in Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Processing Therapy, as well as other EBPs, has a certification in Primary Care Mental Health Integration services, and has specialized training working with underserved/rural and SMI populations.
Her professional interests include the adaptation and implementation of evidence-based treatment to diverse patient populations, complex trauma, improving access to care, patient advocacy, and working within a patient centered, trauma informed, recovery-based model.
She completed her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Loma Linda University in Southern California. Dr. Bell completed both her doctoral internship and her postdoctoral residency with an emphasis in PTSD at the VA Pacific Islands Health Care System.
She earned VA provider status in Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Processing Therapy, as well as other EBPs, has a certification in Primary Care Mental Health Integration services, and has specialized training working with underserved/rural and SMI populations.
Her professional interests include the adaptation and implementation of evidence-based treatment to diverse patient populations, complex trauma, improving access to care, patient advocacy, and working within a patient centered, trauma informed, recovery-based model.
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Foujan Kafri, PsyD
Foujan Kafri, Psy.D, is a clinical psychologist at the University of Southern California (USC), Counseling and Mental Health (CMH). She received her Psy.D from the California School of Professional Psychology- Los Angeles. Foujan created the Peer Mentorship Program and has been overseeing its implementation for the past three years. In addition, her clinical interests include working with clients who present with eating disorders/body image concerns and ethnic minority individuals who experience anxious and depressive symptoms. She utilizes a person-centered and cognitive- behavioral approach in both therapy and supervision. Foujan identifies as an Iranian American cis-female (she/her/hers).
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Tess Atkinson, M.A, RSS
Tess Atkinson is a Clinical Research Associate at Hartford Hospital at the Institute of Living (IOL) with a master's degree in Health Psychology. In her current position, she researches racial trauma, cultural humility, stigma towards mental health, and health disparities and helps with ongoing initiatives for improving diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) at the IOL. She recently presented research on a preventative approach to addressing microaggressions at a research conference for APA’s Division 45 and is also working on projects pertaining to comfort as it relates to learning topics of equity, mental health stigma, and bias in psychiatric diagnostic systems and Electronic Health Record (EHR). Tess is also a trained Recovery Support Specialist (RSS), using her lived/living experience with mental health to empower, advocate, and help clients on their path to recovery.
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Danielle Rynczak, JD, Psy.D., ABPP
Danielle Rynczak, JD, Psy.D., ABPP (Forensic) is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (UMass) where she serves as the Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging for its APA-accredited internship. Dr. Rynczak is also a faculty member, clinical supervisor, and Director of Legal Education and Training for the UMass Law and Psychiatry Program which includes a forensic postdoctoral fellowship and forensic psychiatry fellowship. In addition she is faculty at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine where she teaches forensic psychiatry fellows. Dr. Rynczak is interested in inclusive teaching and supervisory practices, and has presented on such issues at the local, national, and international levels.
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Dr. Katherine Belon, PhD
Dr. Belon works in the Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center specializing in treating Veterans with SMI (psychotic and bipolar disorders) and chronic PTSD and depression. She graduated from the University of New Mexico in 2016 and completed practica, internship, and postdoctoral training within the NMVAHCS and specialized in health psychology. She is also the assistant Training Directory for the NMVAHCS internship and postdoctoral residencies where she is interested in integrating reflective local practice into training. Dr. Belon utilizes a cognitive- behavioral, trauma-informed, MI-consistent, and developmental framework for her work in PRRC where she conducts individual and group psychotherapy as well as psychological assessments. She is interested in applying interventions for health psychology conditions (insomnia, chronic pain, chronic disease management, and tobacco cessation) and behavioral sleep medicine (PAP adherence, nightmare treatment) to SMI populations.
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Jonathan Campbell, PhD
Professor and Director of Clinical Training
Jonathan M. Campbell is a licensed psychologist, professor, and director of the PsyD program at Western Carolina University. Dr. Campbell has worked in the field of neurodevelopmental disabilities for 25 years. He graduated from the University of Memphis and completed pre-doctoral and postdoctoral training at the Yale Child Study Center. Dr. Campbell’s research focuses on neurotypical peers’ attitudes and acceptance of autistic peers, first responders’ interactions with autistic individuals, and interprofessional training within the field of neurodevelopmental disabilities. Dr. Campbell has authored or co-authored over 90 articles and book chapters and co-edited a text on psychological assessment of children. His work has been supported by the Organization for Autism Research, CDC, Commonwealth of Kentucky, and Office of Special Education Programs. He serves on the Editorial Boards of Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, and School Psychology Review.
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Wendi Cross, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Dr. Cross is a clinical psychologist, educator and researcher and URMC. She is also an Education Specialist /Researcher at the VA's VISN 2 (Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention, Canandaigua, NY) and the Director of the Education Core in the UR Health Lab where she collaborates on development and evaluation of technology-driven healthcare interventions such as VR and apps to improve patients’ experience. She is a member of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Awardee as part of a team that focused on building a “digital web” to meet the behavioral health needs of rural communities. She recently completed training in User-Centered Design during which she consulted to healthcare design companies and led a customer insight team for a UR project. Dr. Cross has published widely and collaborates with investigators nationally and internationally on a variety of projects focused on training and transfer of training for impact in real world settings, community-based interventions and innovations in healthcare delivery. Dr. Cross directed the Clinical Psychology Training program in the Department of Psychiatry for over a decade and has received numerous awards for her teaching and mentorship.
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Chinue A. Brown, PsyD
Chinue A Brown is a clinical supervisor for Kaiser Permanente Counseling Center. Dr. Brown is also a licensed psychologist who works with children, families, and adults. She received her doctorate from Alliant International University (CSPP). She is one of the Equity Inclusion and Diversity Officers for the Northern California Mental Health Training Program. In this role she works with all the trainees (from Pre-Master level to post-doctoral level trainees) as well as the training staff to continue to create equity and inclusion throughout the training program, promote diversity as well as create pathways that promote inclusiveness and reflect equity and diversity into the field of clinical psychology and other various graduate programs. She also provides local trainings on equity, inclusion and diversity. Dr. Browns clinical interest include adolescent and family therapy and multicultural/diversity issue.
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Maria T. Riva, PhD
Professor
Department of Counseling Psychology
APA Fellow (Division 49)
University of Denver
Denver, CO 80208
maria.riva@du.edu
Department of Counseling Psychology
APA Fellow (Division 49)
University of Denver
Denver, CO 80208
maria.riva@du.edu
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Laura Jacobs, PsyD
Associate Director of Internship Training
Laura Jacobs, PsyD
Dr. Jacobs is a licensed clinical psychologist with Denver Health Medical Center and is an Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Jacobs is an Associate Director of Internship Training for the Denver Health Doctoral Psychology Internship which has received support from multiple training grants from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Dr. Jacobs is the team lead for the Child/Adolescent Outpatient Mental Health team. In this role, Dr. Jacobs is assisting in the implementation of a SAMSHA grant to gain certification as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic. As a child/adolescent psychologist, Dr. Jacobs works with children, adolescents, and families from underserved communities in the outpatient setting. Dr. Jacobs has a strong interest in clinical training with particular interests in clinical supervision, trauma informed care and promoting diversity in the field of psychology.
Dr. Jacobs is a licensed clinical psychologist with Denver Health Medical Center and is an Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Jacobs is an Associate Director of Internship Training for the Denver Health Doctoral Psychology Internship which has received support from multiple training grants from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Dr. Jacobs is the team lead for the Child/Adolescent Outpatient Mental Health team. In this role, Dr. Jacobs is assisting in the implementation of a SAMSHA grant to gain certification as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic. As a child/adolescent psychologist, Dr. Jacobs works with children, adolescents, and families from underserved communities in the outpatient setting. Dr. Jacobs has a strong interest in clinical training with particular interests in clinical supervision, trauma informed care and promoting diversity in the field of psychology.
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Shiloh E. Jordan, Ph.D., ABPP
Psychology Training Director, VA Pacific Islands
Shiloh E. Jordan, Ph.D., ABPP (she/her) is the Director of Training for Psychology at the VA Pacific Islands Health Care System (VAPIHCS) in Honolulu, HI and also provides clinical care within the outpatient PTSD clinic. She is an APPIC Board Member, VA trainer in Cognitive Processing Therapy, and co-project leader on a VA Office of Rural Health project related to use of telesupervision. She completed her doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia and postdoctoral fellowship at the National Center for PTSD in Honolulu, HI.
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Mukul Khandelwal, Psy.D. (he/him/his)
MUKUL KHANDELWAL (he/him), is a Postdoctoral Resident in the Intensive Virtual Evidence-Based Psychotherapy (EBP) Team (iVET) at the VA Pacific Islands Health Care System. He earned his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Xavier University and completed internship at VA Pacific Islands Health Care System. His interests include evidence based treatments for PTSD and matters of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Heidi Putney, PhD
Clinical Forensic Psychologist
Heidi Putney, Ph.D. earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Central Michigan University in 2020 after spending a year in Washington, D.C. working with the National Institute of Justice and then a year near Seattle, WA working in a forensic psychiatric inpatient hospital. After completing her forensic post-doctoral residency at UMass Medical School in 2021, Dr. Putney became licensed in Massachusetts where she currently works as a forensic evaluator in the Boston courts, runs training seminars for the UMass internship, and completes various types of forensic evaluations in the community privately. She also maintains research in the areas of forensic public policy, professional development, and diversity training. In July of 2022, Dr. Putney will be joining the faculty at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School as an assistant professor conducting forensic evaluations.
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Dan Gizzo, PhD
California Director, Kaiser Permanente Mental Health Scholars Academy
Daniel Gizzo, Ph.D. is the California Director for the Kaiser Permanente Mental Health Scholars Academy. Dr. Gizzo is also a clinical psychologist specializing in working with children and adolescents. He is a graduate of the California School of Professional Psychology and is licensed as a psychologist in California and New York. Dr. Gizzo previously worked for 16 years as a clinical psychologist with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group in San Diego. He has experience providing a variety of clinical services in an HMO setting, including pediatric neuropsychological assessment, autism/developmental assessment, and assessment of ADHD. He is the former Training Director for the APA-accredited Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program doctoral internship in clinical psychology (San Diego). Dr. Gizzo remains active in training mental health workers and providing continuing education programs. Dr. Gizzo’s clinical interests include evidence based treatment for children, treatment of Tourette’s Syndrome, clinical research, and Feedback Informed Care in psychotherapy.
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Franci Crepeau-Hobson, PhD, NCSP, LP
Training Director, Colorado School Psychology Internship Consortium
Professor, School Psychology
Professor, School Psychology
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Cindy McGeary, PhD, ABPP
Program Director, Clinical Psychology Internship Program
Cindy McGeary, PhD, ABPP is an Associate Professor and the Training Director of the APA-accredited Clinical Psychology Internship Program housed within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UT Health San Antonio. Dr. McGeary splits her time between research and education. In addition to running the psychology internship training program, she is currently active on several DoD and VA research grants examining the use of psychosocial treatments for chronic pain to reduce opioid use.
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Adrianna M. Caballero, M.A.
Graduate Assistant
School Psychology, Ph.D. Program
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47304
School Psychology, Ph.D. Program
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47304
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Jeffrey Burl, Ph.D.
Director of Training
Jeffrey Burl is an assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at UMass Chan Medical School. In that role, he leads the department's ~100-year-old internship program and recently worked with his UMass colleagues to develop a Comprehensive Psychology Training Program, which was approved for funding and will begin in July 2024 with multiple training levels, including practicum, intern, and postdoc. Clinically, Dr. Burl's specialty is conducting forensic mental health assessments for the courts, and in this capacity he has worked in multiple states and the federal system.
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Tahirah Abdullah-Swain, PhD
Dr. Tahirah Abdullah-Swain (she/her) is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston and core faculty, primary supervisor, and seminar leader at the Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology. Dr. Abdullah-Swain received her B.A. in Psychology and Africana Studies from the University of Miami, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Kentucky. Her research focuses on the impact of racism and discrimination on mental health, barriers to help-seeking for mental health problems, mental illness and mental health treatment stigma, and understanding Black Americans' therapy experiences. She aims to use the knowledge gained from her research to improve the quality and accessibility of mental health services for Black Americans, and reduce the stigma associated with mental illness and mental health treatment. Dr. Abdullah-Swain is an Editorial Consultant for the Journal of Black Psychology and a member of the on the Editorial Board for the journal, Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. She is co-founder of BARE Mental Health & Wellness, an education, training, and consultation business aimed at supporting Black mental health through community-based work and institutional change, and co-founder of Therapist HAT, a mobile app that provides learning resources and a community for therapists striving towards cultural humility.
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Cindy Juntunen, PhD
Associate Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies
California State University, Monterey Bay
California State University, Monterey Bay
