Psychology Internship

Faculty and Staff 

John P. Terry, Ph.D.
Iowa State University (1983)

Assistant Professor
Director of Psychology Intern Training
UMass Chan Medical School
Psychologist, Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital 

Interests: Projective testing; therapy and client value systems; individual psychotherapy with children, adolescents, and young adults; treatment of persons with dual disorders (major mental illness and substance abuse); spiritual issues of those with severe and persistent mental illness 

Robert J. Carey, Jr., Ph.D., A.B.P.P. (clinical) 
Ohio University (1985) 

Assistant Professor
UMass Chan Medical School
Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, ABPP
Associate Director, Ambulatory Psychiatry Service
UMass Memorial Medical Center 

Interests: Cognitive Behavior Therapy; managed mental health care; MMPI-2 testing; anxiety and somatoform disorders

Andrea L. Dinsmore, Psy.D., DFP
William James College (2013) 

Designated Forensic Psychologist, Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital
Assistant Professor, UMass Chan Medical School
Assistant Director, UMass Chan Medical School Psychology Internship Program

Interests:  Forensic psychology; psychologists in the public services; malingering assessment; police psychology; serious and persistent mental illness.

William Warnken, Psy.D., A.B.P.P. (forensic)
Antioch University/New England (1992) 

Assistant Professor
Director of Psychiatry Training
Diplomate in Forensic Psychology, ABPP
UMass Chan Medical School

Interests: Forensic evaluations; marital violence and treatment of batterers; head injury and marital violence 

Carla A. Lourenco, Psy.D.
University of Hartford (2007)

Assistant Professor
UMass Chan Medical School
Forensic Psychologist, Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital

Interests: Forensic evaluation of mentally ill offenders; correctional mental health issues; serious mental illness (SMI), particularly schizophrenia; quality of life issues for individuals with SMI 

F. Alexander Blount, Ed.D.
University of Massachusetts (1976) 

Associate Professor and Director of Behavioral Science
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
UMass Chan Medical School 

Interests: Behavioral health in primary care, family therapy, behavioral science education for Family Medicine residents.

Alan Bodnar, Ph.D.
Boston University (1975)

Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital

Interests: Projective testing, individual psychotherapy, relapse prevention, cognitive style and team problem solving, leadership development, therapeutic uses of creative writing and literature.

Brian M. Denietolis, Psy.D.

Antioch University New England (2010)

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School
Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychologist, The UMass Adolescent Continuing Care Unit
Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital

Interests: Clinical child and adolescent psychology; developmental models of psychopathology; child maltreatment; evidence-based treatments for trauma and trauma related disorders; the intersection between attachment theory, affect regulation, and reflective functioning.

Brian K. Dessureau, Ph.D.
Clark University (2001) 

Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School
Clinical Neuropsychologist, Depts. of Psychiatry & Pediatrics
UMass Memorial Medical Center, University Campus

Interests: Neuropsychological assessment of adults and children; geriatric neuropsychology; concussion/traumatic brain injury; life-span developmental psychology

Lynn S. Dowd, Psy.D.
Antioch New England Graduate School (2001) 

Director, Domestic Violence and Anger Management Treatment Program
Ambulatory Psychiatry Service
UMass Memorial Medical Center 

Interests: Men's and women's aggression; intersection of attachment, trauma, and substance abuse issues; developmental transition from adolescence to adulthood; mood disorders. 

Stuart G. Fisher, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1978) 

Director of Family/Couple Training
Psychiatry Residency Program
UMass Chan Medical School
Private Practice
Worcester, MA 

Interests: Family therapy, couples therapy, theories of psychotherapy, treatment of seriously emotionally disturbed children & their families, training of mental health professionals

Raymond B. Flannery, Jr., Ph.D.
University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada (1970)

Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry
Harvard University
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School
Senior Psychologist

Interests: Psychological trauma; crisis intervention theory; assaultive psychiatric patients; prevention of youth violence; stress management

Thomas Grisso, Ph.D., A.B.P.P. (forensic)

University of Arizona (1969)

Professor Emeritus
Diplomate in Forensic Psychology, ABPP
UMass Chan Medical School

Interests: Adolescent offenders; Law & Psychology; patients' competence to consent to treatment; forensic (criminal) mental health issues and evaluations; mental health issues of youths in the Juvenile Justice System 

Rebecca Hanson-Richardson, Ph.D.
Clark University (1999) 

Staff Psychologist
Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital 

Interests: Assessment and treatment of individuals with severe and persistent mental illness; Dialectical Behavior Therapy with inpatients

Ken Holbert, Ph.D.
U.C. Berkley (1983)

Assistant Professor in Psychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School
Psychologist, UMass Adolescent Treatment Program
Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital

Interests: Family therapy, forensic psychology, treatment of eating disorders, individual psychotherapy with severely disturbed clients, Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Gregg A. Januszewski, Psy.D.
University of Hartford (1997) 

Crisis Stabilization Clinical Manager and Psychotherapist
Community Healthlink, Inc. 

Daniel R. Lambert, Ph.D.

Case Western Reserve University (1982)

Director of Psychology
Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital 

Interests: Clinical Leadership, program development and evaluation, Implementation of Group and Individual CBT with persons who have severe and persistent mental illness, Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy, Autism Spectrum Disorders particularly Asperger’s Disorder and PDD-NOS, Rorschach Comprehensive (Exner) System scoring and interpretation, Consultation Skills development.

Denise Mumley, Ph.D. (forensic)
Emory University (1996)

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School
Psychologist, Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital

Interests: Competence to stand trial, violence risk assessment, expert witness testimony.

Ira K. Packer, Ph.D. ABPP (forensic)
University of Pennsylvania (1979) 

Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Director of Forensic Psychology Training, Law & Psychiatry Program
UMass Chan Medical School
Director of the Forensic Service, Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital 

Interests: Forensic mental health services for adults and juveniles; correctional mental health; quality assurance for forensic reports 

Sherry Pagoto, PhD
Western Michigan University (2001) 

Assistant Professor
Director of Fellowship Training
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
Department of Medicine
UMass Chan Medical School 

Interests: Behavioral medicine, obesity, nutrition, evidence-based practice, depression, and psychiatric co-morbidities of physical illness

Paul M. Rosen, Ph.D.
University of Denver (1977) 

Associate in Psychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School
Clinical Psychologist
Worcester Public Schools  

Interests: Children and adolescents; cognitive-behavior therapy; suicide and self-mutilation in adolescents; clinical interviewing 

Christine (Tina) Runyan, PhD, ABPP
Virginia Tech (1998)

Clinical Associate Professor
Dept. Family Medicine and Community Health
Director, Postdoctoral Fellowship in Primary Care Clinical Psychology
Director of Behavioral Science for Worcester Family Medicine Residency

Interests: Primary care psychology and training, health psychology, PTSD in primary care, Family Medicine residency training, physician wellness

Greg Seward, MSHCA, LADC-I, CTTS-M, CADC, LSW
Worcester State College (2004)

Director, Tobacco-Free Initiative
Department of Psychiatry
UMass Memorial Medical Center

Interests: Organizational and Cultural Change with Tobacco and Nicotine Policy Change, Co-morbid disorders with nicotine (other substance abuse disorders, mental health and nicotine dependence), MET with nicotine dependence

Gina M Vincent, PhD 

Simon Fraser University (2003)

Assistant Professor, Research Forensic Psychologist Director of Translational Psychiatry & Law Research CMHSR, UMass Chan Medical School

Interests: Risk assessment for violence/re-offending; screening & assessment for risk and/or mental health in juvenile justice; psychopathic personality disorder; psychometrics; translating research to practice in juvenile justice

Amy Wachholtz, Ph.D., M.Div. 
Bowling Green State University (2006)

Assistant Professor in Psychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School
Health Psychologist
Psychosomatic Medicine Service
University of Massachusetts-Memorial Health Center

Interests: Health psychology/medical psychology, chronic pain, sleep disruption, spiritual/ religious coping with serious illness & injury, co-morbid pain & addiction treatment

ADDITIONAL CONSULTANTS AND SUPERVISORS 

John Finneran, Ed.M.
Suffolk University (1975)

Assistant Professor in Health Science/ Addiction Option, Keene State College
Certification in Alcoholism Studies, Boston University
Coordinator of Substance Abuse Services, Psychiatric Treatment and Recovery Center
UMass Memorial Medical Center

Interests: Addiction; psychosis; recovery; assessment and treatment of individuals with dual disorders

Anthony J. Giuliano, PhD
University of Rhode Island (1993)

Predoctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology, University of Virginia Medical School; Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology (two years), University of Virginia Medical School; Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Child Clinical Psychology, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Elizabeth White Henrikson, Ph.D., A.B.P.P (neuropsychology)
UMass Amherst (1988)

Associate in Psychiatry
UMass Chan Medical School
Consulting Neuropsychologist & Forensic Evaluator, WRCH

Kevin R. Murphy, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut (1990)

Associate Professor, UMass Chan Medical School
Director, The Adult ADHD Clinic of Central Massachusetts

Interests: Clinical psychology; adult ADHD-assessment and treatment; co-morbidity disorders; test accommodations; workplace accommodations; Americans with Disabilities Act 

Lawrence E. Peterson, Ph.D., A.B.P.P. (clinical)

Affiliate Professor of Psychology, Clark University
Psychologist, Worcester State Hospital (retired)
Diplomate in Clinical Psychology, ABPP 

Katherine A. Treiber, PhD
Utah State University, 2010

Predoctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology, UMass Chan Medical School/Worcester State Hospital; Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology (2 years), Metrowest Neuropsychology LLC & affiliated sites

Barent Walsh, D.S.W.

Director, The Bridge of Central Massachusetts, Worcester MA 

Edward Wang, Ed.D.

Director of Multicultural Affairs
Department of Mental Health, Massachusetts