VA Boston Healthcare System

Contact Information:
Complete program descriptions, contact information and brochures for both the internship and fellowship can be found at the VA Boston Psychology Training webpage below. Please email Patricia M. Bamonti, PhD, ABPP with questions (patricia.bamonti@va.gov).

Director of Psychology Training:
Risa Weisberg Hawkins, Ph.D.
Director of Training, Boston Consortium Internship Program
Risa.WeisbergHawkins@va.gov

Geropsychology Supervisor(s):

Deepa Acharya, PhD, ABPP, Patty Bamonti, PhD, Kate Hinrichs, PhD, ABBP, Colleen Jackson, PhD, ABPP,  Michelle Mlinac, PsyD, ABPP, Jennifer Moye, PhD, ABPP, and Maggie Murphy, PsyD, ABPP, Kelly O’Malley, PhD, Kadija William, PhD.

Website Address:
http://www.boston.va.gov/psychologytraining.asp 

Membership / Certification:

_X__ APA Accredited
_X__ APPIC Member

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

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

Faculty Clinical/Research Interests: adjustment and coping with chronic illness and disability; cancer survivorship; geropsychology practice, training, and supervision competencies; decision making capacity; geriatric education; late-life PTSD symptomatology; geriatric neuropsychology; program evaluation/quality improvement; mental health integration and interdisciplinary care; third wave therapies for treatment in late life; caregiving and caregiver interventions; long-term care; LGBT and aging; chronic pain in older adults; suicide prevention in home-based primary care; hospice and palliative care/end-of-life care planning; web and mobile-based interventions; boundaries within disciplines on interdisciplinary teams; dementia care; cultural transformation