Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
Contact Information:
Jessica Haberman, Ph.D.
jessica.haberman @ va.gov
Website Address: https://www.va.gov/northeast-ohio-health-care/work-with-us/internships-and-fellowships/psychology-residency-and-internship/
Director of Psychology Training
Laura Roush, Ph.D.
laura.roush @ va.gov
Geropsychology Supervisor(s):
Jessica Haberman, Ph.D.
Kristal Samson, Psy.D.
Ellen Day-Suba, Ph.D.
Jeffrey Przybysz, Psy.D.
Nazar Seyala, Ph.D.
Membership / Certification:
_X__ APA Accredited
_X__ APPIC Member
Geropsychology Training Opportunities / Settings:
Outpatient Mental Health Clinic
Neuropsychology / Memory Clinic
Community Living Center
Home Based Health Care
Primary Care
Caregiver Support Services
Hospice / Palliative Care
Telehealth / Telemedicine
Training in Supervision of Interns / Practicum Students
Driving Safety Evaluation Clinic
Format of Geropsychology Training:
- Specialty Track in Geropsychology
- Major Rotation
- Minor Rotation
- Opportunities to work with older adults included in other rotations
Faculty Clinical/Research Interests:
-Dr. Haberman: Clinical specializations: Health psychology, assessment and treatment of psychological and neurocognitive disorders in older adults, capacity evaluations, caregiver support, grief and bereavement. Publications and research interests: Non-pharmacologic interventions for dementia, effective management of chronic illness, resiliency in late life, religiosity and successful aging, positive psychology. Teaching and supervision interests: Geropsychology, grief and bereavement work, behavioral medicine.
-Dr. Samson: Clinical specializations: Health Psychology, Geropsychology, assessment and treatment of psychological and neurocognitive disorders in geriatric population, capacity evaluations, dementia education, behavioral interventions for management of dementia-related behaviors, caregiver support. Publications and research interests: tele-dementia care, non-pharmacologic interventions for dementia-related behaviors, frailty and cognitive decline in patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer, caregiver education. Teaching and supervision interests: behavioral medicine, professional development, work-life balance, geropsychology, dementia.
-Dr. Day-Suba: Clinical specializations: health psychology, geropsychology, evaluation of decision-making capacity, neurocognitive disorder assessment and management, dementia education, caregiver support and interventions, grief/bereavement. Publications and research interests: telehealth usage in older adult patients, non-pharmacological interventions for dementia-related behaviors, caregiver burden, successful aging, end-of-life issues, interdisciplinary team collaboration. Teaching and supervision interests: diversity considerations in older adult population, cognitive assessment, grief/bereavement work, professional development, communication on interdisciplinary teams.
-Dr. Przybysz: Clinical Specializations: Geropsychology, long term care psychology, CBT-I, evaluation of decision-making capacity, individual and group psychotherapy with geriatric population, caregiver burden along with assessment and interventions, dementia education, cognitive assessment, personality assessment, and behavior management interventions for individuals with neurocognitive disorders. Publications and research interests: Older LGBT population, aging and subjective-wellbeing, assessment of caregiver burden. Teaching and supervision interests: individual psychotherapy, cognitive and personality assessment, behavior management including STAR-VA interventions.
-Dr. Seyala: Clinical specializations – Geropsychology, long-term care, cognitive assessment, medical rehabilitation, behavior management, assessment of decision-making capacity, staff intervention, motivational interviewing, STAR-VA. Publications and research interests: older adults mental health utilization, nonpharmacologic behavior management, capacity assessment, caregiver support. Teaching and supervision interests: Geropsychology, STAR-VA and other behavioral interventions, motivational interviewing, professional development