Revised 1/28/08
EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
2008-2009
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The Emory University School of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program in P The Emory University School of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program in Professional Psychology is based in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Pediatrics, and Rehabilitation Medicine (Division of Neuropsychology and Behavioral Health). The program has been in existence since 1979. The program is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC). The fellowship prepares trainees for professional psychology practice at an advanced level of competence in a substantive traditional area of practice (clinical psychology) and in a specialty practice area (clinical neuropsychology).
The fellowship program includes positions at a university affiliated public health system in downtown Atlanta (Grady Health System), Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA), the Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Development Project, the Marcus Institute, the Emory Center for Rehabilitation Medicine, and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. All psychologists are faculty members in the medical school and are noted in the attached compendium. In addition, various physicians contribute to the fellowship as conference leaders, presenters, and supervisors, and are listed in the attached compendium. The experiences of the postdoctoral fellowship training are determined largely by the particular setting(s) in which the fellow is involved. The strength of this academic health sciences center postdoctoral fellowship lies in the diversity of opportunities available, the priority placed on teaching and training, and the rich clinical-research environment.
The fellowship program strives to provide exemplary postdoctoral training consistent with a scientist-practitioner model. The training is designed to be developmental and contextual in nature, and centered on the individual needs and goals of each postdoctoral fellow. While our expertise is in developing professional psychologists for leadership roles that combine clinical service, research, and education, our ultimate commitment is to helping our fellows define, articulate, and progress towards their own chosen career path. Consistent with our individual focus, our program offers training in specific areas of emphasis. The faculty associated with the training program, as well as the administration of the relevant departments and programs, highly value postdoctoral education and training, as it is consistent with the Emory University School of Medicine’s emphasis on training leaders who demonstrate outstanding ability in service, scholarship, and education/training.
All positions include time for direct service (assessment, intervention, consultation), research and scholarship, the conduct of supervision, and professional development activities. The training program offers the opportunity to work in a professional and scientific community and to establish a more integrated professional identity. Throughout all aspects of the program, an emphasis is placed on ethical and legal considerations, individual and cultural diversity, and professionalism. Considerable attention is paid to the individual professional development of the fellow as a psychotherapist (individual, group, couples, family), diagnostician (achievement, cognitive, neuropsychological, personality, projective), consultant, clinical-researcher, supervisor, teacher, program innovator and evaluator, interdisciplinary team member, and advocate. An emphasis is placed in all positions on developing competence in working with diverse and underserved populations.
There are a range of theoretical orientations represented in the academic health sciences center, including behavioral, biological, cognitive-behavioral, developmental, existential/humanistic, family systems, interpersonal, neurobiological, and psychodynamic. While the supervisory orientations differ depending on the service setting, the majority of the psychologists identify themselves as integrationists. Intensive supervision, based upon service and research responsibilities and the fellow's developmental needs, is a major component of the training program. Clinical supervision may include, but is not limited to the following: intensive review of case material; co-therapy; live supervision; readings; discussions of the integration of theory, research, and practice; and explorations of the self of the therapist. Postdoctoral fellows are invited to share personal reactions and to engage in a process of self-examination. Research supervision may include, but is not limited to the following: research team meetings, discussions of research findings, manuscript preparation, and grant preparation. All fellows receive a minimum of two hours per week, with most fellows receiving four to six hours per week of supervision.
Research opportunities, either independently or in collaboration with existing projects, also constitutes an integral component of many of the postdoctoral experiences. The amount of time available for research depends on the particular fellowship position. Primary areas of research focus include assessment and treatment of individuals with severe psychopathology; child/adolescent and adult psychopathology (e.g., depression, suicide, schizophrenia); child and family therapy; family violence (child abuse and neglect; intimate partner violence); epilepsy; traumatic brain injury; stroke and rehabilitation outcome.
Fellows who participate in the pediatric psychology positions will have the option of participating in any of the following pediatric research programs for four hours per week: family interactions and depression among children with asthma; developmental disabilities; pediatric end of life care guidelines; pain measurement, adherence interventions, and computerized health education interventions in pediatric and adolescent sickle cell disease; families and pediatric cancer; pediatric burns; promoting literacy in pediatric settings; prenatal tobacco exposure and language development in infants; fetal alcohol syndrome; and prenatal exposure to alcohol. They will have the opportunity to choose their project once they arrive at the fellowship.
Fellows are required to attend a weekly seminar that focuses on issues of professional development, pathways and skills for career development, balancing personal and professional considerations, networking, preparing for licensure, ethical and legal guidelines and dilemmas, the future of psychology, and topics of general interest decided upon by the group. In past years, this seminar has addressed such topics as supervision, advocacy, family therapy, sex therapy, object relations theory and therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, empirically supported treatments, assessment and intervention with diverse populations (gender, ethnicity, disability status, sexual orientation), and brief therapy. In addition, fellows in this seminar have collaborated on research projects related to postdoctoral training. Fellows also must attend at least one additional seminar, and may elect to attend more seminars. The following additional seminars are available: live supervision family therapy seminar, brief psychodynamically informed psychotherapy seminar, child clinical/pediatric psychology seminar, neuropsychology case seminar, forensics seminar, epilepsy case conference, neuropathology rounds, and case conference related to adults with serious mental illness. Postdoctoral fellows are expected to attend 10 grand rounds per year of their choosing, and may do so in any department in the academic health sciences center or university. In addition, fellows are encouraged to participate in the review of manuscripts that have been submitted to journals for publication consideration.
Postdoctoral fellows also participate in a job mentorship program, which has been extremely successful since its inception six years ago. The goal of this program is to assign each fellow to two job mentors, psychologists engaged in the career path of interest to the fellow. Fellows meet with these mentors monthly, and receive guidance throughout their job searches and help with networking. Concurrent with this, considerable emphasis is placed during the weekly postdoctoral fellowship seminar on job seeking activities. To further aid fellows in their professional networking endeavors, all fellows are expected to be a member of at least one local, regional, or national professional psychology organization. In prior years, fellows have obtained jobs in diverse settings and have assumed myriad responsibilities. Common employment settings have included, but are not limited to, academic health sciences centers, academic psychology departments (undergraduate and graduate), medical facilities and practices, community mental health centers, forensic facilities, consulting practices, and private practice. Upon completion of the fellowship, fellows have assumed positions that involve administration, teaching, supervision, and direct service.
Postdoctoral Fellows complete a postdoctoral fellowship contract in collaboration with their supervisors at the beginning of the training year. This contract outlines the direct service (assessment, intervention, consultation), scientific foundations and research, the conduct of supervision, and professional development activities in which they will engage during the year. In addition, the contract outlines the supervision they will receive, and the seminars and Grand Rounds they will attend. This contract serves as the basis for the two formal evaluations that are conducted at mid-year (6 months after the start of the fellowship) and year-end. Also at these two evaluation periods, the fellows have the opportunity to evaluate their supervisors. At the end of the year, they also provide formal feedback on the postdoctoral fellowship seminar and their overall experience as postdoctoral fellows. In addition to these two formal evaluation periods, informal and verbal feedback is ongoing. At the beginning of the training year, all postdoctoral fellows are provided with Due Process Guidelines, which describe the process that will be followed if either the program has concerns about the trainee’s performance or if the trainee has concerns about any aspect of the training program. These guidelines include all steps of the grievance procedure leading to termination if the grievance is against the trainee, including written notification, remediation plan, probation, termination, and appeal. Similarly, steps are outlined for trainee’s filing of complaints.
The postdoctoral fellowship program is typically a one-year full-time experience, with exceptions made for personal reasons (e.g., birth of a child, family leave). However, both the fellowship position in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and the Neuropsychology position at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta are two-year full-time experiences, consistent with the guidelines set forth by the Association of Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology. By the completion of the fellowship, all fellows have the requisite 1500 hours, supervision, and direct service experiences needed for licensure in the State of Georgia, as well as all other jurisdictions that fall within the rubric of the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards. All fellows are expected to sit for the written part of the national licensure examination (EPPP) during the first six months of the fellowship year, unless they have already done so. The neuropsychology fellow typically takes the EPPP during the second year of the fellowship.
The Emory University School of Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC). The two-year, neuropsychology positions in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Pediatric Neuropsychology Division of Neurosciences have been reviewed and approved for affiliation with the Association of Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology (APPCN).
SETTINGS AND PLACEMENTS
Each year, additional postdoctoral clinical-research positions are available based upon grant funding. These positions are added to the website as they become available and are announced on the APPIC Postdoc Listserv.
GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM
The Grady Health System, the primary teaching facility of the Emory University School of Medicine, is a Level 1 Trauma Hospital that serves a primarily inner-city, minority, and low income population from metropolitan Atlanta and Fulton and DeKalb Counties. The Grady Health System includes a general hospital (the largest in Georgia and among the largest in the country) and a children’s hospital, as well as multiple outpatient clinics for children and adults. Professional services at Grady Health System are provided under contract with Emory University School of Medicine and Morehouse School of Medicine, so that the hospital is a teaching hospital. Grady is involved in training for all the mental health disciplines; clinical psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing, occupational and recreational therapy. Thus, there are many opportunities to engage in interdisciplinary seminars and treatment programs. Emory University is located approximately 15 minutes driving time from Grady Health System. The psychology faculty includes 7 full-time and 2 part-time licensed clinical psychologists. In addition, there is an American Psychological Association accredited internship training program based at Grady Health System, which received initial accreditation in 1980, and was fully re-accredited in 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, and 2007. The internship program recently was expanded to include a position at the Center for Rehabilitation Medicine.
Adults with Serious Psychiatric Disorders. The following half-time positions can be combined with other half-time positions at Grady Health System, for the equivalent of one full-time position. There will be the equivalent of 1-2 full-time positions devoted to work with adults with serious psychiatric disorders. Half-time primarily clinical positions are available in the Psychiatric Evaluation and Brief Treatment outpatient unit, which provides brief, goal-oriented individual therapy for adult outpatients, as well as the Adult Day Treatment Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program, which offers psychosocial rehabilitation services for adults living in the community. Responsibilities for the positions devoted to work with individuals with serious mental illness include assessments, interventions, crisis management, consultation, clinical-research, clinical administration, supervision and teaching, and program development and evaluation. Research is ongoing in a number of areas including: suicide, intimate partner violence, schizophrenia and substance abuse, psychosocial rehabilitation-program evaluation, interactions between PTSD and serious mental illnesses, efficacy of short-term inpatient and outpatient/community interventions, and neuropsychological correlates of psychiatric conditions.
Women’s Health . Pending funding, this one-year, full-time position includes a half-time clinical-research position in the Avon Breast Cancer Center (pending funding). The other 50% time entails involvement on a clinical-research project focused on a group intervention for preventing suicidal behavior in abused, African American women. Responsibilities for the Avon Breast Cancer Center include evaluations; individual, group, and family therapy; and clinical-research activities. The clinical-research position entails serving as a clinical coordinator for projects funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (funding confirmed). In this latter role, the postdoctoral fellow is a member of an interdisciplinary research team and is expected to take a leadership role in the research efforts of the team (e.g., data analysis, manuscript preparation, etc). The person will also be involved in the conduct of group, individual, and family interventions for abused, suicidal African American women. This person will also aid in the recruitment of study participants, which includes community outreach efforts.
HIV/AIDS Mental Health Services . Pending funding, this one year half-time position includes both clinical and research activities on The ALAFIA Project, a SAMHSA/CMHS-funded HIV/AIDS mental health services project. As a member of the project team the postdoctoral fellow will have opportunities to provide individual and group psychotherapy along with HIV/AIDS mental health wellness programs in outpatient settings in the Grady Infectious Disease Program and the Emory Crawford Long Hospital Infectious Disease Clinic. There also is opportunity to provide brief clinical interventions to individuals who are hospitalized with AIDS-related conditions on the Grady Special Immunology Service. The fellow also has opportunities to be involved in HIV/AIDS mental health services research focused on the mental health aspects of HIV/AIDS and evaluation of project services.
Schizophrenia Clinical Research . This one-year, half or full-time position will allow the postdoctoral fellow who is interested in clinical research to serve as a Project Coordinator for a study involving patients with schizophrenia and their family members. There are likely two positions associated with this project. Responsibilities of the fellow will include: coordination of participant recruitment, administration of research assessments, supervision of research assistants, data entry and data set management, and collaboration on manuscript preparation. The fellow will also be responsible for co-leading inpatient groups for persons with serious and persistent mental illness.
Clinical Child Psychology/Pediatric Psychology. Two or three, one-year positions, pending funding, will be available working with children and their families. Each half-time position can be combined with any other half-time position. In terms of clinical child psychology, there will be two half-time positions (or one full time position) based in the community sponsored through the Georgia Parent Support Network. These postdoctoral fellows will be housed at the Fulton County Family Resource Center, where children and adolescents of all ages temporarily stay when they are initially placed in the custody of Child Protective Services. The responsibilities for this position include the conduct of cognitive, academic, social-emotional, and personality testing (2-4 per month), short-term individual or family therapy, crisis/trauma counseling, and diagnostic evaluations on an as-needed basis. The fellow may also attend interdisciplinary team meetings and consult with mental health professionals as needed to assist with proper child placement and treatment decisions. There is a half-time position in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic working as a Project Coordinator for a parenting intervention for caregivers of preschool aged children exhibiting early signs of disruptive behavior disorders. Responsibilities will include day-to-day project administration, assessments, facilitation of parenting group sessions, and supervision of project staff. Fellows also will have opportunities to be involved in data analysis and manuscript preparation. In addition, with regard to pediatric psychology, there is a half-time position working in the Teen Services Clinic providing reproductive/sexual health services for adolescent females and males, including assessments, crisis intervention, and therapy (individual, group, family). The fellow at this placement will work on an interdisciplinary medical team and will be a primary contact person for the psychosocial needs of the teens. There is also a half-time position working with child and adolescent burn survivors and their families. Psychological services for burn survivors aim to help them cope with their burn injuries, related medical and social needs, and psychological sequelae. The fellow also will be involved with identifying and recruiting medical inpatient burn survivors who would benefit from outpatient psychological services by collaborating with the Burn Unit at Grady Memorial Hospital; providing psychological and psychosocial referral services to burn survivors by collaborating with the Georgia Firefighter Burn Foundation (GFBF); performing administrative and project-related duties in association with GFBF-sponsored community outreach programs; observing and participating in Board Meetings comprised of a multidisciplinary team who oversee the services funded by the Belli Memorial Endowment; and engaging in research. This position is funded annually by the Belli Memorial Endowment, an endowment generously donated to the GFBF by Roy and Sara Belli, who lost family members to burn injuries in 2001.
CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA (CHOA)
With 452 licensed beds in three hospitals (Egleston, Hughes Spalding and Scottish Rite), and 16 satellite locations throughout Atlanta, Children’s enhances the lives of children through excellence in patient care, research, and education. With more than a half a million annual patient visits, Children’s is one of the largest pediatric healthcare systems in the country. CHOA is recognized for excellence in cancer treatment, cardiology, transplant services, etc. and is ranked as one of the top ten children’s hospital in America. It is also accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Children’s is recognized for its many pediatric specialties, including the neurosciences and rehabilitation divisions. Child magazine ranks Children’s as one of the top 10 children’s hospitals nationwide, and Children’s is among U.S. News & World Report’s top ten pediatric hospitals.
Pediatric Psychology - Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta . Four full-time pediatric psychology postdoctoral fellowship positions include a specialty in Hematology/Oncology at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s two hospital campuses at Egleston and Scottish Rite. These positions provide inpatient and outpatient services to children and adolescents receiving treatment for cancer and blood disorders (hemophilia, sickle cell). Clinical responsibilities include consultation with interdisciplinary teams or single disciplines; individual, group, and family therapy; and psychological and neuropsychological evaluations.
Pediatric Neuropsychology/Division of Neurosciences . Two full-time pediatric Neuropsychology postdoctoral fellowships available through the Neuropsychology department and offers the necessary experiences required to pursue board certification from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP/CN). The program has been approved for affiliation by APPCN and is designed to meet criteria set forth by the Houston Conference on Specialty Education and Training in Clinical Neuropsychology guidelines. Residents participate in ongoing research studies that are underway in the department. Clinical training consists primarily of supervised neuropsychological evaluations of inpatients and outpatients with neurological, developmental, and psychiatric disorders. Rotations are taken in the following interdisciplinary clinical services: (1) Acquired brain injury, (2) Eight bed VEEG monitoring unit for presurgical candidates undergoing epilepsy evaluations, and (3) Outpatient clinics. Responsibilities include providing inpatient and outpatient neuropsychological assessments (including Wada testing and cortical mapping) for a wide range of neurological, developmental and behavioral disorders; diagnostic interviews; rehabilitation in inpatient and outpatient settings; cognitive remediation; school consultations; outpatient follow-up; and support groups for youth and family support services.
Address
Application materials must be received by February 1, 2008. Send materials to:
Nadine J. Kaslow, Ph.D., ABPP, Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Director
Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Grady Health System - 13th Floor
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive
Atlanta , Georgia 30303
Phone: (404) 616-4757
FAX: (404) 616-2898
EMAIL: nkaslow@emory.edu
If you send your materials via express mail, in addition to the address, please include the office number, 13D018 and telephone number, 404 616-4757.
Interview
After application materials are reviewed, applicants will be invited for an on-site interview. Neuropsychology applicants for the adult and child positions also may be interviewed at the International Neuropsychological Society meeting. Telephone interviews are available for applicants unable to attend an in person interview. Applicants who have special needs that might require an accommodation during the interview are encouraged to share this information with the Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Director. The program is committed to providing access for all people with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations if notified within one week prior to the scheduled interview.
Note: Availability of positions may vary by year. Current available positions are noted on rank order sheet. Applicants to the Neuropsychology
Fellowship positions must participate in the Association of Postdoctoral
Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology (APPCN) national matching system.
EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE PSYCHOLOGY POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: RANK ORDER LIST (2008-2009)
Name:
Email address:
Best phone number:
Please rank order (1 = most interested) all positions you are applying for. There is flexibility in how positions can be combined. If you are interested in combining positions differently than advertised, please rank all potential positions of interest and indicate any other combination that may be of interest.
__________ Adults with Serious Psychiatric Disorders - Grady (2 full time positions)
__________ Women’s Health – Grady (1 half or full time position)
_________ HIV/AIDS Mental Health Services – Grady (1 half time position)
_________ Schizophrenia Clinical Research - Grady (1-2 positions)
_________ Child Clinical Psychology/Pediatric Psychology - Grady (2-3 full time positions)
__________ Pediatric Psychology - Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Hematology/Oncology) (3-4 positions)
__________ Pediatric Neuropsychology/Division of Neurosciences – Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (1 position)
__________ Maternal Substance Abuse (MSA) and Child Development – Emory Department of Psychiatry and Marcus Institute (1 position)
__________ Pediatric Feeding Disorder and Pediatric Psychology – Marcus Institute (1 position)
__________ Neuropsychology - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Division of Neuropsychology and Behavioral Health (1 position)
__________ COMBINATIONS OTHER THAN LISTED ABOVE – FOR GRADY POSITIONS ONLY (Please describe):
*** All positions are pending funding. We often are fortunate to receive funding for additional positions and thus more opportunities may be available, which will be announced on the APPIC Internship and Postdoc Networks. For some of the positions that entail 2 part-time placements, we can be flexible about which placements are combined.
PSYCHOLOGY TRAINING FACULTY
This section presents information separately for the clinical psychology postdoctoral program and the clinical neuropsychology postdoctoral program.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Rebekah Bradley , Ph.D. , Assistant Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences), is Co-Director of the Trauma and Genetics Program, based in the PTSD Clinic at Florida Hall at GHS, and Director of the VA PTSD Program, and serves as a mentor for fellows. She received her Ph.D. in clinical community psychology in 2000 from the University of South Carolina. Her primary research interests are in PTSD, interpersonal violence, intersection of race and social class, and personality disorders.
Michelle Robbins Broth, Ph.D. Assistant Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) is a child and family psychologist at GHS Infectious Disease Program, who supervises assessments for the GHS clinical psychology postdoctoral fellow. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Emory University in 2003. Her primary research interests are in developmental psychopathology, intergenerational transmission of risk and resilience, parenting, and children’s emotional and social development and functioning.
Marianne Celano. Ph.D. Associate Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences), is the primary clinical and research supervisor for the NIMH funded Project ASPIRE, a community- and home-based family intervention focused on improving pediatric asthma management for low-income urban families. Dr. Celano received her Ph.D. in 1986 from the University of Maryland. Her major interests are in pediatric asthma and family functioning, treatment engagement, child maltreatment, and cross-cultural issues. An NIMH funded clinical researcher, who serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Family Psychology and the board of APA’s Division of Family Psychology, is a scientist-practitioner role model for fellows.
Claire D. Coles, Ph.D., Professor (Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences), directs both the Fetal Alcohol Center at the Marcus Institute and the Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Development Laboratory at Emory University, is the primary clinical and research supervisor for fellows at these sites. Dr. Coles received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology in 1980 from Emory University and completed a clinical respecialization in 1985. Her major research interests are high-risk infants and young children and behavioral teratology, particularly that resulting from the effect of maternal substance abuse on development. A well-funded and well-published nationally recognized leader in behavioral teratogenics, who serves on the National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects, she is a scientist-practitioner role model for fellows with an interest in fetal alcohol syndrome and its aftereffects.
Marietta H. Collins, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) is based in the child and adolescent psychiatric services at GHS and supervises fellows in the Teen Clinic. Dr. Collins received her Ph.D. in 1996 from Emory University. Her research interests include pediatric psychology, cultural issues, and adolescent substance abuse. As a former member of the APPIC Postdoctoral Membership and Review Committee, and the Vice President for Diversity for Division 43 of the APA, she serves as a role model for minority fellows interested in involvement in national professional organizations.
Glenn Egan , Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences), based in the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program and the Psychiatry and Law Service at GHS, provides assessment supervision for fellows working with adults with serious mental illness and co-directs the Forensics Seminar. Dr. Egan received his Ph.D. in 1989 from Georgia State University. His major interests are forensic psychology, clinical neuropsychology, and schizophrenia.
Eugene Farber, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences), is the Director of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Services at the GHS Infectious Disease Program, supervises the ALAFIA Project, and directs the Time Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy seminar. He received his Ph.D. from Georgia State University in 1990. His major interests are in HIV related psychotherapy and adaptive functioning, and HIV mental health services outcome research. He has interest in long-term and time-limited psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Sobha P. Fritz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Pediatrics) is in the Division of Neonatology, and serves as a mentor for fellows interested in pediatric psychology. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 2003 and completed her fellowship at Emory University. Her primary research interests are adjustment to chronic illness and pain management. Dr. Fritz conducts developmental screenings and psychoeducational evaluations in the Division of Neonatology’s Developmental Progress Clinic. At CHOA, she works with the Inflammatory Bowel Disease program conducting psychological consultations in their multidisciplinary clinic and is a consultant for the AFLAC Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service.
Laura A. Greve, Psy.D. , Assistant Professor (Pediatrics), is a primary assessment and intervention supervisor in the Division of Hematology and Oncology AFLAC Cancer Center for fellows at CHOA – Scottish Rite. She received her Psy.D. in 2003 from Spalding University. She conducts assessments, consultations, and psychotherapy for children receiving treatment for cancer and blood disorders and their families. Her areas of interests are pediatric pain management and the treatment of childhood anxiety.
Philip D. Harvey, Ph.D. , Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences), mentors fellows interested in research focused on people with schizophrenia. He received his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Stonybrook in 1982. His research focuses on cognition and schizophrenia and geriatric populations. A well-funded and prolific writer, he serves as a role model for fellows interested in academic careers focused on adults with serious mental illness.
Ann P. Hazzard, Ph.D., ABPP, Associate Professor (Pediatrics), mentors fellows interested in pediatric psychology. Dr Hazzard received her Ph.D. in 1981 from UCLA. Her major interests are in child abuse/sexual abuse, children's adjustment to medical illness, enhancement of literacy, and developmental disabilities. As Director of Project Ready, Set, Read, an award winning literacy program, and former Chair of the Program Committee for GPA, she serves as a role model for community involvement and leadership.
Karen Kuehn Howell, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences), is Co-Director of the MSA Prevention Program, and supervises fellows on community activities in the prevention of substance abuse. She received her Ph.D. in 1997 in school psychology from the University of Memphis. Dr. Howell develops and implements training modules for a variety of state projects, including developing curricula for veteran child protective service workers in collaboration with the School of Social Work at Georgia State University. With the support of the State Babies Can’t Wait Program, Dr. Howell also recently has developed a curriculum for training physicians on issues related to risky behaviors during pregnancy. She also serves on the State Substance Abuse Prevention Epidemiological Workgroup.
David L. Jaquess, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Pediatrics), is Director of the Pediatric Feeding Disorders and Pediatric Psychology programs and Psychology Internship Training Director at The Marcus Institute, supervises assessments and treatments in the Feeding Disorders Program. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Virginia Tech in 1993. He oversees treatment of day treatment patients and outpatients who have inadequate nutrition due to food refusal or food selectivity, and he provides outpatient pediatric psychology services for difficulties with medical adherence, pill swallowing, pain management, sleep or toileting hygiene, and preparation for medical procedures. Primary areas of research interest include empirical support for behavioral treatment of feeding disorders, feeding disorders comorbid with austim, and community dissemination of effective treatment strategies in pediatric psychology.
Alcuin Johnson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Pediatrics), is a primary assessment and intervention supervisor in the Division of Hematology and Oncology for fellows at CHOA - Egelston. He received his Ph.D. in 1986 from the University of Alabama. He conducts neuropsychological evaluations, consultations, and psychotherapy for youth receiving treatment for cancer and blood disorders. His primary research interests are in the areas of sickle cell disease and neuro-oncology.
Julie A. Kable, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Pediatrics), is the Assistant Director of the Fetal Alcohol Clinic at the Marcus Institute, and the primary supervisor for the fetal alcohol clinic work. Dr. Kable received her Ph.D. from Perdue University in 1995 after an internship in Pediatric Psychology at the University of Miami. Dr. Kable’s research interests include behavioral teratology, the psychophysiological assessment of attention, particularly in infancy, and the effects of prenatal exposure to tobacco and alcohol.
Nadine J. Kaslow, Ph.D., ABPP, Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine), Chief Psychologist at GHS, Special Assistant to the Provost, and TD of the Emory Fellowship, is the primary supervisor for the adult inpatient unit and Women’s Health Clinical-Research Projects. She leads the Postdoctoral Fellowship and Family Therapy Seminars. Dr. Kaslow received her Ph.D. in 1983 from the University of Houston. Her clinical and research interests are in family violence, suicide, family therapy, and psychology education and training. As Former Chair of APPIC, Past-President of APA’s Divisions 43 (Family) and 12 (Clinical), President Elect of Division 29 (Psychotherapy), President of the American Board of Clinical Psychology, President Elect of ABPP, as well as being a federally funded and well-published investigator who has received multiple national awards and is the associate editor for two journals, she models the integration of practice, scholarship, and education and the value of active involvement in the larger professional community.
Erica Lee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) is the Assistant Director of the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program at GHS and the primary clinical and research supervisor for fellows at that site. She received her Ph.D. in 2001 from the University of Mississippi. Her primary interests are in working with adults with serious mental illness and in multiculturalism.
Mary Ellen Lynch, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) is a research supervisor for the longitudinal studies conducted by the Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Development Project. She received her Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Cornell University in 1982. Her research interests include parent-adolescent relationships, impact of prenatal substance abuse on child and adolescent development, and social perception processes.
Laura Mee, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) is a clinical supervisor for fellows based at CHOA - Egleston. She is the Director of Consultation-Liaison Services for all transplant patients in the Comprehensive Transplant Center at Egleston. Dr. Mee received her Ph.D. in 1991 from the University of Florida. Her primary clinical and research interest areas are pediatric psychology, issues with transplant patients, pain management and coping with chronic medical conditions.
Barbara Rothbaum, Ph.D., ABPP, Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) and Director of the Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program, serves as a clinical research mentor for fellows interested in cognitive-behavioral interventions for trauma. She investigates cognitive behavioral interventions, including virtual reality interventions, as well as comparisons between pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. As a well-funded and well-published investigator, well-known for her novel treatments, and former President of ISTSS who serves on a number of editorial boards, she serves as a role model for fellows interested in intervention research.
William G. Sharp, Ph.D., Instructor (Pediatrics), provides supervision for assessment and treatment for children in the Pediatric Feeding Disorders Day Treatment and Outpatient Programs at the Marcus Institute. He earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from University of Mississippi in 2006. In addition to providing assessments and treatments for youth with feeding disorders, he provides outpatient behavioral services for children with chronic medical conditions. His research interests include the determinants of help-seeking behavior, the use of motivational enhancement techniques (e.g., motivation interviewing) to increase treatment attendance and adherence, and the application of empirically-supported treatments in applied settings.
Chaundrissa Smith , Ph.D. ¸ Assistant Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences), provides assessment and intervention supervision for clinical child psychology fellows in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic at GHS in the preschool parenting program. She received her Ph.D. in clinical-community psychology from the University of South Carolina in 2005. She is interested in culturally competent individual, group, and family interventions for low-income African American youth in clinic and school settings; parenting programs for African Americans; and pediatric psychology.
Joshua S. Spitalnick, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences), works on the Consultation-Liaison Service at GHS and supervises fellows on the Crisis Stabilization Unit. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Georgia in 2005. His clinical focus includes an emphasis of cognitive-behavioral techniques and behavioral medicine-oriented interventions. His primary research interests examine the interaction of sexual health and psychopathology, treatment of psychopathology among individuals with HIV/AIDS, and identification and treatment of health disparities among underserved, marginalized populations.
Carol Webb, Ph.D., ABPP, Assistant Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) and Director of Internship Training at Emory University SOM, provides intervention supervision for the child clinical psychology fellows at GHS. Dr. Webb received her Ph.D. in 1981 from the University of Delaware. Her major interests are on the effects of divorce on children and professional issues. As former Chair of the Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists and a member of the Board of Directors of the ASPPB, she consults on licensure and ethical issues to the fellows and mentors fellows interested in private practice.
Keith A. Wood, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) and Clinical Director of the Central Fulton County Mental Health Center is the primary supervisor for the Evaluation and Brief Treatment Service at GHS and offers mentorship in administrative supervision. Dr. Wood received his Ph.D. in 1976 from the University of Florida. His major interests are in cross-cultural psychiatry, serious mental illness, and short-term crisis intervention. As a member of enumerable community boards and a person extremely well connected in the Atlanta community, he serves as a model for fellows, particularly minority fellows, for community involvement and leadership.
CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
Amy Alderson, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor (Rehabilitation Medicine) supervises neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation team consultation. She received her Ph.D. from Washington University in 1999. Her interests are in traumatic brain injury, cognitive disorders related to organ transplant, and psychotherapy with neurological populations.
Thomas G. Burns, Psy.D., ABPP/CN, ABPN , Adjunct Professor (Rehabilitation Medicine) and Director of the Department of Neuropsychology, Division of Neurosciences, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Director of Clinical Operations in the Division of Neurosciences, supervises pediatric neuropsychology related to epilepsy. He received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology. Dr. Burns’ research interests include treatment of pediatric neurological disorders using fMRI. His clinical interests include diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy, brain injury and central nervous system disorders.
Grace Fong, Ph.D ., Adjunct Professor (Rehabilitation Medicine) and Staff Neuropsychologist, Department of Neuropsychology, Division of Neurosciences, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, supervises pediatric neuropsychology related to outpatient neurodevelopmental issues. She received her doctorate from American University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Fong’s research interests include fMRI investigation of reward processes and development in clinical populations. Her clinical interests include the evaluation and treatment of preschoolers with neurological and developmental disorders.
Felicia Goldstein, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Neurology) and Research Director of the GHS Memory Assessment Clinic, provides research supervision. She specializes in neuropsychological evaluation of neurological and geriatric patients. She received her Ph.D. in developmental psychology in 1982 from Emory University and completed three years of postdoctoral training in neuropsychology. Dr. Goldstein’s research is focused on cognitive disorders affecting older adults. Areas of investigation include neurobehavioral outcomes following traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer’s disease.
Jacqueline M. Kiefel, Ph.D. , Adjunct Professor (Rehabilitation Medicine) and Staff Neuropsychologist, Department of Neuropsychology, Division of Neurosciences, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, supervises pediatric neuropsychology related to acquired brain injuries. She received her doctorate from City University of New York. Dr. Kiefel’s research interests include evaluation and treatment of children with Duchene Muscular Dystrophy. Her clinical interests include recovery from coma and evaluation of children with brain injuries and spina bifida.
David J. Marcus, Ph.D. , Adjunct Professor (Rehabilitation Medicine) and Staff Neuropsychologist, Department of Neuropsychology, Division of Neurosciences, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, supervises pediatric neuropsychology related to outpatient neurodevelopmental issues. He received his doctorate from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities in Child Psychology. His research and clinical interests include epilepsy, neurofibromatosis and genetic/metabolic disorders.
Anna Bacon Moore, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor (Rehabilitation Medicine) in the Division of Neuropsychology, holds an appointment at the Atlanta VAMC Rehabilitation Research Center of Excellence, and provides research and clinical supervision. She received her Ph.D. in 2000 from the Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at San Diego State University/ University of California, San Diego, and completed her internship at the University of Florida. Dr. Moore's is interested in rehabilitation of language disorders, memory, and frontal/executive dysfunction. She utilizes a variety of cognitive/neuropsychologic instruments as well as functional magnetic resonance imaging to reveal neural substrates of impairment and recovery.
Kathleen M. O’Toole, Ph.D., ABPN , Adjunct Professor (Rehabilitation Medicine) and Senior Neuropsychologist and Training Coordinator, Department of Neuropsychology, Division of Neurosciences, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, supervises pediatric neuropsychology related to acquired brain injuries. She received her doctorate in School Psychology with a specialization in Developmental Neuropsychology from Georgia State University. Dr. O’Toole’s research interests include long-term follow-up of children with acquired brain injuries. Her clinical interests include diagnosis and treatment of acquired brain injury and developmental disorders.
Anthony Y. Stringer, Ph.D., CPCRT, ABPP/ABCN , Professor (Rehabilitation Medicine) and Director of the Division of Neuropsychology and Behavioral Health is also the Associate Director of the Emory Fellowship Program. He provides clinical and research supervision for fellows with a neuropsychology emphasis and leads the Neuropsychology Case Seminar. He received his doctorate from Wayne State University in 1984. He conducts neuropsychological examinations, amobarbital and corticol mapping assessments, and directs the neuropsychology laboratories and the cognitive rehabilitation service. Dr. Stringer conducts research in neuropsychological diagnostic efficacy, ecological validity of neuropsychological tests, cognitive rehabilitation outcome, pharmacologic enhancement of cognition following brain damage, genetic factors in recovery of function, epilepsy, and cognitive prosthetics. As a member of the APA Division 40 Minorities in Neuropsychology Interest Group, he serves as a role model and mentor for neuropsychologists from underrepresented minority groups who are pursuing board certification in neuropsychology. He also is on the ABCN board.
Stacey Woodrome, Ph.D. , Adjunct Professor (Rehabilitation Medicine) and Staff Neuropsychologist, Department of Neuropsychology, Division of Neurosciences, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, supervises pediatric neuropsychology related to acquired brain injuries. She received her doctorate from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in Clinical Rehabilitation Psychology. Her research and clinical interests focus on mild and moderate/severe pediatric brain injury.
PHYSICIAN TRAINING FACULTY
This section presents information on the physician faculty associated with the training programs, separately for the clinical psychology postdoctoral program and the clinical neuropsychology postdoctoral program.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Peter Ash , M.D. , Associate Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) is Chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Director of the Law and Psychiatry Service is active in the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law and co-directs the Forensics Seminar.
Golden Barnett, III, M.D. , Assistant Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences), is an attending psychiatrist on the Adult Inpatient Unit, and Medical Director of the Drug Dependence Unit, GHS.
Michael Compton, M.D., MPH , Assistant Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences), is an attending psychiatrist on the Adult Inpatient Unit, GHS and oversees the Schizophrenia Clinical-Research Postdoctoral position and is involved with the Women’s Health Clinical Research Project He has secured K23 and R01 awards for his research, and is well-published and well funded.
Shannon Croft , M.D. , Assistant Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) is Medical Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic, GHS.
Marina Demetrashvili, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) works with the fellow at the Georgia Center for Cancer Excellence at GHS and is an attending at the FOCUS Intensive Outpatient Program at GHS.
Arden Dingle , M.D . , Associate Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) is Director of the Child Psychiatry Fellowship. She serves on the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry PRITE Examination Committee.
Barbara D’Orio, M.D., MPA , Associate Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) is Director of the Psychiatric Emergency Services and Assistant Clinical Director at GHS. She is involved with the Women’s Health Clinical Research Project.
Andrew Furman , M.D. , Associate Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) is the Associate Clinical Director, GHS. He recently co-edited a book on seminal papers in psychoanalysis.
Patrick Haggard, M.D. , Assistant Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) is Medical Director of the Adult Inpatient Unit, GHS.
Karen Hochman, M.D. , Assistant Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) and Medical Director of the Focus Intensive Outpatient Program, GHS, is actively involved in the Community Psychiatry organization.
Steven T. Levy, M.D. , Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences), Chief of Psychiatry GHS, and Director and Training and Supervising Analyst, Emory Psychoanalytic Institute is the Editor of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association.
Kerry Ressler, M.D., Ph.D . , Associate Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences), is Director of the Trauma and Genetics Research Program, GHS.
Ann Schwartz , M.D . , Assistant Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) is Director of the Consultation Liaison Service, GHS, and the Associate Residency Training Director.
Sanjay Sharma, M.D. , Assistant Professor (Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) is an attending psychiatrist for the ALAFIA Project.
Jennifer Wootten , M.D. , Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is the Medical Director of Evaluation and Brief Treatment Service, GHS.
CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
Charles M. Epstein, M.D. , Associate Professor (Neurology) is the Director of Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring, Emory Healthcare.
Robert A. Gross, M.D., Ph.D. Professor (Neurosurgery) is the Director of Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery, Emory University Hospital.
Sandra L. Helmers, M.D. , Associate Professor (Neurology) is the Director of the Adult Electroencephalography Laboratory, Emory Healthcare.
Thomas R. Henry, M.D. , Associate Professor (Neurology) is part of the clinical staff of the Emory Epilepsy Center, Emory Healthcare.
Suzette LaRoche, M.D. , Assistant Professor (Neurology) is an attending physician in the Emory Epilepsy Center.
Page B. Pennell, M.D. , Assistant Professor (Neurology) is Director of the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at GHS and Director of the Emory Epilepsy Center.
Krish Sathian, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor (Neurology, Rehabilitation Medicine) is involved with fellows in functional imaging research.
ADJUNCT PSYCHOLOGY FACULTY AND PSYCHOLOGY FACULTY IN
AFFILIATED DEPARTMENTS
The following is a representative group of adjunct faculty and community members who serve as off-site supervisors and/or job mentors for the postdoctoral fellows.
Vivian Auerbach, Ph.D., ABPP/ABCN is an adjunct Associate Professor in the Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Psychology at Emory University and Georgia State University. She received her doctorate in 1983 from the University of Houston in clinical neuropsychology. Her clinical practice emphasizes diagnosis and treatment of cognitive disorders resulting from traumatic brain injury. She provides professional development consultation and supervision of fellows with a specific emphasis in neuropsychology.
Sheena Carter, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. She received her Ph.D. in 1989 in applied developmental psychology from the University of New Orleans. She supervises individuals in neonatology and the Developmental Follow-Up Clinic.
Susan Chance, Ph.D. , is an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She received her Ph.D. in 1999 from Georgia State University and is a Candidate at the Emory Psychoanalytic Institute. She supervises postdoctoral fellows in psychodynamically oriented psychotherapy.
Catherine Deering Ph.D. is a tenured Professor of Psychology at Clayton College and State University, a staff psychologist at the Atlanta VA Medical Center, and an adjunct Clinical Associate Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She received her Ph.D. in 1991 from the University of Rhode Island. She supervises group psychotherapy and women’s health.
Susan Gantt, Ph.D., ABPP is an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, works full-time in private practice, is the Director of the Systems-Centered Training and Research Institute, and is an internationally recognized group psychotherapist and group psychotherapy trainer. She received his Ph.D. in 1984 from Georgia State University. She teaches and supervises group psychotherapy.
Mark Gilson, Ph.D., ABPP is an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and works full-time in private practice. He is the Training Director at the Atlanta Center for Cognitive Therapy. He received his Ph.D. in 1983 from Georgia State University. He supervises cognitive therapy.
Jeana Griffith, Ph.D., is an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She received her Ph.D. in 1990 from Miami University of Ohio. She supervises child and family psychotherapy.
Elizabeth King, Ph.D. is an adjunct Clinical Associate Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She received her Ph.D. in 1972 from the University of Georgia. She supervises the postdoctoral fellow who works with breast cancer patients.
Carol Kleemier, Ph.D. , is an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She received her Ph.D. in 1986 from Emory University. She supervises postdoctoral fellows focused on clinical child psychology.
Jean Muench, Ph.D. is a staff psychologist at the Atlanta VA Medical Center and an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She received her Ph.D. in 1996 from Kent State University. She provides supervision related to substance abuse work.
Ashley Owen, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Co-Director of the Behavioral Medicine Program. Dr. Owen received her Ph.D. in 2003 from University of South Florida. Her current interests are in the provision of assessments, consultations, and interventions for medically ill individuals across the life-span and their families.
John Paddock, Ph.D., ABPP is an adjunct Clinical Associate Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and works full-time in private practice. A former President of the Georgia Psychological Association, he received his Ph.D. in 1982 from Emory University. He supervises outpatient adult psychotherapy.
Susan Reviere, Ph.D., is an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and works full-time in private practice. She received her Ph.D. in 1997 from Georgia State University. She supervises psychotherapy for adults with serious mental illness and provides biostatistical support.
Leah Stock-Landis, Ph.D., is an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and works full-time in private practice at the Atlanta Center for Cognitive Therapy. She received her Ph.D. from Georgia State University in 1995. She supervises the dialectical behavior therapy program.
Martie Thompson, Ph.D., is a Research Associate Professor at Clemson University and an adjunct clinical assistant professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She is a nationally recognized injury control and prevention researcher. She received her Ph.D. in 1995 from Georgia State University in community psychology. She provides methodological and statistical consultation.
Calvin Vanderplate, Ph.D., ABPP is an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and works full-time in private practice. He received his Ph.D. in 1978 from the University of Southern Mississippi. He supervises adult psychotherapy and consultation-liaison work.
Steven Walfish, Ph.D. is a Visiting Lecturer at Georgia State University, an adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and works full-time in private practice. He has published on career development in psychology and managed care. He received his Ph.D. in 1981 from the University of Southern Florida. He supervises adult psychotherapy.
Elana Zimand, Ph.D. is Director of Clinical Services at Virtually Better and an Adjunct Assistant Professor. She is a licensed psychologist specializing in the treatment of anxiety and depression primarily for children and adolescents, but also including adults and families. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from University at Albany, SUNY. Her primary research interests include use of virtual reality applications in the treatment of anxiety disorders. She is the primary supervision for Virtually Better.
