2015 Clinical Graduate Panel

 

The Department of Psychology

Presents

A Path into Clinical Psychology

Date:                   Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Time:                  6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Location:            Room 115 International Center

Speakers Bio:

Alytia Levendowsky, PhD. – Dr. Alytia Levendosky is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and  the Director of Clinical Training. She teaches psychodynamic theory and therapy and supervises student psychotherapy in the Clinical Psychology program. Her research  interests involve interpersonal processes, particularly within attachment relationships, and  how trauma, such as intimate  partner violence, can affect these processes. Current research includes the effect of intimate partner violence during pregnancy on infants, a daily diary study to understand microprocesses involved in dating violence, and interpersonal processes in psychotherapy.

Chris Hopwood, PhD. – Dr. Christopher Hopwood is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology. He teaches graduate personality assessment, supervises student assessment and psychotherapy in the Clinical Psychology program, and an  undergraduate course  in clinical psychology. Both undergraduate and graduate students are active participants in his lab, which focuses on personality assessment, interpersonal processes, and psychotherapy.

Cait Listro –  Caitlin Listro is a fourth year student in the Clinical Psychology doctoral program. Her research is primarily concerned with the development and expression of physically aggressive behavior. Specifically, she is interested in the role of empathy in predicting aggression. As a fourth year, her time is spent working on personal research  projects, developing her dissertation plan, working in her adviser’s lab, seeing clients, facilitating a therapy support group, and acting as a teaching assistant.

Allison Gornick – Allison Gornick is a first year student in the Clinical Psychology doctoral program. Broadly, she is interested in children’s emotional development within a family context as well as the development of internalizing problem behaviors. As a first year, her time is spent working on her master’s thesis, taking classes, working in her advisor’s lab, and leading recitation sections.

Topics to be covered:

What is Clinical Psychology?	Graduate School Preparation
Differences between counseling & Clinical Psychology	Graduate School Process
Degrees: PhD or PsyD	Advice to Students
Research, Teaching and Therapy	Career Paths
And MORE….

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