Fall 2015 Vol. 4 No. 1

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Working Alliances

The Newsletter for the

University of Detroit

Mercy Doctoral Program

in Clinical Psychology

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Alumni News We provide a forum for alumni to let the Doctoral Program community know what you’re doing. If you’d

like to let us know what professional activities you have been involved with and to share pertinent

information with your colleagues, then go to the link:

http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/990255/3272906f1cad

You could also send alumni news to the program via email: phdclinicalpsychology@udmercy.edu. If you

know of any alumni who did not receive a copy of the newsletter, please feel free to forward a copy to them

and encourage them to get in touch with us, so that we can update the alumni database.

Adam "Toby" Lynch, Ph.D. (2014) completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Post-deployment Readjustment and

Substance Use at VA Boston Healthcare System (8/2015). He has accepted a full-time Clinical Psychologist position at

Massachusetts General Hospital (8/2015).

Dennis Ortman, Ph.D. (1995) published a new book entitled: Anxiety Anonymous: The Big Book on anxiety

Addiction (2015), MSI Press.

Änna Pettway, Ph.D. (2014) accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Psychology at Bryan College.

She will begin teaching in August 2015. Bryan College is a small, highly-ranked, liberal arts institution in Dayton, TN

(just north of Chattanooga). She is excited about being able to mentor the next generation of psychologists and also

hopes to provide assessment and therapy services in the Chattanooga area as there is an overwhelming need for

psychologists in the area.

Mark your calendars! (Note New Date)

Annual UDM Doctoral Program Picnic

Saturday September 17, 2016

McNichols Campus

Faculty, Students, Practicum/Internship Directors, Clinic Supervisors,

and Alumni are welcome to attend

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In Memoriam

Bernard A. Green Ph.D., age 77, of Ferndale, Michigan died June 23,

2015 at his home in Ferndale. Dr. Green was born January 2, 1938 in

Brooklyn, New York. He was a graduate of New York City College, and

went on to complete his Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of

Michigan. Dr. Green joined the faculty at the University of Detroit in

1973, where he was fiercely supportive of his students and teaching,

while equally energetic about the field of Psychology. He spent nearly 35

years as a professor at UDM, during most of which he served as Director

of the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology. He spearheaded the

APA accreditation process for the Ph.D. program, which was achieved in

1988. He was highly regarded as a teacher and psychotherapist by the

psychological community of Metro Detroit. He was a strong advocate for

the Ph.D. program during his years as DCT, and he also provided strong

support and encouragement to those who succeeded him. Peggy Stack,

Ph.D. noted, “I will always treasure the ‘epic poem’ on the tenure

process, that he wrote for Drs. McCown and myself as we reached that

milestone.” He retired in 2006. Dr. Green was also a passionate poet who

wrote 3 volumes of poetry and short stories. He was a loving father and

husband, those who knew him will never forget his kindness, wit, and

sense of humor. Dr. Green is survived by his children, Jacob (Ashe)

Green, Katherine (Karyn) Green, his granddaughter Alice Green, and his

sister Beverly (Paul) Caldwell.

Jesse Bell, Ph.D., supervisor at the University of Detroit Mercy

Psychology Clinic and former Internship Director of University

Psychiatric Services-Jefferson Ave of Wayne State University School of

Medicine, died suddenly on May 31, 2015. He was 61 yrs. old. Dr. Bell

was a native of Detroit, graduated from Cass Technical High School and

received his undergraduate degree from Eastern Michigan University. He

received his Master’s and Doctoral degrees from Columbia University in

New York. He returned to Detroit in 1980 and he served on the staff of

Lafayette Clinic, where he saw patients, engaged in research and trained

and supervised psychology interns until the closure of Lafayette Clinic in

1993. Subsequently, he became director of the APA accredited UPC-

Jefferson predoctoral internship in Clinical Psychology. Cheryl Munday,

Ph.D. noted, “Jesse Bell was a dedicated psychologist who touched the

lives of many during his professional career. As a hospital staff

psychologist, he was a staunch advocate for humane and quality care

during a time when public, hospital-based services were sharply curtailed

and when Lafayette Clinic was closed. As a fellow internship director, he

was a generous and supportive colleague. As a Psychology Clinic

supervisor, he was a kind, highly effective teacher whose students felt

valued and confident about his commitment to their development. And

as I came to learn recently, he was a devoted family man with deep

religious faith. No matter the occasion, no matter the task at hand, he

was optimistic, yet pragmatic, shrewdly diplomatic and always someone

I just enjoyed being around. He will be sorely missed.” Dr. Bell is

survived by his wife, Brenda and two daughters Marissa and Allison.

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Visiting Professor 2015

Ken Corbett, Ph.D.

Ken Corbett, Ph.D. is a noted psychoanalyst and author

of the 2009 book, Boyhoods: Rethinking Masculinities.

A graduate of Columbia University in clinical and

developmental psychology, Dr. Corbett has a

longstanding interest in gender studies. He is currently

working on the role of play in psychotherapeutic

technique and also is at work on A Murder Over a

Girl, a nonfiction account of the murder of one boy

by another. Dr. Corbett teaches at the New York

University Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis

and Psychotherapy, supervises nationally and has a

private practice in New York City.

Dennis Apker, M.A., Doctoral Student in Clinical

Psychology, presented his psychotherapy case for

discussion. Mr. Apker will undertake his first

external practicum experience at the Federal

Correctional Institution-Milan during the 2015-16

academic year.

The Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute brings a

Visiting Professor of Psychoanalysis to Michigan in

March or April of each year for a week-long series of

talks and case conferences with the students and

faculty at the local universities. The presentation at

UDM is co-sponsored by the UDM Psychology

Clinic. Previous Visiting Scholars include Otto

Kernberg, Jacob Arlow, Charles Brenner, Mark

Solms, Peter Fonagy, Owen Renick and Leo Rangell,

amongst many others. The program serves to

strengthen collaborative relationships with academic

and other allied institutions.

The 2016 Visiting Professor Program has invited

Andrea Celenza, Ph.D.. Dr. Celenza is Assistant

Clinical Professor, Harvard Medical School Faculty,

Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis Training

and Supervising Analyst, Boston Psychoanalytic

Society and Institute. 2016 will be the 30th annual

Visiting Professor program.�

Above: Ken Corbett, Ph.D. and Dennis Apker, M.A.

Below: Dr. Corbett listens to Mr. Apker’s presentation of

clinical material.

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Doctoral Program Collaborates with

UDM School of Dentistry’s Summer Enrichment Program

Left: First year doctoral student

Latoya Taylor, MA, assists

predental students discuss

psychology concepts relevant

to dentistry.

Right: Fifth year doctoral

student Tyler Boonstra, MA,

guides a discussion group.

Tyler also provided lectures to

the Summer Enrichment

Program Students on relaxation

techniques amd motivational

interviewing.

The Doctoral Program was again affiliated with a grant

from the Health Resources and Services Administration

(HRSA) as part of the Health Career Opportunities

Program (HCOP) awarded to the UDM Dental School

to provide an educational experience for economically

and educationally disadvantaged undergraduates. The

purpose of the grant was to assist these students to

develop skills to apply for and be accepted into dental

school. Educational experiences included multi-

professional exposure.

This year the program facilitated the inter-professional

educational workshop for the dental students. The

program worked with Deirdre Young, DDS to put

together the modules for the workshop. The modules

covered the importance of inter-professional education

and multi-disciplinary work in healthcare settings. The

workshop addressed concepts related to experiences of

anxiety and its causes, shame in relation to self

perceptions of personal appearance, differences in the

experiences of patients across the age spectrum, and the

importance of recognizing diversity in the practice

setting.

Doctoral students served as group facilitators to assist

dental students engage in exercises related to the

concepts being taught in the workshop. Pre-dental

Students discussed hypothetical cases that had

significant psychological dimensions to find ways of

maximizing their work with patients. The inter-

professional education workshop was one component

of their Summer Enrichment Program. In 2014, the

doctoral program partnered with the School of

Dentistry to include a program for psychology

undergraduates as well. We anticipate future

collaborations based upon our successful work together

these last two years.

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At the Honors Convocation on

March 22, 2015 the UDM

Doctoral Program in Clinical

Psychology presented the

Distinguished Student Research

Award jointly to, Jean Ikanga and

Laura Richardson This award is

for distinguished research as

recognized by faculty and

supervisors.

Elizabeth Hill, Ph.D., Dr. Ikanga’s

dissertation chair, noted that “his

dissertation was exemplary” and

that he already had a manuscript

ready to submit and had presented

a poster at a neuropsychological

conference related to his

dissertation work. Jean was first

author on: The Association

Between the years of Essential

Hypertension and Memory:

Protective Effect of Cognitive

Reserve. International

Neuropsychological Society

(INS): 43rd Annual Meeting,

Denver, CO.

Barry Dauphin, Ph.D., Dr.

Richardson’s dissertation chair,

noted that not only was Laura’s

dissertation on somatization in a

Distinguished Student Research Award 2015 Jean Ikanga

Laura Richardson

primary healthcare setting an

important contribution to the

field, she had presented several

posters at conferences and was

a co-author on multiple

publications. She also was first

author for a poster that won 1st

place at the 2014 Society for

Personality Assessment

conference. Ms. Richardson

was invited to submit an article

based upon her dissertation,

Clinical Utility of the Social

Cognition and Object

Relations Scale in a Primary

Care Setting, to a special

section of the Journal of

Personality Assessment related

to scoring narrative data.

Both students received

prestigious postdoctoral

placements with Dr. Ikanga

working at Emory University

School of Medicine and Dr.

Richardson working at

Harvard University School of

Medicine. Join us in

congratulating them on this

accomplishment!

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Internship News Nine UDM students matched with

APA accredited pre-doctoral

internships for 2015-2016.

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2015 Commencement Left: Graduates line up for procession to Callahan Hall | Center: Students ready to receive diplomas and be hooded | Right: Fr.

Jean Ikanga taking pictures with happy relatives.

Please join us in congratulating the following students on their postdoctoral fellowships:

Molly Gabriel, Ph.D.

McLaren-Flint: Clinical Health

Psychology

Michigan State University College

of Human Medicine

Flint, MI

Fr. Jean Ikanga, SVD, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology

Emory University School of

Medicine

Atlanta, GA

Laura Richardson, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow in Clinical

Psychology Massachusetts

General Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Commencement 2015 and Dissertation Titles

Iren Assar. Ethnic Identity, Family Ethnic Socialization, Religiosity, and Psychological Adjustment in

Middle Eastern Emerging Adults: A Risk and Resiliency Framework. Chairperson: Judy McCown, Ph.D.

Molly E. Gabriel. The Study of Clinical Judgement as it is Affected by Theoretical Orientation and

Experience Level. Chairperson: Barry Dauphin, Ph.D.

William C. Guy. The Influence of Skin Tone, Skin Color, and Gender on Ratings of Facial Attractiveness.

Chairperson: Carol Weisfeld, Ph.D.

Hailey G. Hegland. Shyness and Shame in Online Dating. Chairperson: Elizabeth Hill, Ph.D.

Bruce Howard. Racial Identity Salience and its Effect on College Students’ Attitudes toward Interracial

Dating: Implications toward Choosing a Potential Mate. Chairperson: Carol Weisfeld, Ph.D.

Jean N. Ikanga. Cognitive Reserve as Neuroprotection for Cognitive Function in Individuals with Clinical

Hypertension. Chairperson: Elizabeth Hill, Ph.D.

Laura Richardson. Attachment and Interpersonal Relatedness as Models Predicting Somatization, Physical

Health, and Utilization in Primary Care. Chairperson: Barry Dauphin, Ph.D.

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Recent Publications and Presentations of our Faculty Faculty names in Bold and Doctoral Student Names in Italics.

Publications

Abraham, K. M., Miller, C. J., Birgenheir, D. G., Lai, Z., & Kilbourne, A. M. (2014). Self-efficacy and quality of life

among people with bipolar disorder. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 202, 583-588.

Abraham, K. M., Ganoczy, D., Yosef, M., Resnick, S. G., & Zivin, K. (2014). Receipt of employment services among

Veterans Health Administration users with psychiatric diagnoses. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 51,

404-414.

Kilbourne, A. M., Goodrich, D. E., Lai, Z., Almirall, D., Nord, K. M., Bowersox, N. W., & Abraham, K. M. (2015). Re-

engaging veterans with serious mental illness into care: Preliminary results from a national randomized trial. Psychiatric

Services, 66, 90-93.

Kilbourne, A. M., Almirall, D. A., Goodrich, D. E., Lai, Z., Abraham, K. M., Nord, K. M., Bowersox, N. (2014).

Enhancing outreach for persons with serious mental illness: 12-month results from a cluster randomized trial of an adaptive

implementation strategy. Implementation Science, 9: 778.

Readdick, C. A. (2014). Irish families & globalization: Conversations about belonging & identity across space & time. In

L. B. Blume (Series Ed.), Groves Monographs on Marriage & Family, Vol. 3. Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan Publishing.

Blume, L. B. (2015). Enter Act II: JFTR 2014-2018. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 7(1), 1-3.

Greene, H. H., & Brown, James M. (2015). Effects of Simulated Scotomas on Pre-saccadic Fixation Durations. Journal

of Vision, 15(12), 208. doi: 10.1167/15.12.208.

Greene, H. H., Brown, J. M., & Dauphin, B. (2014). When do you look where you look? A visual field asymmetry.

Vision Research, 102, 33-40.

Greene, H. H., Brown, J. M. & Dauphin, B. (2014). A visual field asymmetry in pre-saccadic fixation durations. Journal

of Vision, 14, 1213.

Henze, E.E.C., Williams, R.L., von Mizener, B.H., Brown, K.S. (2013). Additive Effects of Performance Feedback and

Contingent Rewards on Reading Outcomes. Journal of Evidence Based Practices for Schools, 14(2), 104-133.

Jaspers, K.E., Skinner, C.H., Henze, E.E.C., McCane-Boling, S.J., Rowlette, E.F. (2014). Occasioning Behaviors that

Cause Learning. In S. G. Little & A. Akin-Little (Eds.), Academic assessment and intervention. New York: Routledge.

Dillon, L.M., Nowak, N.T., Weisfeld, G.E., Weisfeld, C.C., Shattuck, K.S., Imamoğlu, E.O., Butovskaya, M. & Shen.

(2015). Sources of marital conflict in five cultures. Evolutionary Psychology, 13(1): 1-15.

Dillon, L.M., Nowak, N.T., Shattuck, K.S., Weisfeld, G.E., Weisfeld, C.C., Imamoglu, E.O., Butovskaya, M., & Shen, J.

(2015). When the cat’s away, the spouse will play: A Cross-cultural examination of mate guarding in married couples.

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, DOI 10.1556/JEP-D-13-00003.

Stack, M. (2014). Revision of Instructor's Manual for King, Human sexuality today, 8th

edition. Upper Saddle River, New

Jersey: Pearson.

Weisfeld, C.C. & Silveri, A. (2014). A Healthy Respect for Sex Differences, with CVD and PTSD as Cautionary Lessons.

In Peter LaFreniere and Glenn Weisfeld (Eds.), Evolutionary Science of Human Behavior: An Interdisciplinary Approach.

(pp. 381-412). New York: Linus Learning.

Weisfeld, G. & Weisfeld, C.C. (2014). An evolutionary analysis of marriage. In P. LaFreniere and G. Weisfeld (Eds.),

Evolutionary Science of Human Behavior: An interdisciplinary approach. (pp. 307-326). New York: Linus Learning.

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Dillon, L.M., Nowak, N.T., Shattuck, K.S., Weisfeld, G.E., Weisfeld, C.C., Imamoglu, E.O., Butovskaya, M., & Shen, J.

(2014). Attractiveness and Spousal Infidelity as Predictors of Sexual Fulfillment without the marriage Partner in Couples from

Five Cultures. Human Ethology Bulletin, 29(1), 18-38.

Faculty Presentations

Jones, J., Abell, S. & MacDonald, D. (2015). Levels of religious and spiritual beliefs of academic psychologists. Paper

presentation (Div. 36 "Data Blitz") to Div. 36 (Psychology of Religion) at the Annual Convention of the American

Psychological Association.

Abraham, K. M., Beehler, S., Bell, M., & Hunt, M. G. (2015, June). Community psychology and the Veterans Health

Administration (VHA): Values, challenges, and opportunities for community psychologists. Round table discussion

presented at the 15th Biennial Conference for the Society for Community Research and Action, Lowell, MA.

Abraham, K. M., Sata, M. J., Lewis, S. B., Nantais, C. A. F., Flinn, R. E., & Hodge, K. (2015, June). Peer support

specialists in the workplace: An application of the empowerment process model. Poster presented at the 15th Biennial

Conference for the Society for Community Research and Action, Lowell, MA.

Abraham, K. M. (2015, August). Employment Outcomes of VA Compensated Work Therapy: Fiscal Years 2006—

2010. In K. M. Abraham & K. Zivin (co-Chairs), Veterans with Mental Health Conditions and Unemployment---Across

the Continuum. Symposium conducted at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. Toronto,

Ontario, Canada.

Dauphin, B. (2015). Maintaining a Psychodynamic Focus in a University Setting. Paper presented to the Division 39

Spring Conference, Section V Panel The Disappearance of Psychoanalytic Thinking from the Public Sector: Definite

Problems, Possible Solutions, April 24, 2015, San Francisco, CA.

Juve, M., Dauphin, B., and Greene, H. (2015). The Heat Is On: Measuring Interest Areas on the Rorschach Using Heat

Mapping Techniques. Poster presented to the Society for Personality Assessment. Brooklyn, NY March 5, 2015.

Christoff, M., Lotter, H. and Dauphin, B (2015). What’s Love Got To Do With It? The Affect Neuroscience Personality

Scales, Need for Affect, and Sexual Desire Inventory. Poster presented to the Society for Personality Assessment.

Brooklyn, NY March 6, 2015.

Lotter, H., Christoff, M. and Dauphin, B. (2015). Together at Last? Primary Process Affect, Object Representations, and

Defensiveness. Poster presented to the Society for Personality Assessment. Brooklyn, NY March 5, 2015.

Lotter, H. and Dauphin, B. (2014). Playing With Primary Process, Defenses, and ObjectRepresentations. Poster

Presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, August 8, Washington, DC.

Lalonde, C. and Dauphin, B. (2014). Understanding Secondary Trauma for Psychotherapists: Risk Factors and

Moderating Influences. Poster Presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, August 8, Washington,

DC.

Tepatti, T, & Greene, H. H. (2014). Regional Eye movement Processing of Webpages. Paper presented at the annual

conference of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts & Letters, Auburn Hills, MI.

Henze, E. & Shier, A. (2014). The Effect of Weekly Quizzes for Credit versus No Credit on Student Performance. Poster

presented at the annual conference of the Midwestern Psychological Association/Society for the Teaching of Psychology,

Chicago, Il.

Miller, N.& Henze, E. (2014). Measuring Mental Illness Stigma in an Introductory Psychology Course. Poster presented

at the annual conference of the Midwestern Psychological Association/Society for the Teaching of Psychology, Chicago,

Il.

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Golomb, S., Henze, E. & Fasko, S.N. (2014). Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Training Program’s Answer to a

Reluctant Field. Presented at the 2014 conference of the Trainers in School Psychology, Washington, DC.

Aldhalimi, A. Sen, A., Wright., A. M., Arnetz, J., Hill, E., Jamil., H., Ghosh, S., Stemmer, P.M., Park, P.M., Motishita, M.,

Ruden, D., & Arnetz, B.B. Lead Enhances the Effect of Trauma on HPA Axis-Associated Gene Expression. American

Psychosomatic Society Conference: 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Savannah, GA (March, 2015).

Ikanga, J. & Hill, E.M., The Association Between the years of Essential Hypertension and Memory: Protective Effect of

Cognitive Reserve. International Neuropsychological Society (INS): 43rd Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (February 2015).

Munday, C. and Dauphin, B. (2014). Hidden in Plain Sight: Psychodynamic Training in the World of Accreditation.

Presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, August 7, Washington, DC.

Zhong, X., Slowik, L., Archey, D., Zarkowski, P., Zimmerman-Oster, K., & Todoroff, R. (March 2015) Barriers for

women in STEM in the Academy: A case study. Presentation to Michigan Association for Higher Education conference,

Grand Rapids, MI.

Zhong, X., Slowik, L., Archey, D., Zarkowski, P., Zimmerman-Oster, K., & Todoroff, R. (2015) Assessment of the

challenges of STEM women faculty in an urban predominantly undergraduate university. Presentation to May 2015

Association for Women In Science Conference

Slowik, L.H., Cabanilla-Jacobs, L. & Smith-Vaughan, A. 2015. Dental anxiety, periodontal patients, and their

shame/embarrassment. Poster presented at the 2015 Celebration of Scholarly Achievement, University of Detroit Mercy,

Detroit, MI.

Shattuck, K.S., Weisfeld, C.C., & Weisfeld, G.E. (2015). Similarities and differences between heterosexual and homosexual

couples based on MARQ data. Paper presented at the Summer Institute of the International Society for Human Ethology, Athens,

Greece, May 2015.

DeLecce, T., Weisfeld, G.E., & Weisfeld, C.C. (2015). Evolutionary explanations for sex differences and similarities in how non-

marital breakups are experienced. Paper presented at the Summer Institute of the International Society for Human Ethology,

Athens, Greece, May 2015.

Weisfeld, C.C., & Weisfeld, G.E. (2015). Owen Aldis: His legacy and his work. Paper presented at the Summer Institute of the

International Society for Human Ethology, Athens, Greece, May 2015.

DeLecce, T., Shattuck, K., Weisfeld, C.C. & Stack, M. (2014). Sex Differences in Married Couples’ Nonverbal Behavior as a

Function of Marital Dynamics. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Human Ethology, Belem,

Brazil, August 2014.

Shattuck, K.S., Weisfeld, C.C., Weisfeld, G.E., & Stack, M. (2014). Experimenter effect in observational studies: Does

experimenter gender affect mate guardingbehavior? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for

Human Ethology, Belem, Brazil, August 2014.

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Faculty News Linda Slowik, Ph.D., Leyvee Cabanilla Jacobs, DDS (Periodontal department at the School of Dentistry), and Arthur Smith-

Vaughan (doctoral student) were awarded the “Building Bridges Award” for their research on dental anxiety experienced by

periodontal patients. This award is sponsored by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), one of

27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health.

Kristen Abraham, Ph.D. (Principal Investigator) and Cheryl Munday, Ph.D. have been awarded a grant from NIH for their

proposal: Social Determinants of Primary Care Utilization among Urban Community Mental Health Center Patients with

Serious Mental Illness.

Cheryl Munday, Ph.D. was recognized as one of the 2015 Women of Excellence Honorees in the Michigan Chronicle article,

“Michigan Chronicle Announces the 2015 Women Of Excellence Honorees.”

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Doctoral Students Present Research

Maria Christoff presents: Christoff, M.,

Lotter, H., and Dauphin, B. (2015).

Relationships Between Primary Affect Systems

and Attachment Styles: A Preliminary

Investigation to the APA 2015 Convention.

Toronto, CA.

Laura Richardson presenting: Richardson, L.,

Porcerelli, J., Dauphin, B., Morris, P. and

Murdoch, W. (2015). Attachment and

Interpersonal Relatedness as Models Predicting

Somatization, Physical Health and Healthcare

Utilization in Primary Care. Paper presented to the

Society for Personality Assessment. Brooklyn, NY

Cathleen LaLonde presents: LaLonde, C.,

Cogan, R., Markova, T., and Porcerelli, J.

(2015). Object Relations Inventory: A

Multimethod Validity Study with Urban

Women Using Primary Care. Poster

presented to the Society for Personality

Assessment. Brooklyn, NY

Kristen Hurrell presents: Hurrell, K., Cogan, R.,

Markova, T., and Porcerelli, J. (2015).

Personality Assessment Screener, Childhood Ab

use, and Adult Partner-Violence: An Urban

PrimaryCare Study of Women Poster presented

to the Society for Personality Assessment.

Brooklyn, NY

John Jones presents: Jones, J., Abell,

S., and MacDonald, D. (2015). Levels

of Religious and Spiritual Beliefs of

Academic Psychologists to the APA

2015 Convention. Toronto, CA.

Molly Gabriel presents: Gabriel, M.,

Dauphin, B., Slowik, L., McCown, J.

and Maher, J. (2015). The Study of

Clinical Judgment as it is Affected by

Theoretical Orientation and

Experience Level. Paper presented to

the American Psychological

Association 2015 Convention. Mena Ads presents: Ads, M. Imamaglu, E., and

Weisfeld, C. (2015). Perceived Love, Partnership,

and Problems in a Sample of Turkish Couples.

Poster presented to the American Psychological

Association 2015 Convention.

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Alumni News

We would like to provide a forum for alumni to let the Doctoral Program community

know what you’re doing. If you’d like to let us know what professional activities you

have been involved with and to share pertinent information with your colleagues,

then go to the link below:

http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/990255/3272906f1cad

If you know of any alumni who did not receive a copy of the newsletter, please feel

free to forward a copy to them and encourage them to get in touch with us, so that we

can update the alumni database.

The UDM doctoral program in clinical psychology is based on a practice-oriented scientist-practitioner model and its application to clinical practice resting upon a

broad-based theoretical perspective with significant emphasis on a psychoanalytic viewpoint, including both classical and contemporary approaches.

University of Detroit Mercy Doctoral Psychology Program

Barry Dauphin, Ph.D.

Director of Clinical Training

248 Reno Hall

4001 W. McNichols Rd.

Detroit, MI 48221