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The Psychology Department offers predoctoral training in adult and child/adolescent clinical psychology.
C. Training Goals
Goal #1: To develop interns' competence in theories and methods of assessment and diagnosis in preparation for entry level positions as professional psychologists
Goal #2: Interns will demonstrate competence in theories and methods of case management and psychotherapeutic interventions appropriate to an entry level into the profession
Goal #3: Interns will appreciate the unique contributions of Psychology to the planning and delivery of services to a continuum of care and acquire skills necessary for treatment of individuals with severe emotional problems
Goal #4: To develop interns' competence in scholarly inquiry and the application of evidence based knowledge to clinical practice
Goal #5: Interns will demonstrate competence in understanding individual differences and cultural/ethnic diversity as they impact clinical work
Goal #6: To acquire the necessary knowledge and values to function as an ethical psychologist in the practice of psychology
Goal #7: To increase interns' knowledge of models of supervision and consultation
Goal #8: To relate effectively and meaningfully with individuals, groups, and other professionals
(1) Child Outpatient Psychotherapy
Each trainee will have 2-4 hours of direct service responsibilities during their four month outpatient rotation consisting of child psychotherapy cases and conjoint family therapy when indicated. This rotation occurs at the same time as the assessment rotation (see below). Interns can elect to use this time to treat patients presenting at the Anxiety Disorders Clinic, where standardized treatment protocols will be learned, students enrolled in our on-site therapeutic school (Grace Webb School) or may treat patients presenting at CCMC, using a variety of empirically-supported methodologies. Training in techniques of Play Therapy is also available. The interns participate in a wide variety of clinical programs and receive training in intake evaluation and diagnosis, treatment formulation, psychotherapy and liaison with school systems. Each intern receives up to two hours per week of psychotherapy supervision from the child psychology staff. From this pool of patients, one to two year-long therapy cases will be carried during the other rotations. These case assignments often involve active collaboration with other providers and community agencies.
(2 & 3) Child and Adolescent Inpatient Psychotherapy
The Child and Adolescent Inpatient Service consists of a 14 bed adolescent unit and a 12 bed child unit, and is staffed by psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, occupational therapists, and psychiatric technicians. The units provide a range of services, including short-term managed care treatment approaches to longer-term services for severely disturbed patients in need of hospitalization, many of whom have gone through unsuccessful outpatient and short-term inpatient treatments. A broad spectrum of acute and chronic psychotic, developmentally disabled, personality disordered, addicted, conduct disordered, and affectively disordered patients is represented. Each intern functions as primary therapist for up to two patients in the service. Interns gain experience not only as primary therapists and case managers, but also in functioning as a psychologist in a multi-disciplinary team. Three hours of supervision are provided to each intern per week. Interns will also conduct social-skills groups on the Children's unit, process-oriented group therapies while on the adolescent service, and family therapy when indicated in the treatment of their adolescents. This rotation provides an immersion into the role of an inpatient psychologist.
Training objectives include a thorough learning of DSM-IV diagnoses, development of advanced focal and intensive psychotherapeutic interventions, developing group therapy skills with acute patients, and exposure to collaborative, brief family interventions. Each intern will complete a four month rotation on this service. Caseload will be an average of two patients plus two hours of group therapy.
(4) Psychodiagnostic Evaluations
Each intern will perform evaluations throughout their 12 months at the IOL, consisting of cognitive and personality assessment for children and adolescents. Moreover, each intern will spend four months being the primary tester in the assessment service, providing assessments for child and adolescent inpatients and outpatients. In addition, the intern will test students attending our on-site therapeutic school (Grace Webb School) for purposes of diagnostic and educational planning. Interns may also pursue as a minor elective exposure to neuropsychological assessment. Testing responsibilities will consist of 1 to 2 batteries per week while on this rotation and one per month while on the inpatient service and CCMC rotations. Interns gain experience in test administration, scoring, interpretation, report writing and in communicating test findings to other therapists. In addition, during this intensive assessment rotation each intern will have up to 10 hours per week to pursue elective interests during this rotation.
Consistent with our training mission, interns will be required to integrate relevant psychodynamic models of interpretation with objective and cognitive data, and further develop their ability to communicate test findings in written and oral form. The testing service plays a vital role in the mission of the IOL and we expect interns to develop comfort and expertise in this consultant role. Child interns test predominantly child and adolescent inpatients, but may on occasion be asked to test adult patients. Interns will be expected to complete a minimum of 24 assessments during the training year.
(5) Pediatric Consultation Service
Each intern will spend four months providing consultation and brief therapy intervention to pediatric patients hospitalized at Connecticut Children's Medical Center (CCMC – formerly known as Newington Children's Hospital). CCMC is one of three hospitals in the state of Connecticut that provides comprehensive medical services to children, and along with Hartford Hospital and The Institute of Living, has a long tradition of training psychologists.
This rotation is designed to introduce interns to the role of clinical psychology in a primary-care setting and will prepare interns to work within a medical model health system. The interns' primary responsibilities involve the provision of psychiatric consultation services to the medical departments throughout the hospital. Consultation to oncology, cardiology, rehabilitation, pulmonary, pain and other departments are usual. The intern will also provide both short-term, as well as, long-term individual and family therapy to patients in need of adjunctive care. Interns will be trained in a variety of empirically-based treatments that utilize cognitive-behavioral methodologies. Each intern will be placed for four hours weekly in the Emergency Department of CCMC conducting emergency assessments and helping to determine needs for services.
(6) Seminar Program
Trainees attend a variety of seminars, offered by both the Psychology Department and the psychiatry residency training program. We anticipate that the following seminars will be available this year:
Clinical Inference & Professional Ethics (Required)
Modern Readings in Personality and Psychotherapy (Required)
Family and Group Therapies
Weekly Grand Rounds (Required)
Child Psychotherapy Seminar and Case Conference (Required)
CT Children's Medical Center Grand Rounds
Psychosis Seminar
Focal Therapy and Case Conference (Required)
(1) Adult Inpatient Treatment
Each intern will be assigned to the general adult service that admits higher functioning patients aged 18 and older for treatment of acute symptoms. This training site will prepare interns to succeed within a managed care environment and strengthen their brief therapy skills. Each will serve as primary therapist for up to three patients and provide conjunctive family/marital therapy when indicated. Many of these patients will be referred for admission from one of our partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs. The unit is milieu-based and provides short-term therapies for severely disturbed patients in need of hospitalization, many of whom have gone through unsuccessful outpatient and short-term inpatient treatments.
A broad spectrum of acute and high-functioning psychotic, personality-disordered, addicted, conduct-disordered, and affectively-disordered patients is represented. Interns gain experience not only as primary therapists and case managers, but also in functioning as psychologists in a multi-disciplinary team while learning methods of milieu therapy. Each intern will gradually assume greater responsibility for conducting the unit's daily intensive psychotherapy group. Along with the unit psychologist and postdoctoral resident, the intern will also provide consultation to the other treatment teams. A minimum of two hours of supervision per week will be provided to each intern.
Competencies in rapid assessment of mental status, case formulation, diagnosis, and focal individual and group psychotherapy will be developed. In-depth exposure to psychopharmacological and other biological interventions (e.g., ECT) and close collaboration with psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and physicians will prepare interns to assume careers in a hospital-based setting and settings servicing the broadest range of patient populations.
(2) Intensive Outpatient Programs
Each adult intern spends four months providing group psychotherapies and case management to adult patients admitted to our Professionals' Program. This is an intensive outpatient program for patients recently discharged from the inpatient service or referred from community providers who are in need of intensive services to prevent hospitalization and restore occupational and psychosocial functioning. Patients are generally higher functioning and are in the process of returning to work or school. The intern will function as a staff treatment manager, providing case management services to at least two ongoing patients, and provide up to eight hours of group psychotherapy. This is a three-day per week program that includes traditional process group therapies and a variety of skill based therapies, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy and a variety of cognitive behavioral methods. The goal of the rotation is help interns gain experience in providing psycho-educational, insight-oriented, and skill-based approaches to group treatment and to learn the principles of managing high acuity patients in a less restrictive treatment environment.
During this rotation, interns will have the opportunity to pursue elective interests, will continue to perform two psychological assessments per month, and will continue to carry a small caseload of outpatients.
(3) Individual Outpatient Psychotherapy
Interns will have the opportunity to provide psychotherapy to a variety of patient populations. The available training sites include the following:
Adult Outpatient Clinic
Interns will have the opportunity to provide long-term psychotherapy to patients admitted to the clinic from either the community or referred from our acute inpatient service. In addition to individual psychotherapy, an intern may elect to gain experience with providing couple's therapy. Training focusing on the use of psychodynamically and personality-informed models of treatment is available.
Hartford Hospital's Behavioral Health Service
Integrated within the Health Psychology Division of the Psychology Department, this service provides both short and long-term treatment of patients presenting with co-morbid medical and psychological problems. Interns also can acquire skills in the evaluation of patients presenting to the Pain, Bariatric, Transplant, and Epilepsy services.
Anxiety Disorders Center
Interns can elect to carry individual and/or group psychotherapy patients presenting with a variety of anxiety disorders. Training in the use of manualized treatment protocols utilizing an exposure-based and response prevention model is emphasized.
Schizophrenia Rehabilitation Program and Potentials Clinic
These programs focus on the diagnosis, early intervention, and treatment of patients presenting with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. The Schizophrenia rehabilitation Program is a multi-dimensional treatment program for the more persistently ill patient that includes attentional retraining using computer technology, group therapy, motivational training, and individual psychotherapy. The Potentials Clinic provides early detection and intervention for young adult patients recently diagnosed, including individual, group, and family psychotherapies as well as pharmacotherapy.
Interns will be expected to carry at least two outpatients throughout their twelve months of internship.
(4) Psychological Assessment
Each intern will spend four months primarily performing psychological assessments of adolescent and adult inpatients and outpatients. This rotation will focus on the use of cognitive, intellectual, objective and projective tests, and neuropsychological screens to assess adolescent and adult mental functioning. Advanced thematic and Rorschach interpretation and report writing skills will be emphasized. Two hours of supervision per battery will be provided and the intern will be responsible for up to two assessments per week. Referrals will come from our centralized testing service that responds to diagnostic and risk assessment requests from all areas of the hospital.
Interns will be expected to develop competencies in the administration, interpretation, and communication of test findings both verbally and in written form within a short time frame, and will gain valuable experience functioning as a consultant to the treatment team or referring clinician. During this rotation interns will have the opportunity to pursue additional outpatient and group therapy training. Interests in neuropsychological testing and forensic assessments can be pursued. Interns can expect to have completed approximately 24-28 assessments by the end of the training year.
(5) Elective Rotations
In addition to the core rotations, interns participate in elective training experiences during the year, with the majority of time occurring during the four-month psychological assessment rotation. Opportunities include:
Adult Interns
Health Psychology: Providing both psychodynmaically-informed and CBT based outpatient psychotherapy to patients presenting to the behavioral health service
Eating Disorders: Providing group psychotherapy to patients being treated in this intensive outpatient program.
Schizophrenia Rehabilitation Program and Potential's Clinic: Providing individual psychotherapy or group psychotherapy to patients diagnosed with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders.
Anxiety Disorders Clinic: Providing group or individual outpatient psychotherapy using manualized treatment protocols.
Neuropsychological Assessment: Depending on prior level of preparation, involvement with the Clinical Neuropsychology Service providing neuropsychological assessment.
Child Interns
Adult Outpatient Psychotherapy
School-based group psychotherapy
Anxiety Disorders Clinic: Providing group or individual outpatient psychotherapy using manualized treatment protocols.
Neuropsychological Assessment: Depending on prior level of preparation,
involvement with the Clinical Neuropsychology Service providing
neuropsychological assessment.
(6) Seminar Program
Trainees attend a variety of seminars, offered by both the Psychology Department and the psychiatry residency training program. We anticipate the following seminars will be available this year:
Family and Group Therapy
Clinical Inference & Professional Ethics (Required)
Modern Readings in Personality and Psychotherapy (Required)
Weekly Grand Rounds (Required)
Psychosis Seminar
Focal Therapy and Case Conference Seminar (Required)
In addition to the required seminars, all interns will attend the department's weekly staff meeting where both administrative and educational issues are addressed. Besides involving the interns in the full workings of the department and providing an inside view of the hospital-based practice of clinical psychology, a wide range of educational topics is discussed. In accordance with APA guidelines, each intern will be expected to present to the faculty case material involving either a psychotherapy case or psychodiagnostic evaluation, research findings, or topic of their choice during the year.
F. Overview of Cognitive Behavior Therapy Track
Beginning in the 2013-2014 training year, we will offer a CBT internship track. The overarching aim of this track (as with the IOL internship as a whole) is the practical integration of psychological science and practice. Within this general framework, the CBT track will emphasize the use of critical thinking skills, the application of basic and applied research to complex cases, and the thoughtful and systematic evaluation of clinical work using evidence-based practices.
The CBT track intern will complete 3 rotations, each lasting 4 months. At least 1 inpatient rotation will be required. Rotations offered will include:
In addition, the CBT track intern will complete 4 electives, each lasting 3 months (although an elective could be extended to two periods by mutual agreement). Electives offered will include:
VII. Evaluation of Trainees and the Training Program
Continuing evaluation of supervisors and trainees is carried out throughout the year. Training occurs within an apprentice/mentor model where open discussions between supervisors and trainees are fostered. Written evaluations of trainees are discussed with the trainee at the end of each rotation. Direct observation of intern performance is used via recorded sessions or by joint interviews with the supervisor. The supervisor evaluates progression of the intern's adherence to treatment and competency. Interns complete end-of-year evaluations of all aspects of their internship experience.
Specific skills and competencies are expected to develop over the year and are evaluated by the supervisor.
IX. Internship Selection Procedure
For information pertaining to APA accreditation, please contact:
American Psychological Association
Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
Email: email@example.com
Web: www.apa.org/ed/accreditation
X. Current Psychology Department Training Staff
* = denotes Residency Training Supervisor
Kimberly A. Barton, Ph.D.
Clinical Child Psychologist
University of North Texas
Child, adolescent, and adult psychotherapy; Pediatric psychology-treatment of those with co-morbid physical and emotional disorders; Psychological assessment.
Allen L. Carter, Ph.D.
Staff Psychologist
University of Georgia
Child psychotherapy, family therapy, psychotherapy with developmentally impaired children. Learning disability assessment. Clinical information systems-computer applications. Developmental lines in developmentally impaired children. Adolescent drug and alcohol abuse treatment.
Cristina Ciocca, Psy.D. (adjunct)
University of Miami
Neuropsychological and psychological assessments of adolescents through geriatrics with specific interest in cross-cultural issues in assessment. Research in attention training of schizophrenic patients.
Elizabeth Davis, Ph.D.
Staff Psychologist
Suffolk University
Treatment of anxiety disorders in children, adolescents and adults.
James DeGiovanni, Ph.D. *
Director, Psychology and Training
Temple University
Psychodynamic psychotherapy, group psychotherapy of severe personality disorders; object relation approaches to marital and family therapy. Treatment of adult inpatients. Efficacy of long-term group therapy in treatment of resistant and character-disordered patients. Brief treatment of depression and anxiety. Ericksonian and hypnotherapeutic models of psychotherapy.
Mara De Maio, Ph.D.
Program Manager, Adult Partial Hospital Program
St. John's University
Treatment of patients with severe and prolonged mental illness, eating disorders, dually-diagnosed patients; Group psychotherapy;. Effects of gender-role socialization on behavior. Clinical and research interests include psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma, and cognitive remediation.
Gretchen Diefenbach, Ph.D.
Louisiana State University
Behavioral and cognitive-behavioral therapies for anxiety disorders; research interests include the psychopathology, assessment, and treatment of anxiety and related disorders, in particular generalized anxiety disorder, trichotillomania, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Ellen Dornelas, Ph.D.
Director of Behavioral Health Programs, Preventive Cardiology
Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology and Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Health psychology. Individual and group therapy for smoking cessation, stress management and psychological adjustment to medical illness. Research in areas of smoking cessation, weight reduction and exercise adherence.
Rachel M. Duzant, Psy.D.
Clinical Psychologist, Treatment Manager
Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Dr. Duzant is a licensed clinical psychologist and a treatment manager at the Schizophrenia Rehabilitation Program for the young adult track. Her clinical interests include cultural diversity issues, psychological assessment, and advocacy for patients. Dr. Duzant is registered as a National Health Service Provider.
Jennifer Ferrand, Psy.D. *
Staff Psychologist
University of Hartford
Psychological assessment of adults, with a focus on health psychology. Individual psychotherapy with medical patients, clinical hypnosis, behavior change, coping with pain.
Mary Foster, Ph.D.
Staff Neuropsychologist
University of Cincinatti
Dr. Foster conducts both inpatient and outpatient neuropsychological assessments of adults and older adults with a wide range of psychiatric and neurological disorders. Her particular interests include dementia, mild cognitive impairment, and cerebrovascular disease.
Christina Gilliam, Ph.D.
Psychologist Anxiety Disorders Center
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Dr. Gilliam's research interests include the role of cognitive processes in the development, maintenance, and treatment of anxiety disorders and examining the efficacy of novel cognitive-behavioral treatments for anxiety disorders. Currently, Dr. Gilliam is the co-investigator for two treatment studies, "Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom Veterans" and "D-Cycloserine-Augmented CBT for Prior Treatment Nonresponders with OCD." Dr. Gilliam specializes in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety and related disorders.
Jessica Guite
Staff Pediatric Psychologist
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Treatment of pain syndromes in children and adolescents
Lawrence Haber, Ph.D. *
Director, Ambulatory and Young Adult Services
University of Tennessee
Severe mental illness, caregiver issues, community acceptance and integration for the mentally ill, as well as staff and family education, community and program confutations in the area of psychosis.
Scott Hannan, Ph.D. *
Staff Psychologist, Anxiety Disorders Center
Fordham University
Dr. Hannan treats children, adolescents, and adults. His clinical interests include obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder related to motor vehicle accidents, and the treatment of children and adolescents with anxiety disorders. In addition to seeing patients in individual treatment, Dr. Hannan runs groups for children and adolescents. Groups are for children and adolescents diagnosed with Panic Disorder, Social Phobia, Separation Anxiety Disorder, Specific Phobia and/or Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Dr. Hannan is also interested in the use of psychological measurements to assess treatment progress. He is currently working on adding computer administered measures to clinical treatment as a way to monitor treatment progress and aid treatment decisions.
Danielle Koby, Ph.D.
Clinical Health Psychologist
University of Connecticut
Dr. Koby provides outpatient evaluation and treatment (individual, group) of psychological concerns among patients with persistent physical symptoms. As a member of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center she also specializes in cognitive-behavioral therapy for patients with epilepsy and non-epileptic spells, as well as movement disorders and other neurological symptoms. Her research involves expanding knowledge and treatment of complex physical symptom disorders.
Richard Lautenbach, Ph.D. *
Staff Psychologist
Coordinator of Group Therapy Services
Kent State University
Treatment of patients with severe and prolonged mental illness, eating disorders, dually-diagnosed patients; Group psychotherapy; Effects of gender-role socialization on behavior.
Dr. Ralph Dodd *
Coordinator, Grace S. Webb School
University of Hartford
Child and adolescent assessment and psychotherapy. Individual, group,
and family psychotherapy of adult patients presenting with acute
psychiatric disorders.
David W. Lovejoy, Psy.D.
Staff Neuropsychologist
The Virginia Consortium for Clinical Psychology (College of William & Mary, Eastern Virginia Medical School, & Old Dominion University)
Neuropsychological assignment and treatment of Adult ADHD, traumatic brain injury, and stroke. Brief treatment of post-injury adjustment disorder.
Elizabeth Moore
Staff Psychologist, Anxiety Disorders Center
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dr. Moore's clinical and research interests include cognitive-behavioral treatment for anxiety disorders and the role of cognitive processes in the development, maintenance, and treatment of anxiety disorders. Dr. Moore has particular expertise treating social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and panic disorder. She has published numerous research articles on the treatment and nature of anxiety disorders and has spoken on these topics at national and local conferences.
Kevin O'Shea, Psy.D. *
Clinical Psychologist, Inpatient Treatment Manager - Donnelly 2 South
American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University, Washington, DC
Integration of psychodynamic, behavioral, and cognitive-behavioral techniques and perspectives in time-limited individual, group, and family therapy for depression, anxiety disorders, and character pathology. Late adolescent, adult, and older adult populations. Special interest in the treatment of substance use disorders and dementia.
Howard Oakes, Psy.D., ABPP/ABCN
Associate Director, Head Injury Program
University of Hartford
Neuropsychological and psychological assessment; traumatic brain injury; rehabilitation and consultation.
Caleb Peck, Ph.D. *
Staff Neuropsychologist
Wheaton University
Neuropsychological evaluation of adults with special interests in epilepsy, dementia and memory disorders.
Barbara Rzepski, Ph.D. *
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Co-morbid physical and emotional disorders in children and adolescents. Consultation-liaison services to primary medical care. Cognitive behavioral approaches to treatment. Rehabilitation of children with traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury. Pediatric psychology.
Melissa Santos, Ph.D.
Pediatric Psychologist, CCMC
Texas Tech University
Dr. Santos is a pediatric psychologist at Connecticut Children's Medical Center (CCMC) conducting individual, group and family based treatment of pediatric obesity. She also provides the psychological assessment of adolescents undergoing bariatric surgery. Her research is in the treatment of pediatric obesity and factors influencing weight maintenance.
Laura M. I. Saunders, Psy.D. *
Child Psychologist
University of Hartford
Child, adolescent, and family psychotherapy; behavioral management strategies; clinical interests in children with attentional, hyperactive, impulsive, and disruptive behaviors; research in gay/lesbian youth issues.
Elisabeth Scherpenisse, Ph.D. *
Clinical Psychologist, Grace S. Webb School
University of Tennessee
Psychological assessment, particularly projective techniques; personality disorders; psychotherapy with children and adolescents; group psychotherapy in a school setting; identity development in adolescence; mechanisms of change in psychotherapy.
Jane Schilling, Psy.D. *
Treatment Manager -Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Service
Alliant International University, San Francisco
Clinical interests include inpatient treatment focused on the application of brief psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral theories, psychosocial rehabilitation, and delivering effective, timely treatment services in an era of managed care. Research interests have included biological/neurological bases of behavior particularly among children with learning disabilities and culture relevant therapy.
Meredith P. Schwartzman, Ph.D. *
Clinical Psychologist, Treatment Manager-Child and Adolescent Day Program
University of Tennessee
She specifically is providing individual, group, and family therapy to older adolescents involved in the Day Program. Her clinical interests include outpatient treatment for children, adolescents and their families, the treatment of psychological issues among chronically ill youth, eating disorders, and the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders.
Dana Shagan, Psy.D. *
Coordinator of Diversity Issues and Cultural Competence for the Psychology Department
Clinical Psychologist, Schizophrenia Rehabilitation Program
University of Hartford
Chronic mental illness, assessment, groups; adult and geriatric population.
Jessica Sierra, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist-Division of Health Psychology
University of Connecticut
Psychological assessment of adults, with a focus on bariatric surgery and transplant candidates. Provide individual therapy for medical patients.
Sarah Tartar, Ph.D. *
Staff Clinical Neuropsychologist
University of Connecticut
She has presented and published in the areas of dementia, head injury, ethics, and the neuropsychological underpinnings of anxiety disorders. Dr. Tartar has particular interests in geriatric neuropsychology, mild traumatic brain injury, as well as other neurological disorders.
Warren Thime, Ph.D.
Program Manager, Schizophrenia Rehabilitation Program
Fordham University
Severe mental illness; group, family and individual psychotherapy, assessment.
Mona Tiernan, Psy.D.
Health Psychologist
The Virginia Consortium for Professional Psychology
Psychological assessment of adults, with particular focus on organ transplant and pain management.
David Tolin, Ph.D. *
Director, Anxiety Disorders Center
University of Arkansas
Behavioral and cognitive-behavioral therapies for anxiety disorders, particularly OCD and PTSD; treatment outcome research; experimental psychopathology; cognitive models of anxiety; clinical psychopharmacology.
Kevin Tsang, Psy.D. *
Staff Psychologist-CCMC
Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology
Pediatric psychology; consultation-liaison services to primary medical care; cognitive-behavioral approaches to treatment; behavioral management strategies; treatment of children and families receiving hematologic/oncologic care including issues of coping and pain management.
Blaise Worden, Ph.D.
Staff Psychologist
Rutgers University
Dr. Worden received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Rutgers University. In 2009 she completed her predoctoral internship at the Greater Hartford Internship Consortium in Hartford, CT. In 2012 she completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Anxiety Disorders Center and has remained on staff as a licensed psychologist. Her clinical and research interests include treatment outcome assessment and mechanisms of change underlying empirically-supported psychological treatments. Dr. Worden is also involved in several research projects at the Anxiety Disorders Center, including studies on the treatment of hoarding disorder and co-occurring anxiety and substance use disorders. Dr. Worden specializes in the treatment of anxiety and related disorders. She has particular experience with cognitive-behavioral treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, hoarding disorder, and substance dependence.
Kevin P. Young, Ph.D. *
Staff Psychologist
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Dr. Young is a lifespan clinical neuropsychologist who is involved with training students, residents and fellows. His interests include the validity and incremental utility of assessment in clinical settings; risk assessment, personality assessment, and integration of multiple types of data (i.e., cognitive, performance, "objective", and "projective"); prescription and psychosocial treatment trends/decision making; as well as dementia, concussion/mTBI, and effort testing.


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Saturday launched Bob Stoops' 15th OU offseason. And maybe his most important since taking over John Blake's mess in December 1998.
Stoops on occasion has had to address offensive stagnation or quarterback change. But rarely.
Saturday launched Bob Stoops' 15th OU offseason. And maybe his most important since taking over John Blake's mess in December 1998.
Stoops on occasion has had to address offensive stagnation or quarterback change. But rarely.
Stoops on occasion has had to address defensive deficiencies. But not often.
Now, after a 41-13 Cotton Bowl beatdown by Texas A&M, Stoops must do both.
In typical Stoops fashion, the calamity in Soonerville is relative.
Yes, the debacle Friday night moved this OU season into the disappointing category. Yet in no way is the Schooner on fire. OU was 10-3, tied for first place in the Big 12 and beat both of its bitter rivals, one by 42 points and the other with a memorable rally that long will be remembered on Owen Field.
So the idea that Stoops' program has rotted at the core is silly. But clearly, OU has slipped from its lofty status as a perennial national championship contender.
"We got to make some improvements in the offseason," Stoops said.
Here's the task facing Stoops. His 2012 defense wilted in the second half of the season (and the second half of the Cotton Bowl).
Offense clearly carried the Sooners. Yet against OU's three toughest opponents — Kansas State, Notre Dame and A&M, all of which figure to finish in the top 10 — the Sooners scored 17, 13 and 13 offensive points. Four touchdowns total.
And now Landry Jones is gone, and Stoops apparently will trend toward a more mobile quarterback. That's a good way to go, but the chances are remote that whoever emerges as the 2013 QB will be more productive, efficient or dependable than Landry. The Johnny Football saga is the exception, not the rule.
Heck, not even Kevin Sumlin knew what he had on his hands with Johnny Manziel, who didn't win the Aggie starting job until mid-August. Maybe Trevor Knight or Blake Bell or even Kendal Thompson quickly blossoms into a star. It's more likely they struggle while showing flashes, ala Rhett Bomar.
Meanwhile, OU's defensive problems are mounting. The chic theory in midseason was that the Sooners were woefully lacking elite defensive line talent.
But after West Virginia, OSU and the Brazos Valley brothers, Baylor and A&M, lit up the Sooners, Alabama-style defensive tackles don't appear to be the immediate need.
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