Spring 2014 Vol. 2 No. 2

APA Site Visit Planned for fall 2014

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The UDM Doctoral Program

submitted its self-study to the APA

Commission on Accreditation

(CoA) on May 1, 2014. The self -

tudy is a required document for re-

accreditation of all accredited

programs. We’d like to thank all

students, faculty, and alumni who

were asked to provide us with

information for the self-study.

After the initial review process, the

CoA sent preliminary feedback to

the program on the self-study and a

list of names for potential site

visitors. The program is in the

process of contacting individuals

on the list to put together a site visit

team. The program first reviews the

list to determine if there are any

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potential conflicts of interest,

which would rule out specific

psychologists from serving on the

site visit team.

We must take into consideration

the schedules of the site visitors,

the president of UDM, the provost

and the dean of CLAE. We will

announce the dates of the site visit

when the site visit team confirms.

We will invite practicum directors

and local internship directors, as

well as UDM Psychology Clinic

supervisors to participate in a

meeting with the site visit team in

order to provide feedback about

their experiences training students

from the doctoral program and their

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relationships with the program.

Since the last site visit, the program

has received a number of grants to

support the education and training of

students in the program, including an

equipment grant from HRSA for

video equipment in the Psychology

Clinic, a Scholarships for

Disadvantaged Students Grant, and a

grant to run a Psychology Summer

Enrichment Program to assist

educationally and economically

disadvantaged undergraduates apply

for graduate school in a behavioral

health area.

Working Alliances

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

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Alumni News We 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: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/990255/3272906f1cad

You could also send alumni news to the program via email: phdclinicalpsychology@udmercy.edu. 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.

Lavonda Mickens Braham, Ph.D. (2009) recently married and became a licensed psychologist in the state

of CA. She is currently teaching psychotherapy at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology (Los

Angeles campus).

Dennis Ortman, Ph.D. (1994) has published CHEATING PARENTS: RECOVERING FROM PARENTAL

INFIDELITY, which addresses the impact of parental infidelity on children. The book is published by New

Horizon Press, P.O Box 669, Far Hills, New Jersey 07931. Dennis is a clinical psychologist in private

practice in the Detroit Metropolitan area for over twenty years. Before becoming a psychologist, he was a

Catholic priest for fourteen years. In addition to his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of

Detroit-Mercy, he received a graduate degree in theology from the Gregorian University in Rome. He has

authored four other books, including Transcending Post-Infidelity Stress Disorder (PISD): The Six Stages of

Healing, a self-help book for recovery from the trauma of infidelity for partners.

Mark your calendars!

Annual UDM Doctoral Program Picnic

Saturday September 6, 2014

McNichols Campus

Faculty, Students, Practicum/Internship Directors, Clinic Supervisors,

and Alumni are welcome to attend

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Visiting Professor 2014

Kathryn Zerbe, M.D.

Kathryn Zerbe, M.D. completed her medical training at

Temple University in 1978. She then completed her

residency in psychiatry at the Menninger Clinic in

Topeka, Ks and stayed on staff there for a grand total of

23 years. She completed her analytic training at the

Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis. She served as the

Jack Aron Chair in Women’s Health and Psychiatric

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Education. She has been awarded the ‘Lifetime

Achievement Award’ by the National Eating

Disorders Association and the Alexandra Symonds

Award by the American Psychiatric Association for

her innovative contributions to women’s health and

the understanding and treatment of eating disorders.

In recognition of her clinical acumen, Dr. Zerbe has

been repeatedly selected as one of America’s “Best

Doctors.” Dr. Zerbe currently serves as Assistant

Director of the Oregon Psychoanalytic Institute, is a

Training and Supervising analyst, and enjoys a full

time clinical practice. In addition to her clinical work,

research, and teaching, Dr. Zerbe is the author of

over 100 clinical papers, book chapters, reviews and

four books, including “The Body Betrayed: A

Deeper Understanding of Women, Eating Disorders

and Treatment” (Gurze, 1993) and “Integrated

Treatment of Eating Disorders: Beyond the Body

Betrayed” (Norton, 2008).

! Carter Comrie, B.A., Doctoral Student in Clinical

Psychology, presented his psychotherapy case for

discussion. The Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute

brings a Visiting Professor of Psychoanalysis to

Michigan in March or April of each year for a week-

long series of talks and case conferences with the

students and faculty at the local universities. The

presentation and UDM is co-sponsored by the UDM

Psychology Clinic. Previous Visiting Scholars

include Otto Kernberg, Jacob Arlow, Charles

Brenner, Mark Solms, Peter Fonagy, Owen Renick

and Leo Rangell, amongst many others. The program

serves to strengthen collaborative relationships with

academic and other allied institutions.!

Above: Kathryn Zerbe, M.D. serves as discussant for Cater

Comrie’s case presentation. Below: Dr. Zerbe talks with

some students following the presentation.

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2014 Psychology Summer Enrichment Program

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The Doctoral Program was awarded a grant from the

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

as part of the Health Career Opportunities Program

(HCOP) in conjunction with the UDM Dental School to

provide an educational experience for economically

and educationally disadvantaged undergraduates. The

purpose of the grant was to assist these student develop

skills to apply for and be accepted into graduate school

in a behavioral health profession. The Psychology

Summer Enrichment Program recruited nationally.

The program consisted of educational experiences in

psychology (clinical skills, research and testing) as well

as preparation for the GRE, application preparation,

and practice interviewing. One goal of the grant

involved Inter-Professional Education with the dental

students participating in the Summer Enrichment

Program.

Faculty participants included Cheryl Munday, Ph.D.,

Judy McCown, Ph.D., Linda Slowik, Ph.D. and Barry

Dauphin, Ph.D. Lynn McLean served as the

administrative assistant for the program. Deirdre

Young, DDS represented the School of Dentistry and is

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the PI for the Summer Enrichment Program.

Twelve UDM graduate students participated in various

roles, including serving as mentors for the psychology

undergraduates, assisting with clinical skills, testing,

and research modules, and applications modules. In

addition each week there was an Inter-Professional

Group Experience facilitated by UDM Doctoral

Psychology students, which addressed issues in

common between psychology and dentistry and

initiating inter-professional communication at the pre

graduate school level. The students visited three

training sites as well, the Life Stress Center at DRH,

The John Dingell VA Center, and Crittenton Hospital.

Special thanks to Cristina Ramirez, Ph.D., Carol

Lindsay-Westphal, Ph.D. and John Porcerelli, Ph.D. for

facilitating these visits.

The program also included cultural enrichment

experiences in which students learned about the history

of Detroit and visited significant Detroit landmarks,

such as the DIA. The program ran for 6 weeks from

May 19-June 28. The undergraduate participants were

housed on the McNichols campus.!

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Commencement 2014 and Dissertations from the past year

Kelly Bryce. Personality and Psychotherapy as Predictors of Outcome Following Implantation With a Pain Management Device. Chairperson: Margaret Stack, Ph.D.

Mira Cely. A Comparison of Perinatally Versus Behaviorally HIV Infected Youth in Terms of High-Risk Behaviors, Treatment Adherence, and Mental Health Challenges. Chairperson: Douglas MacDonald, Ph.D.

Kristi DiGioia A Comparative Study of Risk Factors and Behaviors Associated with Aggression in Youthful Offenders. Chairperson: Margaret Stack, Ph.D.

Shannon Fowler. Dependency, Psychopathology, and Difficult Doctor-Patient Relationships in Primary Care Patients. Chairperson: Barry Dauphin, Ph.D.

Leena Hadied. An Examination of Risk Factors Contributing to Adult Recidivism of Juvenile Delinquents. Chairperson: Margaret Stack, Ph.D.

Whitney Kantack. The Relationships Between Alexithymia, Ethnicity, Perfectionism, Self-Esteem and Body Image Disturbance. Chairperson: Steven Abell, Ph.D.

Lisa LaSala. Level of Depression and Delinquency in a Sample of Adjudicated Adolescents. Chairperson: Margaret Stack, Ph.D

Adam (Toby) Lynch. DSM-IV-TR Diagnosis and Neuropsychological Performance in Motor Vehicle Accident Victims. Chairperson: Douglas MacDonald, Ph.D.

Katherine McCulloch. The Effects of Age of Obesity Onset on Bariatric Surgery Outcomes. Chairperson: Elizabeth Hill, Ph.D.

Julie Paavola. Personality Dimensions and Cognitive Functioning of Relatives of Persons Diagnosed With Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder: A Predictive and Comparative Study. Chairperson: Judy McCown, Ph.D.

Änna Pettway. Childhood Trauma and the Emergence of Disordered Eating Symptoms: An Investigation of Contributing Variables. Chairperson: Douglas MacDonald, Ph.D.

2014 Commencement Left: Graduates line up for procession to Callahan Hall | Center: Students ready to receive diplomas and be hooded | Right: Dr. Steven Abell chats with Änna Pettway following the ceremonies.

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At the Honors Convocation on

March 23, 2014 the UDM

Doctoral Program in Clinical

Psychology presented the

Distinguished Student Practice

Award to, Katherine McCulloch

This award is for distinguished

clinical service as recognized by

faculty and supervisors. One of the

special aspects of the award is that

the program invites clinical

supervisors to be part of the

nominating process.

Supervisors said the following

about Katie in nominating her: “I

found Katie to be exceptionally

talented in using psychodynamic

intensive psychotherapy with a

difficult to treat patient…She was

enthusiastic to be doing

Distinguished Student Practice Award 2014

Katherine McCulloch

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psychodynamic therapy, even

with some of the difficult

transference and

countertransference issues

involved in the treatment of

her patient.” and “Katie has

been an exemplary student.

Katie is compassionate and

capable. She is a strong team

player. She is sensitive to

ethical, spiritual, and cultural

issues. She develops rapport

rapidly with a variety of

people, and has worked well

with difficult patients. She is

very mature and responsible.

She is also a pleasure to work

with and supervise.”!

Left to Right: Cheryl Munday, Ph.D., Katherine McCulloch, and Victoria Mantzoploulos, Ph.D., Assoicate Dean CLAE

MOLLY ELIZABETH GABRIEL JOHN D. DINGELL VA MEDICAL

CTR DETROIT, MI

HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

WILLIAM C GUY UNIV TEXAS HLTH SCI-SAN

ANTONIO SAN ANTONIO, TX

TRADITIONAL/PSYCHODYNAMIC

JEAN IKANGA EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL

OF MEDICNE ATLANTA, GA

PSYCHOLOGY INTERNSHIP

ANTHONY J. MCMAHON HAWTHORN CENTER

NORTHVILLE, MI PSYCHOLOGY INTERNSHIP

BRIAN PECK

HAWTHORN CENTER NORTHVILLE, MI

PSYCHOLOGY INTERNSHIP

LAURA ANN RICHARDSON LOUISIANA STATE U HEALTH

SCI CTR NEW ORLEANS, LA

ADULT TRACK

Internship News Five UDM students matched with

APA accredited pre-doctoral internships for 2014-2015.

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Recent Publications and Presentations of our Faculty Faculty names in Bold and Student Names in Italics. Publications and Presentations Spring/Summer 2014

Publications

Nelson, C. B., Abraham, K. M., Pfeiffer, P. N., Walters, H., & Valenstein, M. (2014). Integration of Veteran-peer support and computer-based CBT for depression: A pilot study. Computers in Human Behavior, 31, 57-64. Kilbourne, A. Abraham, K. M., Goodrich, D. E., Bowersox, N. W., Almirall, D., Lai, Z., & Nord, K. M. M. (2013). Cluster randomized adaptive implementation trial comparing a standard versus enhanced implementation intervention to improve uptake of an effective re-engagement program for patients with serious mental illness. Implementation Science, 8: 136. Birgenheir, D. G., Ilgen, M. A., Bohnert, A. S. B., Abraham, K. M., Bowersox, N. W., Austin, K., & Kilbourne, A. M. (2013). Pain conditions among veterans with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. General Hospital Psychiatry, 35, 480-484.

Blume, L. B. (2014). (Ed.) Toward a transdisciplinary family science. Special Issue. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 6(1), 1-136. Blume, L. B. (2014). Middle childhood. Oxford Bibliographies: Childhood Studies. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. Blume, L. B., & Rosario, S. (in press). Middle childhood. The Encyclopedia of Family Studies. New York, NY: Wiley-Blackwell.

Henze, E.E.C., Williams, R.L., von Mizener, B.H., Brown, K.S. (in press). Additive Effects of Performance Feedback and Contingent Rewards on Reading Outcomes. Journal of Evidence Based Practices for Schools. Jaspers, K.E., Skinner, C.H., Henze, E.E.C., McCane-Boling, S.J., Rowlette, E.F. (2014). Occasioning Behaviors that Cause Learning. In S. G. Little & A. Akin-Little (Eds.), Academic assessment and intervention. New York: Routledge.

Anthony, M., Yastik, J., MacDonald, D. A., & Marshall, K. A. (2014). Development and validation of a tool to measure incivility in clinical nursing education. Journal of Professional Nursing, 30(1), 48-55. Berkowski, M., & MacDonald, D. A. (2014). Childhood trauma and the development of paranormal beliefs. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 202(4), 305-312. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000123. Brown, N. J. L., MacDonald, D. A., Samanta, M. P., Friedman, H. L. & Coyne, J. C. (in press, 2014). A critical reanalysis of the relationship between genomics and well-being. Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

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MacDonald, D. A. (2013) A call for the inclusion of spirituality in Yoga research. Journal of Yoga and Physical Therapy, 3(3), 138. doi:10.4172/2157-7595.1000138 Migdal, L., & MacDonald, D. A. (2013). Clarifying the relation between spirituality and well-being. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 201(4), 274-280. Nefouse, S. R., & MacDonald, D. A. (2014). Extraversion, happiness and optimism: What role do positive emotions play in their relation? In A. D. Haddock & A. P. Rutkowski (Eds.). Psychology of Extraversion. (pp. 145-155). New York, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Presentations

Abraham, K. M. & Stein, C. H. (2013, October). Felt obligation and caregiving when mom has a mental illness. Symposium presented at the 6th Conference on Emerging Adulthood. Wheeling, IL. Abraham, K. M., & Stein, C. H. (2013, August). Meaning making and personal growth among emerging adults with mothers who have mental illness. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. Honolulu, Hawaii.

Blume, L. B. (2014). [De]forming the figure: Spatial embodiment in architectural representation. Paper presented at the Research and Scholarly Achievement Panel, University of Detroit Mercy, April 14.

Greene, H, Brown, J. and Dauphin, B. (2014). A Visual Field Asymmetry in Pre-saccadic Fixation Durations. Poster presented to the Vision Sciences Society, Tradewinds Resort, St. Pete Beach, FL. (May 20, 2014).

Henze, E. & Shier, A. (2014). The Effect of Weekly Quizzes for Credit versus No Credit on Student Performance. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Midwestern Psychological Association/Society for the Teaching of Psychology, Chicago, Il. Miller, N. & Henze, E. (2014). Measuring Mental Illness Stigma in an Introductory Psychology Course. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Midwestern Psychological Association/Society for the Teaching of Psychology, Chicago, Il. Golomb, S., Henze, E. & Fasko, S.N. (2014). Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Training Program’s Answer to a Reluctant Field. Presented at the 2014 conference of the Trainers in School Psychology, Washington, DC.

Lotter, H. and Dauphin, B. (2014). What Ever Happened to LUST? Expanding the Measures of Primary Process Subcortical Brain Systems for the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales. Poster presented to the Society for Personality Assessment. Arlington, VA. (March 22, 2014).

Jaber, A. and Dauphin, B. (2013). Relationship Between Identification with Theorists and Clinical Listening. Poster presented to the annual American Psychological Association Convention. Honolulu, HI (August 2, 2013).

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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.

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

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

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.