Fall 2012 Vol. 1 No. 1

We launch our inaugural issue of the program newsletter

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We begin a new feature for the

program in launching this

newsletter. We believe this will be

a valuable source of information

for current and former students, as

well as faculty and supervisors for

our program. Over time we hope to

facilitate the connection between

alumni and current students/faculty.

We want to inform alumni about

the activities of the program and to

keep folks up to date about our

accreditation maintenance and

accomplishments of the program.

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Among the things we look forward

to presenting are: bios of incoming

classes, titles of dissertations of

graduating students, student

awards, practicum and internship

experiences of our students,

research generated by the program,

clinical service of members of the

UDM community, news from

alumni, information about the

UDM Psychology Clinic, news

about presentations involving

UDM, such as the Psychodynamic

Research Symposium, The

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Psychoanalytic Visiting Professor,

the presentation to the Students and

Trainees Association, the practicum-

internship fair, grants obtained by

members of the program and

psychology department and more..

We also welcome your feedback

about this newsletter including ideas

about what you would like to see

covered. So please let me know what

you think about the newsletter by

contacting me at:

phdclinicalpsychology@udmercy.edu

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Interesting Facts about the UDM Psychology Clinic We can see individuals with limited or no insurance coverage for a fee based on gross household income | Doctoral candidates in the Clinical Psychology Program provide comprehensive care, treatment and assessment, supervised by fully licensed psychologists | Open year round with evening and weekend hours | We partner with many organizations throughout the Detroit metropolitan area | We accept referrals 313-578-0570.

Working Alliances

The Newsletter for the University of Detroit Mercy Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology

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Internship News 7 UDM students matched with APA accredited pre-doctoral internships for 2012-2013. KELLY LYNN BAAS HENRY FORD HEALTH SCIENCES CTR DETROIT, MI CONSULTATION-LIAISON WHITNEY ALEXIS CARNICOM WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY DETROIT, MI GENERAL INTERNSHIP BRYAN ALFRED DOVICHI WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY DETROIT, MI GENERAL INTERNSHIP LEENA HADIED JOHN D. DINGELL VA MEDICAL CTR DETROIT, MI PSYCHOLOGY INTERNSHIP MIRA KHOUCHANE GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIV ALLENDALE, MI PSYCHOLOGY INTERNSHIP BARACHIUS C THOMAS BROUGHTON HOSPITAL MORGANTON, NC PSYCHOLOGY INTERNSHIP JAMES S VILLANUEVA SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL WASHINGTON, DC PSYCHOLOGY INTERNSHIP

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Each year the program invites

representatives from practicum

sites and local internship settings

for the Practicum-Internship Fair.

This year the fair was held on

October 23rd. For the past several

years, we have been able to hold

the event in the President’s Dining

Room, which is located in the

Student Union Building.

The event is a meet-and-greet

activity. Practicum and internship

sites have a table and nameplate.

Students circulate from setting to

setting and have a chance to

discuss the specifics of each

setting with a representative,

usually the practicum or internship

director. This is meant to be an

informal experience, which allows

students to gather information

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about settings and help them

decide the types of settings to

which they would like to apply. A

friendly atmosphere with coffee

and cookies enables everyone to

become more familiar with each

other.

Subsequently, students apply to

settings and interview at the sites

that invite them. In February

students are placed according to a

match process that is similar to the

internship match. Students and

sites rank their preferences. On the

last Friday in February (the same

day as internship match), sites

contact students to offer positions.

The practicum match process

helps prepare students for the

internship match.

2012 Practicum-Internship Fair

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APA Site Visit

2014

The program received a 5-year

accreditation in 2009 from the

APA Commission on

Accreditation. The UDM program

is accredited as a Scientist-

Practitioner Program. APA will

conduct its next site visit in 2014.

We will be busy preparing the

self-study report in 2013, which

serves as the basis for

demonstrating our program’s goals

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and standards. The site visit team

will meet with program and

department faculty members, key

administrative personnel, such as

the Dean of CLAE, the Provost &

Vice President of Academic

Affairs, and President Garibaldi,

as well as with students, and

external practicum directors. The

site visit team also reviews

dissertations, program files, and

the facilities of the Psychology

Clinic and the university. Each site

visit team consists of three

members, 2 clinical psychologists

and 1 generalist psychologist.

Internship Preparation Night

In order to help intern applicants prepare for interviews, the program holds internship preparation night in November. This year it is held on November 27. James Maher, Ph.D. (above with Diana Mendez, Ph.D.) has graciously volunteered his time to conduct mock interviews with applicants and provide insight into the interview process. Dr. Maher was director of the Wyandotte internship program for many years.

We also invite students who are currently on internship locally to chat with this year’s applicants about the interview process, to consider interview strategies and to share what they learned from having gone through the experience the previous year.

The Internship Match process is highly competitive. Following the application process, students and internship programs submit ranks. The match is determined via a computerized process. The process enables students to match with their highest ranked site that selects them. This year Internship Match day is Friday February 22, 2013.

Psychodynamic Research Symposium Jacqyes Barber, Ph.D. (pictured above with students and with Cheryl

Munday, Ph.D.) gave a presentation and discussion entitled ““What Do

We Know about the Empirical Study of Dynamic Therapy for

Depression? And Where Do We Go from Here?” (Co-sponsored by

Eastern Michigan University and Michigan State University) on October 1,

2012. Dr. Barber is the Dean of the Derner Institute at Adelphi University.

This was the 3rd annual event in the series. The Psychodynamic Research

Symposium is open to all members of the UDM community and to the

public.

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Visiting Professor 2012 Rosemary Balsam, M.D.

Rosemary Balsam, M.D. provided live supervision for

a clinical case of UDM doctoral student Mindee Juve,

M.A. (above) in her role as visiting professor in March

2012. The visiting professor is sponsored by the

Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, and UDM is one of

the co-sponsors. Dr. Balsam is an Associate Clinical

Professor of Psychiatry in the Yale Medical School

where she has taught psychotherapy at the Department

of Student Health since coming to New Haven from

Belfast, N. Ireland in the early 1970s. A Training and

Supervising analyst at the Western New England

Institute for Psychoanalysis, she is also in private

practice. Her special interest is in female development,

and she recently published Women's Bodies in

Psychoanalysis (Routledge), about how the body is

represented and theorized in analysis.

SATA Presentation

UDM Doctoral student Tyler Boonstra

presented a case to the Students’ and Trainees’

Association of the Michigan Psychoanalytic

Society on February 25, 2012. Bernadette

Kovach, Ph.D. served as discussion facilitator.

SPOTLIGHT ON… PARTNERSHIPS THAT WORK UDM Psychology Clinic and HFCC

Henry Ford Community College (HFCC) has over

16,000 students enrolled in its programs

representing a very diverse population from over

200 communities in the metropolitan Detroit area.

The Henry Ford Community College Counseling

Service provides a myriad of services to students

including academic advising, career counseling,

transfer counseling and advising, personal growth

and development courses, and brief counseling in

time management or stress management, as well

as career/life planning and management. However,

HFCC refers those in need of extended

psychological counseling to outside clinics. The

UDM Psychology Clinic is proud to be a clinic

HFCC entrusts with its students.

Referrals come out of their Counseling Office,

Assisted Learning Services, and Focus on Women

groups. HFCC sees UDM as providing a myriad

of counseling services that support the needs of

the greater community while doing so at a

reduced rate. The UDM Psychology Clinic’s

sliding fee scale and flexible hours work well for

their student population, who has busy schedules

and limited funds. We are happy that HFCC feels

the students who have been referred to the

psychology clinic have had their needs met by us.

The clinic is very pleased to have this alliance

with HFCC and hopes to continue serving the

needs of their student population in the future.

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The UDM Doctoral Program is proud to announce that we are a recent recipient of a Scholarships for

Disadvantaged Students (SDS) Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

of the Department of Health and Human Resources (HHS). The SDS is a grant program that provides

funds to eligible accredited U.S. health professions schools to make scholarships to students from

disadvantaged backgrounds who have financial need and are enrolled or accepted for enrollment as full

time students.

The program will receive $142, 852 per year for the next 4 years for a total of $571,408. Funding for

student scholarships will begin during the 2012-13 academic year. Students apply for the grants, and

funding is based upon criteria determined by the Federal Government for either economic or

environmental disadvantage. Grants must be for at least half of the student’s tuition in a given year but

can also cover expenses related to training, including living expenses. Institutions that receive awards

must develop and implement a program for recruiting and retaining students from disadvantaged

backgrounds. Schools are required to give preference to students for whom the cost of attendance

would constitute a severe financial hardship and to former recipients of scholarships.

This grant was changed to a competitive grant process for this funding cycle, meaning that the program

submitted an extensive level of justification for the request for funding. HRSA required programs to

demonstrate recruitment and retention of disadvantaged students, including ethnic minorities. In

addition, HRSA required programs to demonstrate a commitment to psychology training in primary

care settings. UDM has practicum relationships with Wayne State Family Medicine program at

Crittenton Hospital, as well as with Genesys Health System and McLaren Health System in Flint. We

believe that our training in psychoanalytic work is a benefit to working in primary healthcare settings,

and the feedback we have received from supervisors reinforces that.

Doctoral Program Receives Large Grant to

Assist Disadvantaged Students

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Commencement 2012 and Dissertations from the past year

Marni Anne Gauci: An Examination of the Interrelationship between Trauma, PTSD Symptomotology, Personality,

and Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors. Chair: Douglas MacDonald, Ph.D.

Holly Katherine Hale: Playing with Stress: Perceived Stress Among World of Warcraft Players. Chair: Judy

McCown, Ph.D.

Grant Matthew Heller: Psychopathology, Adaptive Functioning and Motivational Needs as Predictors of Video

Game Use and Engagement. Chair: Barry Dauphin, Ph.D.

Diana Maria Mendez: An Evaluation of the Relstion of Spirituality to Pastraumatic Stress and Depressive

Symptomotology in a Sample of Child and Adolescent Survivors of the 2007 Earthquake in Ica-Peru. Chair: Douglas

MacDonald, Ph.D.

Jennifer Marie Mohorovic: Understanding How Age Affects the Relationship Between Well-known Predictors of

Volunteerism and the Duration and Intensity of Volunteering. Chair: Elizabeth Hill, Ph.D.

Alajandra Rita Ogando: Supervisees’ Ethical Sensitivity and Professional Wisdom. Chair: Cheryl, Munday, Ph.D.

Amanda Lee Peake: Patients’ Understanding of their Mental Illness and How They Cope. Chair: Christine Panyard,

PhD.

Sara Helene Rizzo. Predictive Factors of Juvenile Delinquents Who Become Adult Offenders. Chair: Margaret Stack,

Ph.D.

Annamaria Silveri. Implications of Physical Attractiveness for Long Term Marital Satisfaction: Universal Findings

and Cultural Variations. Chair: Carol Weisfeld, Ph.D.

Andrinee Alene Wilson: Juvenile Sex Offenders: An Evaluation of Complex Trauma. Chair: Margaret Stack, Ph.D.

Left-to-Right.

Grads line up for

walk to Calahan

Hall.

Judy McCown ,

Ph.D. with grad

Holly Hale,

Ph.D.

Post

commencement

celebration

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Practicum Sites We would like to acknowledge practicum sites utilized by our students for training. Good practicum training is crucial for the development of the next generation of psychologists. Our students have worked recently and/or will be working at the following sites: • Center for Forensic Psychiatry • David Cowan & Associates • Children’s Hospital of Michigan • David Drasnin, Ph.D./Pontiac

Osteopathic Hospital • Genesys Regional Medical

Center • Hawthorne Center • Helfman & Associates • Henry Ford Hospital • Life Stress Center @ Detroit

Receiving Hospital • McLaren Behavioral Medical

Education • Neurobehavioral Consultants • Oakland University Graham

Health and Counseling Center • University of Michigan Dearborn

Psychotherapy Externship Program in Clinical Psychology

• John Dingell VA Center • Walnut Lake Therapeutic

Preschool and Developmental Kindergarten f the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute

• Wayne County Court-Center for Child Study

• Wayne State University-Crittenton Family Medical Center

• Wyandotte Hospital

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The Ph.D. Program welcomed in

the new academic year with a

picnic that was held on campus

between Reno and Shiple Halls on

Saturday September 15. Students,

faculty and Psychology Clinic

supervisors were able to enjoy

good food on a beautiful

September Saturday. We

welcomed the new students to the

program and provided an

opportunity for everyone to hand

out together before the new

academic year really begins to

take off.

Students and faculty worked

together to make this inaugural

event a success. We were able to

barbeque using the grills at the

university. The Doctoral

Psychology Student Association

PhD Program Holds Picnic to Welcome in the New Academic Year

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helped organize the picnic and

do the shopping. Special

thanks goes out to Arthur

Smith-Vaughan, a 2nd year

doctoral student, for helping

get the supplies and coordinate

activities for the day. Also,

Psychology Department Chair

Dr. Linda Slowik brought a

number of outdoor “toys” for

folks to enjoy. It was great to

see folks out with their

families and children running

around the area soaking in the

sun and fun.

We look forward to holding

this event again and expanding

the invitation list to include

alumni and practicum

directors.

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Recent Publications of our Students

Student Names in Bold.

Gauci, M. A., & MacDonald, D. A. (2012). Confirmatory factor analysis of the posttraumatic stress disorder

checklist. Journal Of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 21(3), 321-330. doi:10.1080/10926771.2012.665429.

Blume, L. B., Sani, A., & Ads, M. (2011). Family life education with Arab immigrant families. In S. M. Ballard &

A. C. Taylor (Eds.), Family life education with diverse populations (pp. 211-233). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE

Publications, Inc.

Porcerelli, J.H., Cogan, R., Markova, T., Miller, K., & Mickens, L. (2011, March- April). The DSM-IV Defensive

Functioning Scale: A Validity Study. Comprehensive Psychiatry, Volume 52, 225 – 230.

Ventimiglia, M., & MacDonald, D. A. (2012). An examination of the factorial dimensionality of the Marlowe

Crowne Social Desirability Scale. Personality And Individual Differences, 52(4), 487-491.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2011.11.016.

Arfken, C. L., Arnetz, B. B., Fakhouri, M., Ventimiglia, M. J., & Jamil, H. (2011). Alcohol use among Arab

Americans: What is the prevalence?. Journal Of Immigrant And Minority Health, 13(4), 713-718.

doi:10.1007/s10903-011-9447-8.

McKechnie, J. and Hill, E.M. (2011). Risk factors for alcoholism in Women Religious: Affect Regulation. Pastoral

Psychology 69, 693-703.

Weisfeld, C., Dillon, L., Nowak, N., Mims, K., Weisfeld, G., Imamoglo, E.O., Butosvkaya, M. and Shen, J. (2011).

Sex Differences and similarities in Married Couples: Patterns Across and Within Cultures. Archives of Sexual

Behavior. 40 (4), 1-8.

Leventhal, A. M., Brightman, M., Ameringer, K. J., Greenberg, J., Mickens, L., Ray, L. A., & ... Sussman, S.

(2010). Anhedonia associated with stimulant use and dependence in a population-based sample of American adults.

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 18(6), 562-569. doi:10.1037/a0021964.

Leventhal, A. M., Mickens, L., Dunton, G. F., Sussman, S., Riggs, N. R., & Pentz, M. (2010). Tobacco use

moderates the association between major depression and obesity. Health Psychology, 29(5), 521-528.

doi:10.1037/a0020854

Mickens, L., Ameringer, K., Brightman, M., & Leventhal, A. M. (2010). Epidemiology, determinants, and

consequences of cigarette smoking in African American women: An integrative review. Addictive Behaviors, 35(5),

383-391. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.12.014.

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Student Publications Continued

Leventhal, A.M., Brightman, M., Ameringer, K.J., Greenberg, J., Mickens, L., Ray, L.A., Sun, P., & Sussman, S.

(2010, December). Anhedonia Associates with Stimulant Use and Dependence in a Population-Based Sample of

American Adults. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, Volume 18, 562 – 569.

Lorincz, A. C. & Abell, S. (in press). Understanding neuroticism in emerging adulthood: Integrating the contributions

of Erickson and Fromm. In F. Columbus (ed.). The psychology of Neuroticism. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science

Publications.

Malcore, S. A., Windell, J., Seyuin, M., & Hill, E. (2010). Predictors of continued conflict after divorce or separation:

Evidence from a high-conflict group treatment program. Journal Of Divorce & Remarriage, 51(1), 50-64.

doi:10.1080/10502550903423297

Dauphin, B., & Heller, G. (2010). Going to other worlds: The relationships between videogaming, psychological

absorption, and daydreaming styles. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 13(2), 169-172.

González-Prendes, A., Hindo, C., & Pardo, Y. (2011). Cultural Values Integration in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for

a Latino With Depression. Clinical Case Studies, 10, 5, 376-394.

Pardo, Y., Weisfeld, C., Hill, E., & Slatcher, R. B. (May 08, 2012). Machismo and Marital Satisfaction in Mexican

American Couples. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.

Porcerelli, J.H., Cogan, R., Markova, T., Miller, K., & Mickens, L. (2011, March- April). The DSM-IV Defensive

Functioning Scale: A Validity Study. Comprehensive Psychiatry, Volume 52, 225 – 230.

Aldhalimi, A., & Sheldon, J. P. (2012). Stigmatic attitudes of Arabs and Arab Americans toward schizophrenia.

Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 10(2), 223-226. doi:10.1080/15562948.2012.674328

In case of any missed or upcoming publications or presentations, students and alumni should send notification to Dr.

Dauphin (dauphivb@udmercy.edu).

(Center) Grant Heller presents a poster.

(Right) Tyler Boonstra and Eric Strongin chat

with Robert Bornstein at the 2011

Psychodynamic Research Symposium.

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We’re on Facebook.

We’ve created a Facebook page for the program to help students, alumni and

faculty stay connected. If you would like to be added to our Facebook group,

search for the UDM PhD Clinical Psychology Program and ask to be added.

Recent Presentations of Students

Our students have presented posters and papers during the past year in various forums, including the

American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, the Annual Meeting of the

International Neuropsychological Society, the UDM Research Fair among others. Doctoral students’

names in bold.

Boonstra, T., Strongin, E., Lilley, S. C., Gedge, E. R., Barbat, S., Switzer, K. A., McMahon, A.,

Wright, B., Golla, M. M., Ikanga, J., Lewitzke, K. A., Martin, C. A., Kadrich, M. R., MacDonald, D. A.,

& Deering, D. E. (2012, February). The five factor model and the brain: Personality and resting brain

states via qEEG. Poster presented at the 40th Annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological

Society, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Ikanga, J., MacDonald, D. A., McMahon, A., Lilley, S. C., Gedge, E. R., Barbat, S., Switzer, K. A.,

Wright, B., Golla, M. M., Strongin, E., Boonstra, T., Lewitzke, K. A., Martin, C. A., Kadrich, M. R., &

Deering, D. E. Poster presented at the 40th Annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological

Society, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (2012, February).

CA Munday, C., Escamilla, M., Lawson, W., Lesser, I., Neighbors, H., Strakowski, S., M.D., Vega, W.,

Thomas, B. (2012, August ). Patient race, ethnicity, gender and reliability of self-report in psychiatric

diagnosis. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association,

Orlando, FLA.

Shinne, E., Slowik, L. H., & Weisfeld, C.C. (2012). Let’s Talk: College men and women discuss sexual

issues. Poster presented at the annual Research Fair, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI, April 2012.

Dauphin, V.B., Greene, H.H., Juve, M., & Burnett, V. Eye movement responses across the Rorschach

cards. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Chicago, IL,

2012.

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Presentations Continued.

Meade, J. A., Nefouse, S.R., Rothermel, R., & Secord, E. (2012). Left handedness in a perinatally HIV infected

population. (Accepted for presentation at the 2012 American Psychological Association Convention, Orlando,

Florida).

Aldhalimi, A. & Munday, C. (March, 2012). Dealing with Patients’ Anger. Presented at Staff Developmental

Day at the University of Detroit Mercy Dental School, Detroit, MI.

McMahon, A. (2012). What Is Psychological Assessment? February 17, 2012 Glengarda Child and Family

Services 3896 Connaught St. Windsor, Ontario N9C 2C1.

Heller, G. M. & Dauphin, V. B. (2012, August 3). Predictors of Self-Reported Interfering Video Game Use.

Poster session presented at the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.

Gabriel, M., Dauphin, V., & McCown, J. (2011). The Development in Clinical Judgment in Beginning Graduate

Students. Poster presentation at the Annual American Psychological Association Conference in Washington,

D.C.. (August 5, 2011).

Heller, G. M., & Dauphin, V. B. (2011, August). Video game use, attachment style, and self-esteem. Poster

presented at the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. (August 7, 2011).

Hale, H., & McCown, J.A. (May 2012). Multidimensional social support experienced within World of Warcraft:

Gender differences. Poster presented at annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago,

IL.

McCown, J.A., & Coleman, J.P. (May 2012). Upping the ante: Using penalties to increase student attendance.

Poster presented at the annual conference of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

Hale, H., & McCown, J.A. (August 2012). Predictors of self-reported benefits among World of Warcraft players.

Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.

Juve, M., Dauphin, B., Greene, H. and Burnett, V. (March 2012). Emotional Responsiveness to the Rorschach is

Reflected in Eye Movement Responses. Paper presented to the annual conference of the Society for Personality

Assessment. Chicgao, IL.

(Left to Right) Molly

Gabriel and Hailey

Hegland chat with

Nancy McWilliams,

Ph.D. Joseph Coleman

and Sylvia Malcore,

Ph.D. present posters

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Meet the 2012 First Year Class

From right-to-left: Carter Comrie, Sarah Frost, Rebecca Jacobs, Haley Lotter, Shirley Rosario , John Jones,

Anthony Tamborello, Yen-Ju Lee.

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Carter Comrie was born and raised in Atlanta, GA., where he attended Emory University. While there, he

participated in a study aboard in Scotland. There he worked with a research group that performed a small study

looking for a relationship between pro-social and antisocial behaviors with cognitive abilities. He worked at the

BUILD lab at Emory, where they focused on biosocial factors on autism. Also, he worked at the Emory Autism

Center, where he gained hands on experience with autism. He has a passion for psychology and hope to be

successful in the field.

Rebecca Jacobs received an MS in Clinical Health Psychology from the University of Michigan-Dearborn in

August of 2012. She also holds an MBA in International Management from Thunderbird, the American

Graduate School of International Management and a BA from Purdue University. She made a career change to

focus on Clinical Psychology after spending over 8 years working in Human Resources Management for

companies like Bayer Corporation, Cummins Engine Company and The Pepsi Bottling Group. Aside from

school, she enjoys spending time with my husband of ten years and our two young children.

Sarah Frost graduated Summa Cum Laude from Adrian College with a BA in Psychology and Spanish. While

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there she conducted a study, The Placebo Effect and Relation Between Blood Pressure and Pain Sensitivity,

which was published in the Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research. She also has an MA in General

Psychology from The New School. While there, she worked at the Center for Attachment Research with

troubled families. She also interned at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore as a member of the Behavior

Consultation Team. She worked with adolescents who have chronic illness and comorbid psychological

disorders. After she obtains her PhD, her goal is to work as a clinical psychologist with children and families in

a medical setting.

John Jones graduated from Rochester College with a BS majoring psychology in May of 2012. He has several

areas of experience from his undergraduate studies; these include research lab assistance at Henry Ford Health

System and practicum work at South Oakland Shelter. He was a wide range of clinical research interests that

focus on child psychology, mother-child relationship dynamics, and adult psychopathology. Upon obtaining his

degree he hopes to continue research, teaching, and opening his own practice.

Yen-Ju Lee originally comes to UDM from Taiwan. In 2010, he received his master's degree in Clinical

Psychology the UDM Clinical MA program. He is very glad to be able to continue his education at UDM. He is

interested in cross-cultural research, and has conducted experiments in information processing with UDM

professor Harold Greene, Ph.D. attempting to understand the eye movement strategies of individuals across

various cultures. He would like to further develop more research in this area.

Haley Lotter completed three years of undergraduate study at Ferris State University, obtaining a BS in

Psychology with minors in Sociology and Criminal Justice. Her practicum experiences included work with a

local shelter for abused women and children and a rotation with the Department of Human Services. She also

had the opportunity to work in an animal behavior lab. From her undergraduate experiences, she developed a

great interest in inner-city youth. Her current goals include expanding my experiences into work with and

research surrounding children.

Shirley Rosario received a Bachelor’s degree in psychology and two minors, religious studies and philosophy,

at Ferris State University. While there, she assisted with two research studies and held one practicum position.

Her practicum was at New Journey Clubhouse, which works to integrate people who suffer from mental illness

back into the community. She is interested in research involving spirituality, schizophrenia, and minorities. She

hopes to someday work in a hospital setting.

Anthony Tamborello graduated with his master’s degree in clinical psychology from Sam Houston State

University in December of 2006. He worked for two years at Rusk State Hospital in Rusk, Texas as a master

level psychologist where he worked with women suffering from chronic sever mental illness. He spent two

semesters in a PsyD program in Chicago before being accepted into the Clinical Psychology PhD program here

at U.D Mercy. Anthony’s research interests currently involve the mental health of medical residents and the

effects this has on their work.

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Supervisors of the UDM Psychology

Clinic One of the cornerstones of the clinical training in our program is the opportunity for students to work with patients in long term therapy through the Psychology Clinic. Our supervisors provide great training in psychoanalytic work, and we would like to acknowledge their valuable contribution to the success of our students. Below are supervisors who have worked with our students over the last several years.

UDM accepts donations that can directly assist the mission of the PhD

Clinical Psychology Program. If you would like to make a donation to the

program, you can donate online at

https://community.udmercy.edu/donate/.

From the drop down menu, select the designation as “College of Liberal

Arts and Education” and type “PhD Clinical Psychology Program

Fund” in the comments box. This is illustrated in the picture above.

You can also donate via check by writing the donation to the College of

Liberal Arts and Education as the payee and include PhD Clinical

Psychology Program Fund on the subject line. (see above).

Donations will be used to support dissertation research, student travel to

conferences for presentation of research, program receptions and other

activities to support student progress in the program.

Donating to the PhD Clinical Psychology Program

Susan Birndorf, Ph.D. Daniel Blake, Ph.D Nick Boneff, Ph.D. B. K. Campbell, Ph.D. Thomas Cappas, Ph.D. Bradley Carroll, Ph.D. Barry Dauphin, Ph.D. David Dietrich, Ph.D. Terry Filter, Ph.D. Kathryn Frerichs, Ph.D. Susan Gendein-Marshall, Ph.D. Patricia Gibbs, Ph.D. Susan Greenshields, Ph.D. Maxine Grumet, Ph.D. Steven Hanley, Ph.D. Deborah Harms, Ph.D Joel Harms, Ph.D Deanna Holtzman, Ph.D. Bethann Kalt, Ph.D. Bernadette Kovach, Ph.D Lawrence Kron, Ph.D. Nancy Kulish, Ph.D Lynn Kuttnauer, Ph.D. Leslie McNamara, Ph.D. Kathleen Moore, Ph.D. Jacquelin Oliphant, Ph.D. Susan Orbach, Ph.D. Patricia Plopa, Ph.D. John Porcerelli, Ph.D. Mary Pruneau, Ph.D. Mark Rosen, Ph.D. Ira Schaer, Ph.D. Michael Shulman, Ph.D. Walter Sobota, Ph.D. Franklin Sollars, Ph.D. Gale Swan, Ph.D. Raymond Vasser, Ph.D. Ekaterina Vaysberg, Ph.D.

Working Alliances Fall 2012 Vol. 1 No. 1

Alumni News

We would like to provide a forum for alumni to let the Doctoral Program community

know what you’re doing. If you’d like to let us know what professional activities you

have been involved with and to share pertinent information with your colleagues,

then go to the link below:

http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/990255/3272906f1cad

If you know of any alumni who did not receive a copy of the newsletter, please feel

free to forward a copy to them and encourage them to get in touch with us, so that we

can update the alumni database.

The UDM doctoral program in clinical psychology is based on a practice-oriented scientist-practitioner model and its application to clinical practice resting upon a broad-based theoretical perspective with significant emphasis on a psychoanalytic viewpoint, including both classical and contemporary approaches.

University of Detroit Mercy Doctoral Psychology Program Barry Dauphin, Ph.D. Director of Clinical Training 248 Reno Hall 4001 W. McNichols Rd. Detroit, MI 48221