Core Faculty of the
Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology



 Program Director
 (Ph.D., University of Iowa)

Psychological assessment and diagnosis; cognitive-behavioral therapy, community treatment of serious mental illness; legal issues in mental health.


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Associate Director and Assistant Professor
(Psy.D., Antioch/New England Graduate School)

Ethnicity and professional development; adolescent treatment; countertransference and the therapeutic relationship; Buddhism and psychoanalysis; women, mentoring and clinical training issues.

Lourdes Dale
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Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., American University)

Infants and children, pediatric health psychology.






Kathy McCloskey
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Associate Professor
(Ph.D., Columbia Pacific/Research Psychology; Psy.D., Wright State University/Clinical Psychology; American Board of Professional Psychology Diplomate; ABPP-Clinical)


Domestic violence; multicultural training and curricula development; gay, lesbian, and bisexual issues; ethics; forensics; cognitive-behavioral therapy; strategic therapy; brief therapy; research methodology and design; program evaluation.

Anne Pidano
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Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany)

Child and family therapy, parenting, attachment, and resiliency; clinical training and administration.




Ines Schroeder
                                       
Director of Admissions
                                        (Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University)
                                       
                                        Abuse, trauma, loss, and anxiety; assessment for                                                 adults and children, play therapy, techniques in                                                     treating latency aged youth.

James Vivian
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Associate Professor
(Ph.D., Boston College)

Substance abuse, group and intergroup processess, prejudice and intergroup conflict, public policy and research methods.




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Professor
(Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania)

Public attitudes toward mental illnesses; media depiction of mental illnesses; mental illness stigma.



Peter Weiss
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Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., Long Island University--Brooklyn)
 
Personality assessment, particularily the Rorschach Comprehensive System, Kelly Role Construct Repertory Test, MMPI-2, and Personality Assessment Invemtory (PAI); psychopathology, criminal psychology, psycholo- gical assessment of aggressive behavior; psychological sreening of police officer candidates and, self-concept and self-esteem.