Core Faculty of the
Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology

OttoWahl Picture
(Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania);
Professor and Program Director.


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



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


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

John G. Mehm

(Ph.D., University of Iowa); Associate Director.

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



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

Infants and children, pediatric health psychology.






Robert M. Leve
(Ph.D.,University of Maryland); Associate Professor, Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology.

Clinical research; psychotherapy and assessment of children; social aspects of behavior modification.


Kathy McCloskey
KathyMcCloskey PictureAssociate 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
Anne PIdano Picture
Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany), Assistant Professor.


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




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


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




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