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

Dr. DiCello joined the Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology as adjunct faculty in 1999 and has been Core faculty since 2000. Prior to coming to Hartford, she was also adjunct faculty at Albertus Magnus College and at Antioch University New England in the doctoral program in Clinical Psychology. She now serves as Associate Director and Assistant Professor at the GIPP, where she coordinates the Prepracticum and Practicum systems; Qualifying Exams; organizes the program’s annual Diversity Conference, and serves as Coordinator of Student Affairs. Dr. DiCello earned her B.A. in psychology from the University of Vermont, her M.S. in Counseling Psychology from Southern Connecticut State University, and her Psy.D. from Antioch University New England. While her training has been primarily in psychodynamic theory, she also utilizes interpersonal and cognitive-behavioral approaches in her clinical work. Her primary clinical and research interests include adolescent treatment; the role of countertransference in the therapeutic relationship; women and mentoring; ethnicity and professional development; and the supervision and training of doctoral students.

She also was one of the co-founders of the GIPP’s Women’s Research and Mentoring Project, and has recently developed a pilot supervision training program for doctoral students. In addition to her academic duties, she maintains an independent psychotherapy practice in New Haven, CT, where she sees adolescents and adults in individual and couples’ therapy. Her areas of focus include depression and anxiety, life transitions, gay and lesbian issues, substance abuse, and school avoidance.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

DiCello, D. & Zitzkat, L. (2006). Strengthening the supervisory alliance: Guidelaines for the supervisor and supervisee. (in preparation).

DiCello, D. (2006). “Contra genio”: The Italian-American woman’s experience as clinical psychologist.

DiCello, D. (2003). “Contra genio”: The Italian-American woman’s experience as clinical psychologist. Paper presented at the Association for Women in Psychology Conference, Jersey City, NJ.

DiCello, D. (1999, March). Women’s ways of freedom: Women, psychotherapy and Buddhism. Paper presented at the Association for Women in Psychology Conference, Providence, RI.

DiCello, D. (1998, August). Relatedness and its place in therapy: Countertransference disclosure, intimacy and gender. Division 39 panel presentation, American Psychological Association Convention, San Francisco, CA.

DiCello, D. (1998, March). The female hand of countertransference: Disclosure, intimacy and gender. Training session for therapists at the Association for Women in Psychology Conference, Baltimore, MD.

DiCello, D. (1994, October). On the borderline: Women, feminism and diagnosis. Paper presented at the Connecticut Psychological Association Convention, Waterbury, CT.

COURSES TAUGHT AT GIPP