Core Faculty of the
Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology
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.
Associate Director and Assistant Professor
(Psy.D., Antioch University New England)
Ethnicity and professional development; adolescent treatment; countertransference and the therapeutic relationship; Buddhism and psychoanalysis; women, mentoring and clinical training issues.
Alice W. Cheng
Assistant Professor(Ph.D., University of Rhode Island)
Ethnic minority mental health disparity; Asian-American mental health; alcohol and substance use disorders; culturally adapted interventions; diagnostic issues in ethnic minority; experiences of minority therapist (training, supervision, therapy dynamic, professional development); multicultural competency; racial microaggression (implicit racism); childhood abuse/trauma; and adult attachment styles.
Lourdes Dale
Associate Professor
(Ph.D., American University)
Infants and children, pediatric health psychology.
Kathy McCloskey
Professor (Ph.D., Columbia Pacific
University / Research
Psychology; Psy.D., Wright State University /Clinical Psychology;
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
Assistant Professor
(Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany)
The intersection of pediatric primary care and behavioral health, Child and family therapy; clinical doctoral training and administration.
Professor
Public attitudes toward mental illnesses; media depiction of mental illnesses; mental illness stigma.
Peter Weiss
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.