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Licensed 5+ years

Valerie Brooks-Klein, PhD

Stacey Cohen-Meissner, PhD

Joseph Cooper, PsyD

Marilyn Denninger, PhD

Amy Dodds, PhD

Jennifer D’Ostilio, PsyD

Guillermo Gallegos, PhD

Roger Goddard, PhD

Paul Groenewal, PsyD

Michael Lindemann, PhD

Jamie Messina, PhD

Jami Messina, PhD

Elizabeth Midlarsky, PhD

John Miele, PhD

Thomas Morgan, PsyD

Maureen Nallly, PhD

Joseph Perzel, Jr, PsyD

Donna Rukin, PhD

Sandra Sabatini, PsyD

Michael Schubert, PhD

Eris Schleifer, PhD

Francis Schwoeri, PhD

Michael Shrem, PsyD

Karen Skean, PsyD

Margaret Van Sciver, PhD

Jennifer Weberman, PsyD

Licensed 2-5 years

Karen Donahue, PsyD

Mihaela Epurianu Dranoff, PhD

Michael Gross, PsyD

Aaron Gubi, PhD

Kristine Hodshon, PsyD

Jennifer Kennedy, PsyD

Natalie Nageeb, PsyD

Andrea Tesher, PsyD

Licensed less than 2 years

Kevin Giangrasso, PsyD

Corrinne Kalafut, PsyD

Amy Origlieri, PhD

Esther Reidler, PhD

Melany Rivera-Maldonado, PhD

Joshua Tal, PhD

2nd year Post-Doctoral

Juliana Claps, PsyD

Scott Thien, PsyD

Associate Member

Rachel Kalinsky, MEd

Students

Laura Betheil, MSEd

Cindy Chang, BA

Docia Demmin, MA

Mike Dikenson, BA

Beth Granet, PsyD

Gabrielle Guzman, PsyM

Molly Kammen, MA

Victoria Kealy

Marina Oganesova, MA

Yael Osman, MA

Lauren Rosenberg, MA

Phoebe Shepherd, PsyM

Anna Stadtmueller, MA

H. Gemma Stern

PsyD program in Clinical Psychology

Our full-time, five-year, scholar-practitioner training program is accredited by the American Psychological Association When you enroll in the PsyD program at William Paterson University of New Jersey (WPUNJ), your studies will integrate academic coursework, supervised clinical training, and research experience in a small, supportive community of peers and mentors. Current and prospective students commonly say they choose WPUNJ because of the strong sense of community and care among the dedicated students and faculty.

A distinguished faculty of active scholars and practitioners, who have diverse interests in both clinical practice and research, will support your training in evidence-based assessment and intervention. The faculty offers individualized attention in our state-of-the-art complex that includes teaching and research facilities, as well as a psychology clinical training suite, featuring recording and monitoring equipment.

WPUNJ PsyD CORE FACULTY:

Michele Cascardi, PhD: Research aims to improve measurement of adolescent relationship abuse from early adolescence into young adulthood. Her work also focuses on bystander education to prevent sexual and relationship violence, as well as trauma, attachment, and social information processing theories that contribute to risk for aggressive behavior in romantic relationships. Dr. Cascardi is a consulting forensic psychologist.

Megan Chesin, PhD: Specializes in the study of impulsive-aggressive behavior and third-wave behavioral treatments, such as Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Dr. Chesin is a consulting psychologist on clinical trials testing treatments for depression and suicide prevention, providing supervision to therapists and conducting psychosocial assessments.

Jan Mohlman, PhD: Research and clinical work focus on the etiology, course and treatment of anxiety disorders across adulthood (particularly in older adults), cognition and emotion, and in investigating brain-behavior relationships in psychopathology. Dr. Mohlman is a practicing clinician.

Bruce Diamond, PhD: Specializes in clinical neuropsychology, neurorehabilitation, and cognitive neuroscience. His research uses neuropsychological assessments and computer-based measures including brain imaging/autonomic techniques with neurologic, neuropsychiatric, and neurodevelopmental populations. Dr. Diamond is a practicing neuropsychologist.

Aileen Torres, PhD: Research interests include multicultural competency, trauma-informed treatment, child abuse/ neglect, cultural adaptation of recent immigrants, and ethnic identity development. Dr. Torres is a practicing clinician conducting individual and family therapy, as well as immigration-related and child maltreatment forensic psychological evaluations.

Greg Bartoszek, PhD: Investigates cognitive, psychophysiological, behavioral, and motivational aspects of emotions and affective psychopathology. His research interests include comorbidities among mental health problems and mechanisms of change in evidence-based psychotherapies. Dr. Bartoszek is a practicing clinician.

The program has been carefully designed to prepare graduates for pursuit of clinical, teaching, or research positions in a wide variety of professional settings. Graduates of the PsyD program who wish to become licensed clinical psychologists must additionally pass a national examination and fulfill all state licensing requirements.

Graduate assistantship opportunities are available to select students with outstanding credentials. The assistantships provide tuition waivers and a stipend. Students may obtain a Master’s in Clinical and Counseling Psychology en route to the PsyD degree. After earning a master’s degree, qualified graduate students are eligible to teach as adjunct faculty to gain undergraduate teaching experience and earn additional financial support.

For more information on our PsyD program in Clinical Psychology, please visit our website: <https://wpunj.edu/ cohss/departments/psychology/psyd/>.

Students may apply for admission through PsyCAS, the Centralized Application Service for graduate study in psychology: <https://psycas.liaisoncas. com/applicant-ux/#/login>.

Drs. Michele Cascardi, Program Director (cascardim@wpunj.edu) and Uzma Ali (aliu@wpunj.edu), Graduate Admissions Coordinator, are also available by email or phone (973) 7203500 to answer your questions and provide more information.

Master’s program in Clinical and Counseling Psychology

The Master’s program in Clinical and Counseling Psychology at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ prepares students for careers as Master’s level mental health clinicians, researchers, or to work in various human services settings. The curriculum provides a solid grounding in both theories and interventions. We emphasize clinical skills, ethical responsibility, cultural competency, self-awareness, and current body of knowledge in the scientific, methodological, and theoretical foundations of practice. In addition, we are committed to social justice work and multiculturalism to serve disadvantaged or marginalized groups in our society. Our program faculty members are licensed psychologists actively involved in clinical practice and research in the field. They have research and clinical strengths in health psychology, trauma, resilience, racial and ethnic socialization, bilingual counseling with immigrant populations, school-based interventions, and neuropsychology. ❖

Citations of Recent Publication by WPU faculty and students

Ma, P-W., & Shea, M. (2019). FirstGeneration College Students’ Perceived Barriers and Career Outcome Expectations: Exploring Contextual and Cognitive Factors. Journal of Career Development. Online First: https://doi. org/10.1177/0894845319827650

Margolis, M. & Austin, J. & Wu, L. & Valdimarsdottir, H. & Stanton, A. & Rowley, S…& Rini, C. (2019). Effects of Social Support Source and Effectiveness on Stress Buffering After Stem Cell Transplant. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 10.1007/s12529-019-09787-2.

Raghavan, S. & Sandanapitchai, P. (2019). Correlates of Resilience to Trauma in a Multinational Sample. Frontiers in Psychology: Cultural Psychology, doi: 10.3389/ fpsyg.2019.00131

Raghavan, S. (2018). Cultural Considerations in the Assessment of Survivors of Torture: A Review. Journal of Im- migrant and Minority Health, doi: 10.1007/s10903-018-0787-5.

The MA in Clinical and Counseling Psychology program is accredited by the Masters in Psychology and Counseling Accreditation Council (MPCAC) under the psychology academic standards for the period of July, 2015 through July, 2025. The priority deadline is March 1st for the Fall semester but applications will be accepted until May 1st. Fall enrollment only. To Apply, please visit PSYCAS.

Les Barbanel, EdD has a new book Return to Harmony: Conflict Management for Couples that can be purchased online from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Archway Publishing. The book, intended for both professional and non-professional audiences, introduces the concept of “couple intelligence (CQ)” and provides an assessment scale in the appendix that yields a CQ score, analogous to traditional measures of intelligence (IQ). The book is reviewed in the Spring issue of NJ Psychologist, Vol. 69, and is targeted for both the professional and non-professional reader.

Ruth Lijtmaer, PhD presented the paper: Marie Lang, Her Life and Work in the panel: Liberation Psychology and Psychoanalysis as Social Revolution: The Clinical and Community Contributions of Marie Langer. International Psychohistory Association (IPA) Conference : The Intersection of Psychology and History: The Contributions of Michael Eigan to Human Understanding. 5-22-19 to 5-24-18. New York, NY. She also had published: Response to Peter Petschauer’s paper: The Flame of Trauma. (2019) Clio’s Psyche,25, 3, 246-249.

Christopher Lynch, PhD has a new book titled Anxiety Management for Kids on the Autism Spectrum: Your Guide to Preventing Meltdowns and Unlocking Potential from publisher Future Horizons. You can find a description of the book on amazon.com. This is his second published book and a companion to his first publication: Totally Chill My Complete Guide to Staying Cool: A Stress Management Workbook for Kids with Social, Emotional, or Sensory Sensitivities (AAPC Publishing, 2012).

Peggy Rothbaum, PhD (Spring, 2019). Evaluating Our Focus: The national move towards population health must include humane animal care/control law enforcement professionals. Animal Care & Control Today, 30-31. (June 27, 2019) Protecting the Protector: Who is Taking Care of You? Justice Clearing House (National Animal Care and Control Association): Webinar.