Milwaukee VA Medical Center

Milwaukee VA Medical Center

Contact Information:
Heather Smith, Ph.D., ABPP
heather.smith7@va.gov
414-384-2000, x41667

Director of Psychology Training:
Heather Smith, Ph.D., ABPP

Geropsychology Supervisor(s):
Heather Smith, Ph.D., ABPP, Weston Donaldson, Ph.D., ABPP, Allison Jahn, Ph.D., Amy Houston, Psy.D., Sarah Keating, Ph.D., Irene Kostiwa, Ph.D.

Membership / Certification:
_X_ APA Accredited
_X_ APPIC Member

Geropsychology Training Opportunities / Settings:
_X_ Outpatient Mental Health Clinic
___ Neuropsychology / Memory Clinic
_X_ Community Living Center
_X_ Home Based Health Care
___ Primary Care
___ Inpatient Geropsychiatry/Mental Health
_X_ Physical / Cognitive Rehabilitation
_X_ Caregiver Support Services
_X_ Hospice / Palliative Care
___ Telehealth / Telemedicine
___ Training in Supervision of Interns / Practicum Students
___ Other:

Format of Geropsychology Training:
_X_ Specialty Track in Geropsychology
___ Major Rotation
___ Minor Rotation
___ Opportunities to work with older adults included in other rotations

Faculty Clinical/Research Interests:
Decision-making capacity assessment, dementia, caregiver support, palliative care, interdisciplinary consultation, organizational development, culturally responsive practice, pain psychology, oncology

Milwaukee VA Medical Center2024-04-10T09:37:11-04:00

VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System

VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System

Website Address:  https://www.va.gov/salt-lake-city-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/psychology-training/

Director of Psychology Training
Renn Sweeney, Ph.D.
caroline.sweeney @ va.gov

Geropsychology Supervisor(s):
Erin Kube, Ph.D.
Lauren Masuda, Psy.D.
Bret Hicken, Ph.D.

Membership / Certification: 
_X__ APA Accredited
_X__ APPIC Member

Training Program Components: 
At the Salt Lake City VA Healthcare System we offer a 1 year postdoctoral fellowship in Geropsychology. Our internship program also receives funding from our GRECC (Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center), so we offer internship rotations that support our generalist training in geropsychology. Geropsychology related internship rotations that we offer are Homebased Primary Care and the Geri-Med-Psych clinic. Each of these professional training experiences is described below (interns work in the clinics described below with our fellows):

1. Geopsychology Fellowship Track
This track provides general clinical psychology fellowship training, with an emphasis in geriatrics. Broadly, the geriatric training provided is consistent with the Pikes Peak Model for Training in Professional Geropsychology. Specific geriatric emphases include: 1) evidence-based assessment and treatment of psychological disorders among older adults; 2) biopsychosocial methods for managing disruptive behaviors associated with dementia; 3) neuropsychological assessment and dementia management; 4) behavioral medicine interventions addressing common problems among older adults, such as pain, disability, sleep, weight loss, smoking cessation, and medical compliance; 5) interdisciplinary consultation; 6) capacity assessments when there are questions about a patient’s ability to make medical decisions, perform other specific functions, or live independently; 7) development of clinical supervision competencies; and 8) identification of, understanding, and addressing ethical issues common among geriatric populations.
Fellows will provide psychological services across a variety of diverse clinical settings, including Home Based Primary Care (HBPC), outpatient geriatric primary care clinics, specialty geropsychiatry-medical clinic, primary care, and palliative care. Fellows will also gain experience working with multidisciplinary programs, including the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), the Office of Rural Health—Western Region, and the University of Utah, Division of Geriatrics. It is also anticipated that fellows will cross-train in some of the same training experiences as the health psychology fellows.
Fellows have the opportunity to participate actively as members of interdisciplinary teams in HBPC, Geriatric Primary Care clinics, the Clinical Resource HUB, and the Telehealth Dementia Care Consult Team. Rotations will be tailored to fit the individual needs and preferences of the fellow. Rotations may consist of a combination of geriatric experiences (approximately 75% of the fellow’s time) including Home Based Primary Care, outpatient geriatric clinics, Geriatric Medical Psychiatry clinic, or VISN 19 Clinical Resource HUB (an entirely telehealth-based rotation). Fellows will also have the opportunity to develop expertise in complementary areas of health psychology. Minor rotation experiences (approximately 25% of fellows time) may include primary care-mental health integration (PC-MHI), short-term therapy in primary care, MOVE program, smoking cessations program, inpatient rehabilitation, consultation and training for PACT team members, MH Consult, CBT for Chronic Pain or Insomnia, , and transplant and bariatric surgery evaluations (see Health Psychology section for descriptions). Fellows will select opportunities offered from the areas/supervisors listed above. Experiences can be designated as year-long or time limited.

GEROPSYCHOLOGY FELLOWSHIP ROTATIONS
HOME BASED PRIMARY CARE (HBPC)
Supervisor: Lauren Masuda, PsyD
The VA Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) program provides comprehensive, interdisciplinary primary care services in the homes of veterans with complex and chronic, disabling disease. In addition to primary care interventions, HBPC provides palliative care, rehabilitation, disease management, and care coordination services. HBPC targets veterans in advanced stages of chronic disease, particularly those at high risk of recurrent hospitalization or nursing home placement. Outcome measures have demonstrated HBPC to be effective in managing chronic disease and reducing inpatient days and total cost of care. Our HBPC team includes representatives from medicine, nursing, pharmacy, social work, occupational therapy, and dietetics. HBPC manages (1) patients with multiple interacting chronic medical problems requiring longitudinal intervention to maintain health status or slow functional decline, in order to reduce or delay institutionalization; (2) certain patients with relatively short-term problems, who need health services, home training, and home adaptation until they can be managed in an outpatient clinic; and (3) patients with advanced terminal illness who prefer palliative care. HBPC provides a unique opportunity for fellows to be part of a diverse team with opportunities to work collaboratively, co-treat clients when appropriate, foster effective communication and teamwork amongst providers, and help the team to cope with various challenges.
The postdoctoral fellow provides assessment and intervention to individuals and families to address psychological issues that are interfering with their medical care, compromising their health status and functional capacity, and/or reducing their quality of life. Issues include, but are not limited to: helping patients cope with grief, depression, anxiety, and other psychological issues related to the aging process; coping with chronic medical illnesses, and/or other life stressors; interventions to increase compliance with and adjustment to treatment regimens; and working with caregivers to improve patient well-being and treatment compliance. The postdoctoral fellow also provides comprehensive psychological, neuropsychological, and capacity evaluations.

OUTPATIENT GERIATRIC CLINICS
Supervisor: Bret Hicken, PhD
These weekly primary care clinics serve older Veterans with complex medical issues and are staffed by geriatric fellows, geriatricians, clinical pharmacists, and social workers, in addition to the psychology fellow. Veterans in these clinics frequently have co-morbid cognitive and mental-health issues as well as psychosocial challenges that complicate their care. Psychology fellows serve in a consult/liaison role in these clinics, consulting with the team and providing brief psychological and cognitive assessments during the appointment and Fellows may also provide instruction to staff on psychological issues. Time-limited interventions may also be incorporated during clinic or as follow up. Common issues that psychology fellows may address with Veterans include depression, anxiety, grief, pain management, sleep/insomnia, and adjustment to aging and chronic disease.

GERIATRIC MEDICAL PSYCHIATRY CLINIC
Supervisor: Bret Hicken, PhD
This weekly consultation clinic serves geriatric Veterans with complicated medical and psychiatric needs. Veterans referred to this clinic typically have significant mental health and/or cognitive issues and disruptive behaviors that have become difficult to manage for caregivers and providers. The philosophy of this clinic is “patient-centered” and “whole-person” in that we address the psychosocial, environmental, and medical factors that influence behavior. In addition to the psychology fellow, the clinic includes an attending physician and trainees from many disciplines such as psychiatry, geriatrics, and pharmacy. Psychology fellows function in a variety of capacities in this clinic. They may provide direct patient care in the form of brief psychological and cognitive assessments as part of the patient’s clinic appointment. They may provide brief intervention in clinic or arrange for a later appointment to address clinical concerns that require follow-up. Trainees also function in a consultation capacity by providing the team with observations, impressions, and treatment recommendations about psychological and cognitive issues. Over time, the fellow becomes a key leader in clinic, directing and providing training to housestaff and medical students about psychological issues.

VISN 19 CLINICAL RESOURCE HUB
Supervisors: Clair Rummel, PhD, ABPP & Erin Kube, PhD
The VISN 19 Clinical Resource Hub provides evidence-based assessment and treatment services to facilities in the VA Rocky Mountain Network (UT, MT, CO & WY) in order to enhance Veteran access to mental health and primary care services. The Telemental Health Team is comprised of psychologists, psychiatrists, advanced psychiatric nurse practitioners, and social workers that assist VA facilities across VISN 19 with provision of virtual mental health services.
Training opportunities for fellows on this rotation include:
• Dementia Caregiver Education & Support: Fellows have the opportunity to provide evidence-based caregiver support virtually to caregivers caring for rural Veteran’s with a neurocognitive disorder. Services include education on dementia, behavioral interventions for managing disruptive behaviors associated with dementia and stress management techniques. Fellows may have the opportunity to complete the REACH-VA Caregiver Support training and implement it during this rotation.
o Telehealth Dementia Care Consult Team: Fellows also have the opportunity to attend consults with the interdisciplinary team (geriatrician, geriatric social worker, pharmacist) that provides comprehensive evaluation of neurocognitive disorders to older rural Veterans. This will allow the opportunity to introduce caregiver support and gain a better understanding of each member’s role on the team.
• Geriatric Tele-Psychotherapy:
o Outpatient Geriatric Tele-Mental Health: Fellows have the opportunity to carry a small caseload of older Veterans referred for evidence-based individual psychotherapy delivered via VA Video Connect to Home or via Clinical Video Telehealth to VA Clinic. Patients present with a variety of primary concerns, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, grief and adjustment to disability. Fellows can hone their skills at adapting evidence-based treatments to meet the needs of older adults and learn how to effectively implement treatment via telehealth.
o Tele-PCMHI & Health Psychology: Fellows have an opportunity to receive geriatric consults directly from primary care providers (in general PACTs across CO & UT) pertaining to a variety of concerns, including cognitive functioning, chronic disease management, adjustment to medical illness, depression, alcohol use, sleep disturbances, and dementia care management. Fellows can refine their skills in brief assessment, consultation, and care management around normative and non-normative age-related concerns that arise in primary care. They can also learn to deliver geriatric-informed brief psychotherapy and adapt evidence-based interventions to meet the needs of older adults in primary care via telehealth. There may be opportunities to develop and/or facilitate group interventions aimed at meeting the unique needs of older adults or their caregivers within primary care. Fellows may also have an opportunity to provide vertical clinical supervision to a psychology intern while on this rotation.

Didactic Training Offerings:
Special attention is paid to ensure that the geropsychology competencies are trained. We start out with teaching the Pikes Peak Model. Then didactics and experiential training touch on all competencies as defined by the Pikes Peak Model. Didactics above often touch on multiple competencies, but have tried to highlight the main competencies trained in each didactic.
Pikes Peak Model – knowledge
Normal Aging and Development Theories – Knowledge Base
Resiliency and Aging – Knowledge Base
Multicultural Issues in Aging – Attitude/Skill
Geropsychology Ethics – Skill/Attitude/Knowledge
Cognitive and Mood Assessment Dementia Evaluation – Skill/Attitude/knowledge
Capacity Assessment – Skill/Attitude/knowledge
Mild Cognitive Impairment – Skill/knowledge
Geriatric Neuropsych Assessment – Skill/knowledge
Managing Challenging Behaviors – Skill/knowledge
Anxiety in Older Adults – Skill
Interpersonal Therapy for Older Adults – Skill
ACT for Older Adults – Skill
Screening/Brief Assessment on Medical Teams – Skill/knowledge
Sleep/CBT-I in Older Adults – Skill
SMI/Psychosis in Older Adults – Skill
Meaning Centered Therapy – Skill/knowledge
Caregiving – Attitude/knowledge
Live Reviews/Reminiscence Therapy – Skill/knowledge
Disability in Aging – knowledge/skill
Driver’s Education – knowledge/skill
Hording/Compulsive Buying – Skill
Elder Abuse – Skill/knowledge
Bereavement – Skill/knowledge
Geriatric Nutrition – Skill/knowledge
Telehealth and Older Adults – Skill/knowledge
Hospice and Palliative Care – knowledge/skill
PTSD in Later Life – Skill/knowledge
Sexuality and Aging – knowledge
Language Disorder in Older Adults- knowledge
Pain in Older Adults – Skill
Geriatric Psychopharmacology – knowledge
Challenging Personality Issues in Older Adults – knowledge

VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System2024-01-29T10:10:06-05:00

VA Bedford Healthcare System Advanced Practicum

VA Bedford Healthcare System Advanced Practicum

Contact Information:
Lisa Bloom-Charette
Email: lisa.bloom-charette@va.gov

Director of Psychology Training:
Richard Amodio, Ph.D

Geropsychology Supervisor(s):
Lisa Bloom-Charette, PhD, ABPP
Rachel Movitz, PsyD
Kristen Dillon, PsyD, ABPP
Lisa Taylor, PsyD
Matt Wachen, PhD
Morgan Longstreth, PhD

Website Address:

https://www.va.gov/bedford-health-care/

Membership / Certification:
_X__ APA Accredited

Geropsychology Training Opportunities / Settings:
_X_ Outpatient Mental Health Clinic
___ Neuropsychology / Memory Clinic
_X_ Community Living Center
___ Home Based Health Care
___ Primary Care
___ Inpatient Geropsychiatry/Mental Health
___ Physical / Cognitive Rehabilitation
___ Caregiver Support Services
_X_ Hospice / Palliative Care
___ Telehealth / Telemedicine
___ Training in Supervision of Interns / Practicum Students
___ Other:_________________________

Format of Geropsychology Training:
_X_ Specialty Track in Geropsychology
___ Major Rotation
___ Minor Rotation
___ Opportunities to work with older adults included in other rotations

Faculty Clinical/Research Interests:
See site for details

VA Bedford Healthcare System Advanced Practicum2023-12-07T17:54:01-05:00

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Primary Contact:
Name: Christopher Nguyen, PhD
Email: christopher.nguyen@osumc.edu

Geropsychology Supervisor(s):
Christopher Nguyen, PhD

Website Address:
https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/mental-behavioral/neuropsychology-clinic

Stage of Training:
Doctoral or Practicum Training

Membership / Certification:
__x__ APA Accredited
__x__ APPIC Member

Geropsychology Training Opportunities / Settings:
Outpatient Mental Health Clinic, Neuropsychology / Memory Clinic, Physical / Cognitive Rehabilitation, Telehealth / Telemedicine, Training in Supervision of Interns / Practicum Students

Format of Geropsychology Training:
Specialty Track in Geropsychology
Minor Rotation, Opportunities to work with older adults included in other rotations

Faculty Clinical/Research Interests:
Cognitive aging, decision making, and civil capacities
Neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric sequelae of neurodegenerative disease
Cross-cultural considerations in neuropsychology

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health2022-04-06T12:28:14-04:00

University of Prince Edward Island

University of Prince Edward Island

Contact Information:
City: 550 University Ave.
State: Please Select…
Zip+4: C1A 4P3
Country: Canada

Primary Contact:
Jessica Strong, Ph.D.
jvstrong@upei.ca

Geropsychology Supervisor(s):
Jessica Strong, Ph.D.

Website Address: 
https://www.upei.ca/programs/doctor-of-psychology

Stage of Training:
PreDoctoral Graduate Training

Membership / Certification: 

CPA and APA Accredited
APPIC Member

Training Program Components: 
Dr. Strong joined the faculty at the CPA accredited PsyD program at UPEI in 2019. Since that time, she provided supervision to first and second year graduate students providing assessment (cognitive and psychodiagnostic) and psychotherapy (group and individual) to older adults within our on-campus psychology training clinic. In 2021, Dr. Strong established one of the PsyD program’s first external practicum placements for 3rd and 4th year graduate students within the Provincial Geriatrics Program, under the provincial Health PEI. The PsyD students (including students across years of training under supervision of Dr. Strong) and Geriatrics team members meet monthly in interdisciplinary team meetings to discuss patients, and determine recommendations and treatment plan from a whole-person perspective. We do regular co-appointments with patients and Nurse Practitioners or Geriatricians following our team meetings.  This is fully in line with the goals of the UPEI PsyD program in community integration and social justice (older adults being a marginalized population) as well as in line with recent provincial goals to increase access of interdisciplinary care for older adults on PEI. This practicum placement increases students’ skill set across competencies of geropsychology practice, including assessment, intervention, and consultation. The most advanced students on the team will have the opportunity to work with the home-based program of the Geriatrics Program (COACH-Caring for Older Adults in the Community and at Home), allowing them to experience provision of care to older adults and their families across settings, including outpatient primary care, outpatient mental health, and in-home, during their placement.

Didactic Training Offerings: 
Dr. Strong, as the primary geropsychologist in the clinical faculty, teaches courses to the graduate students that include Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behaviour, and Quantitative Research Methods. She regularly guest lectures for Advanced Psychopathology across the Lifespan on disorders in late life. In these courses and guest lectures, she infuses her teaching with theories of gerontology, article readings including older adult populations, and hands on practice administering cognitive and affective measures for individuals across the lifespan. In this way, her presence contributes to normalizing clinical psychologists’ work with an aging population as well as to training students who are competent to work with older adults in their future clinical practice and recognize when they need to refer to specialty training clinical geropsychologists.

University of Prince Edward Island2024-03-05T17:44:30-05:00

Yeshiva University/ Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, PsyD Clinical Psychology, Older Adult Program

Yeshiva University/ Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, PsyD Clinical Psychology, Older Adult Program

Location:
Bronx, NY

Contact Information:
Richard A. Zweig, Ph.D.
646-592-4349
richard.zweig@yu.edu

Faculty webpagehttp://faculty.yu.edu/faculty/pages/Zweig-Richard

Research website (Depression, Personality Pathology, and Regulation of Emotion in Later Life (DP-RELATE): https://dp-relate.wixsite.com/website

Website Address:
http://yu.edu/ferkauf/clinical-psychology/older-adult/

Training Opportunities:
Doctoral level didactic, research, and clinical training. Two program opportunities offered: 1) Concentration area within the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program (PsyD) emphasizing geropsychological research, clinical, and didactic coursework  2) Gero-psychology minor that emphasizes strong gero-clinical training and didactics.

Clinical Training Settings:
Primary care clinic of affiliated public hospital; neuropsychology research clinic; University outpatient clinic.

Faculty Clinical/Research Interests:
Assessment and treatment of personality-disordered older adults, depression and suicide in the elderly, measurement of social adjustment, and gero-psychology training.

Yeshiva University/ Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, PsyD Clinical Psychology, Older Adult Program2020-10-12T10:36:44-04:00

West Virginia University Psychology

West Virginia University Psychology

Location:
Morgantown, WV

Contact Information:
Barry Edelstein, Ph.D.
304-293-2001, ext. 31
Barry.Edelstein@mail.wvu.edu

Website Address:
http://psychology.wvu.edu/future_students/graduate_programs

Training Opportunities:
Geropsychological research and clinical training

Clinical Training Settings:
Quin Curtis Center (older adult team within psychology department’s outpatient clinic); Family Medicine (geropsychology team in primary care setting); Hopemont Hospital (long term care facility with nursing home and psychogeriatric patients)

Faculty Clinical/Research Interests: etiology of depression and suicidal behavior in late life and the implications for prevention, behavioral sleep medicine, medical decision making, capacity assessment, older anxiety, geropsychological assessment.

West Virginia University Psychology2016-11-06T16:53:34-05:00

Wayne State University (Psychology)

Wayne State University (Psychology)

Location: Detroit, Michigan

Contact Information:
John L. Woodard, Ph.D.
Email: john.woodard@wayne.edu
Phone: 313-577-5838

Website Address:
http://clas.wayne.edu/psychology (navigate to clinical psychology training program)

Clinical Training Settings:
Outpatient geriatric mental health clinic; clinical and experimental research settings.

Faculty Clinical/Research Interests:
Cognitive aging, neuroimaging and neurobehavioral studies in aging and Alzheimer’s Disease, cognitive and health-related risk factors for late life anxiety, geriatric neuropsychology and rehabilitation, clinical geropsychology, depression, mental health in long term care, minority aging, information processing styles and risk for late-life depression, cross-sectional and longitudinal changes in structural MRI.

Wayne State University (Psychology)2016-11-06T16:53:34-05:00

Washington University in St. Louis Psychological & Brain Sciences

Washington University in St. Louis Psychological & Brain Sciences

Location:
Campus Box 1125, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States

Contact Information:
Brian D. Carpenter, Ph.,D.
(314) 935-8212
bcarpenter@wustl.edu

Geropsychology Supervisor(s):
Brian Carpenter, PhD
Denise Head, PhD

Direction of Training:
Brian Carpenter, Ph.D.

Website Address:
https://psych.wustl.edu/

Membership/Certification:
APA Accredited
PCSAS Accredited

Training Opportunities:
Doctoral program in clinical psychology

Geropsychology Training Opportunities/Settings:
Outpatient Mental Health Clinic, Neuropsychology / Memory Clinic, Community Living Center, Home Based Health Care, Primary Care, Physical / Cognitive Rehabilitation, Hospice / Palliative Care, Telehealth / Telemedicine, Training in Supervision of Interns / Practicum Students
Other: Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

Format of Geropsychology Training:
Specialty Track in Geropsychology

Faculty Clinical/Research Interests:
Psychological assessment and treatment of older adults, palliative care & hospice, family-based interventions in late-life, patient-provider relationships, neural basis of cognitive aging, cardiovascular health and brain integrity, cognitive training.

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Washington University in St. Louis Psychological & Brain Sciences2024-03-05T17:41:30-05:00

University of Southern California Psychology

University of Southern California Psychology

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Contact Information:
Dan Nation, Ph.D.

danation@usc.edu

Website Address:
http://dornsife.usc.edu/psyc/major-areas-of-study/

Membership / Certification:

APA Accredited

Format of Geropsychology Training:

Doctoral program with specialty track in geropsychology

Geropsychology Training Opportunities / Settings:

Outpatient Mental Health Clinic, Neuropsychology / Memory Clinic, Caregiver Support Services
Other: Older Adult Counseling Center in the USC Psychology Services Center http://dornsife.usc.edu/usc-psc/oacc/

Faculty Clinical/Research Interests:

neuropsychology of aging; mild cognitive impairment; vascular contributions to Alzheimer’s disease; genetic and environmental risk factors for dementia; age differences in emotion and cognition

University of Southern California Psychology2016-11-06T16:53:35-05:00

University of South Florida, School of Aging Studies

University of South Florida, School of Aging Studies

Location:
13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, Fl 33612, USA

Contact Information:
Victor Molinari, Ph.D., ABPP
813-974-1960
vmolinari@usf.edu

Website Address:
http://agingstudies.cbcs.usf.edu/

Training Opportunities:
SAS offers a PhD in Aging Studies.

Clinical Training Settings:
Previously we had a joint USF/James A. Haley VA geropsychology post-doctoral fellowship program in public sector interdisciplinary training featuring rotations in long term care, neuropsychology, health, and rehabilitation. However, we offer no clinical experiences at this time.

Faculty Clinical/Research Interests:
Mental health in long term care; disaster relief;  hospice; and caregiving

University of South Florida, School of Aging Studies2016-11-06T16:53:35-05:00

University of Massachusetts Amherst Psychology

University of Massachusetts Amherst Psychology

Location: 409 Tobin Hall UMass Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States

Contact Information:
Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
413-545-4306
swhitbo@psych.umass.edu

Website Address: http://www.psych.umass.edu/

Training Opportunities:

Practicum and research opportunities in aging and mental health.

Clinical Training Settings:

Practica available in university mental health clinic, neuropsychology outpatient and inpatient settings.

Faculty Clinical/Research Interests:

Cognitive and personality development in midlife and later adulthood with a lifespan focus.

University of Massachusetts Amherst Psychology2016-11-06T16:53:35-05:00

University of Louisville, Psychological & Brain Sciences

University of Louisville, Psychological & Brain Sciences

Location: 317 Life Sciences Bldg, Louisville, KY 40292

Contact Information:
Suzanne Meeks, PhD
smeeks@louisville.edu

Director of Psychology Training: Barbara A. Stetson, PhD

Website Address: http://louisville.edu/psychology/graduate/clinical

Membership / Certification:

_X__ APA Accredited
___ APPIC Member

Geropsychology Training Opportunities / Settings:
___ Outpatient Mental Health Clinic
_X_ Neuropsychology / Memory Clinic
___ Community Living Center
___ Home Based Health Care
_X_ Primary Care
___ Inpatient Geropsychiatry/Mental Health
_X_ Physical / Cognitive Rehabilitation
___ Caregiver Support Services
___ Hospice / Palliative Care
___ Telehealth / Telemedicine
___ Training in Supervision of Interns / Practicum Students
_X_ Other: Community nursing home

Faculty Clinical/Research Interests:
Suzanne Meeks, PhD: Mental health and wellness in nursing homes; late life depression
Benjamin Mast, PhD, ABPP: Dementia, late life depression, geriatric assessment, vascular depression

University of Louisville, Psychological & Brain Sciences2018-06-28T15:22:51-04:00

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Clinical Psychology Program (Emphasis on Geropsychology)

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Clinical Psychology Program (Emphasis on Geropsychology)

Contact Information:
Leilani Feliciano, Ph.D.
lfelicia@uccs.edu

Director of Psychology Training: Leilani Feliciano, Ph.D.

Geropsychology Supervisor(s): Daniel L. Segal, Ph.D.; Sara Honn Qualls, Ph.D.; Leilani Feliciano, Ph.D.; Molly Maxfield, Ph.D., Brandon Gavett, Ph.D., ABPP; Magdalene Lim, PsyD

Website Address:
https://www.uccs.edu/psych/

Membership / Certification:

_X__ APA Accredited
_X__ APPIC Member

Geropsychology Training Opportunities / Settings:
_X_ Outpatient Mental Health Clinic
_X_ Neuropsychology / Memory Clinic
___ Community Living Center
___  Home Based Health Care
_X_ Primary Care
___ Inpatient Geropsychiatry/Mental Health
___ Physical / Cognitive Rehabilitation
_X_ Caregiver Support Services
_X_ Hospice / Palliative Care
___ Telehealth / Telemedicine
___ Training in Supervision of Interns / Practicum Students
_X_ Other: Rocky Mountain PACE program (Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly)

Format of Geropsychology Training:
_X_ Specialty Track in Geropsychology
___ Major Rotation
___  Minor Rotation
___ Opportunities to work with older adults included in other rotations

Faculty Clinical/Research Interests:
Leilani Feliciano, Ph.D. – mental health and aging; behavioral gerontology; behavioral medicine; behavioral interventions for comorbid physical and mental health conditions (e.g., diabetes and depression; behavioral disturbances associated with dementia) in older adults; late life depression

Daniel Segal, Ph.D. – diagnostic and assessment issues in clinical psychology and geropsychology; suicide risk and resilience in later life; anxiety in later life; barriers to mental health services; the expression and impact of personality disorders across the lifespan

Sara Honn Qualls, Ph.D. – Mental health and aging; family caregiving; integrated healthcare; senior housing and wellness; technology and aging

Molly Maxfield, Ph.D. – Social cognition and aging; dementia worry; terror management and aging

Brandon Gavett, Ph.D. – Clinical neuropsychology; cognitive aging; advanced psychometric methods (including item response theory and other approaches to latent variable modeling); Alzheimer’s disease; cross-cultural neuropsychology; forensic neuropsychology

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Clinical Psychology Program (Emphasis on Geropsychology)2018-06-04T19:07:29-04:00

The University of Alabama Clinical Geropsychology Training Program

The University of Alabama Clinical Geropsychology Training Program

Contact Information:
348 Gordon Palmer Hall Box 870348, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0348, United States
Rebecca S. Allen, Ph.D., ABPP
205-348-5083
rsallen@ua.edu
 
Website Address: http://psychology.ua.edu
 
The Psychology Department at The University of Alabama offers a scientist-practitioner geropsychology subarea to prepare professionals for research and practice with older adults and families. Specialty courses include Clinical Psychology of Aging: Assessment and Intervention and Geropsychology Practicum.
 
CLINICAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

The UA Geropsychology subarea offers a wide variety of clinical training opportunities, some with stipends, with older adult populations.  These include:

    1. Geropsychology Clinic (required): Psychology graduate students in the third year and above provide individual and family psychotherapy to older adults and caregivers in the clinic, in home, and via telehealth. Students also conduct cognitive assessments and capacity evaluations for independent living, financial decision-making, medical consent, testamentary capacity, and capacity to complete an advance care directive and execute a durable power of attorney and healthcare power of attorney.
    2. University Medical Center Geriatrics Clinic (required): Psychology graduate students in the third year and above work as part of an interprofessional team with geriatricians, social workers, a geriatric pharmacist, and learners across disciplines to provide assessment within the context of primary care to older adult outpatients. An interprofessional education series also is available beginning in the first year of training.
    3. Mary S. Harper Geriatric Psychiatry Center (potential paid placement): Psychology graduate students conduct assessment and consultative services and provide group and individual therapy to geriatric psychiatric inpatients.
    4. Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center Community Living Centers (CLCs): Psychology graduate students may gain VA experience and work with the geropsychologist in the CLCs, the VA term for skilled nursing facilities. Students provide interventions and conduct assessments with residents, work with interdisciplinary teams, and potentially provide staff training.

CORE FACULTY INFORMATION (in alphabetical order):

More specific information may be obtained by contacting these professors or on our website at https://psychology.ua.edu/

Rebecca S. Allen, PhD, ABPP (1994, Washington University in St. Louis).  rsallen@ua.edu

Professor and Geropsychology Coordinator, Executive Director of the Alabama Research Institute on Aging (ARIA; https://aria.ua.edu).  Dr. Allen’s research and clinical interests are: 1) clinical training (substance and opioid use disorders; empowering communities to facilitate effective treatment delivery through community-based partnerships; health and mental health disparities), 2) interventions to reduce stress among individuals with advanced chronic and terminal illness and their care partners, and 3) the cultural dynamics of healthcare and financial decision making.  She has published over 130 articles, three books, and nineteen book chapters. Dr. Allen is board certified in Geropsychology and is an oral examiner for the American Board of Geropsychology. She is Past-President of the Society of Clinical Geropsychology, a former Chair of the Council of Professional Geropsychology Training Programs, and President-Elect of Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging) of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Allen teaches Clinical Psychology of Aging Assessment & Intervention, Affective and Lifespan Development, and Geropsychology Practicum.

Sheila Black, PhD (1994, Washington University in St. Louis). sblack@ua.edu

Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology.  Dr. Black is interested in age-related changes in attentional and semantic processes. She is also interested in age-related changes in episodic memory.  Dr. Black teaches the cognitive aging class in the geropsychology emphasis, and clinical students also have the opportunity to work with her on projects involving cognitive aging.

Michelle M. Hilgeman, PhD (2010, University of Alabama) Michelle.Hilgeman@va.gov

Psychologist Clinician Investigator at the Tuscaloosa VA and Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at UA. She is also an Affiliate Investigator at the Birmingham/Atlanta Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC). Dr. Hilgeman’s work examines the effectiveness and implementation of evidence-based interventions designed to reduce psychological distress, enhance social connection, and improve clinical and functional outcomes for veterans and caregivers at increased risk of inequities in health. For example, two current projects are: 1) a hybrid implementation-effectiveness clinical trial of Montessori-based approaches to resident-directed care in 8 VA Community Living Centers, and 2) evaluation of the Pride in All Who Served health promotion group for LGBTQ+ Veterans currently available in more than 60 VA Medical Centers. Her work has been supported by VA Rehabilitation Research & Development, VA Health Services R&D, the National Institute on Aging, and operations support from the VA Innovation Ecosystem, Office of Health Equity, Office of Rural Health, & Office of Mental Health & Suicide Prevention. Dr. Hilgeman is a strong mentoring presence in the geropsychology program and regularly serves on thesis and dissertation committees for graduate students. Dr. Hilgeman is not currently teaching courses at UA, but she does teach didactic seminars for Psychology Interns at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center on topics including: ethics, rural health, capacity assessment, environmental & behavioral modification, and cultural humility / diversity issues (LGBTQ Veterans, individuals with disabilities).

Lindsey Jacobs, PhD, MSPH, ABPP (2014, University of Alabama) jacob008@ua.edu

Director of Clinical Training and Associate Professor of Clinical Geropsychology. Dr. Jacobs’ interests include: 1) development, adaptation, and implementation of third-wave cognitive behavioral interventions and other behavioral health interventions for older adults and caregivers; 2) culturally sensitive interventions and capacity assessments for older adults; 3) clinical training, particularly in the areas of geropsychology and capacity assessment; and 4) suicide in late life. Her work has been supported by funding from VA Research and Development, VA Innovators Network, VA Rehabilitation Research & Development Service, Department of Defense, the Deep South Resource Center for Minority Aging (RCMAR), and Council of Professional Geropsychology Training Programs. Examples of current projects include development of a culturally responsive mindfulness-based telehealth group protocol for older African American Veterans, development of a culturally sensitive capacity assessment training and competency evaluation tool, implementation of a telehealth Acceptance and Commitment Therapy group with older Veterans to improve pandemic-related coping, and evaluation of group telehealth intervention for older Veterans experiencing distress related to mild cognitive impairment. Dr. Jacobs is board certified in Geropsychology, serves on the American Board of Professional Geropsychology, and is President of the Society of Clinical Geropsychology. She is a former Chair and Secretary of the Council of Professional Geropsychology Training Programs and former Convener for the Mental Health Practice and Aging Interest Group of the Gerontological Society of America. She teaches Advanced Geropsychology Practicum, Introduction to Ethics, and Basic Practicum.

Lynn Snow, PhD (1998, Texas A&M University).  Lsnow@ua.edu

Professor of Clinical Geropsychology.  Dr. Snow’s main research interests are in nursing home quality improvement and organizational change and related efforts in nursing home leadership, team, and staff development and quality of care interventions.  Dr. Snow has a secondary interest in the development and evaluation of assessments and treatments of distress in persons with dementia. Finally, she has a developing professional interest and long-standing personal practice in mindfulness.  She is located part-time at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center and is the College of Arts and Sciences Liaison to the VA.  She teaches undergraduate/graduate seminars on effective scientific communication and presentation; the intersection of the science of mindfulness and behavior change; and person-centered approaches to dementia and cognitive impairment.

The University of Alabama Clinical Geropsychology Training Program2025-03-07T13:02:13-05:00

William James College

William James College

Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Contact Information:
Katherine King, PsyD.
drkateking@gmail.com

Director of Psychology Training: Shellee Robbins,PhD

Geropsychology Supervisor(s): Katherine King,PsyD

Website Address:
https://www.williamjames.edu/academics/clinical/psyd/index.cfm

Membership / Certification:

_X_ APA Accredited
___APPIC Member

Geropsychology Training Opportunities / Settings:
___ Outpatient Mental Health Clinic
___ Neuropsychology / Memory Clinic
___ Community Living Center
___ Home Based Health Care
___ Primary Care
___ Inpatient Geropsychiatry/Mental Health
___ Physical / Cognitive Rehabilitation
___ Caregiver Support Services
___ Hospice / Palliative Care
___ Telehealth / Telemedicine
___ Training in Supervision of Interns / Practicum Students
_X_ Other:  Field training occurs in all four years of our graduate program, followed by a full-time APA internship. Multiple sites involve working exclusively or partially with older adults. Students frequently train in Elder Services, Protective Services, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Veterans Administration, and more.

Format of Geropsychology Training:
_X_ Specialty Track in Geropsychology
___ Major Rotation
___  Minor Rotation
___ Opportunities to work with older adults included in other rotations

Faculty Clinical/Research Interests:

Strong focus on training to practice clinical geropsychology, e.g. psychotherapy, assessment, consulting.

Interests include serving under-served older adults, intersectional aging, creativity and the arts, aging in the family and community context, older couples, retirement, coping with medical illness, caregiving, grief, end of life. Also engaged in research exploring the geropsychology workforce shortage, death anxiety, and narrative medicine.

We have a strong social justice mission and seek to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion within our institution and the broader field of psychology. We welcome applicants with diverse identities and backgrounds, first generation scholars, adult learners, career changers, as well as ‘traditional’ applicants coming straight from undergrad psychology programs.

Faculty Bio: https://www.williamjames.edu/about/profiles/faculty/kathering-king.cfm

William James College2020-11-12T08:03:31-05:00
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