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PSYCHOLOGY CORE STAFF

Kimberlyn Leary, Ph.D., ABPPPsychology Training Directors

Kimberlyn Leary, Ph.D., ABPP
Chief Psychologist and Director of Psychology and Psychology Training, Cambridge Health Alliance; Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Kimberlyn Leary received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor where she also completed a Post-doctoral Fellowship. She is also a graduate of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. Before joining CHA, Dr. Leary was the Associate Director of the University of Michigan Psychological Clinic and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the University of Michigan's Department of Psychology. She is also currently a faculty affiliate at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and a faculty member at both the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute and the Psychoanalytic Institute of New England. Dr. Leary's clinical and research interests focus on the role of race and culture in clinical treatment, supervision and in organizations. Other interests are focused at interdisciplinary work at the intersection of clinical practice and conflict management, including the study of influence, innovation and collaborative problem-solving. She holds a diplomate in clinical psychology. Last year she studied public administration at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University on a Public Service Fellowship.


Marla Eby, Ph.D. Marla Eby, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Psychology and Psychology Training, Director of Postdoctoral Training in Psychology Cambridge Health Alliance; Assistant Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School.

Marla Eby received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Boston University and completed her internship at The Cambridge Hospital (now part of Cambridge Health Alliance). She has worked in a variety of positions since 1988, including Chief Psychologist on both adult and child inpatient units, and Associate Director of Psychology. Dr. Eby also serves the Psychology Division as Director of Post-Doctoral Training and the Psychiatry Department as Director of Supervision. She is currently on the Board of APPIC. Dr. Eby has a longstanding interest in psychological assessment and teaches courses related to testing at both the undergraduate and graduate levels at Harvard University. Other major interests include long-term treatment of psychotic patients, issues of envy and jealousy, the history of the asylum, and presentation of psychological themes in museum exhibits. She also has a strong commitment to the care of the severely mentally ill, particularly in the public sector.


Patricia Harney, Ph.D.

Patricia Harney, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Psychology and Psychology Training, Director of Internship Training in Psychology, Cambridge Health Alliance; Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Patricia Harney received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Kansas, and completed her internship at The Cambridge Hospital. She then completed a post-doctoral fellowship at CHA's Victims of Violence Program, and a post-graduate fellowship in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. She serves as the Director of Psychology Internship Training at CHA. Her publications pertain to the psychotherapeutic treatment of trauma, and clinical collaboration across disciplines. In addition to this specialization, her clinical interests include the influence of culture, class, gender and sexual identity in self development and the psychotherapeutic process.


Carolyn Conklin, Ph.D.
Director of Half-Time Psychology Training Program, Cambridge Health Alliance; Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Carolyn Conklin received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Boston and completed her internship at Cambridge Health Alliance. She completed post-doctoral training at CHA's Program for Psychotherapy, Boston University's Personality Disorders Research Program, and Two Brattle Center. She serves as the Director of CHA's Half-Time Psychology Training Program. Dr. Conklin's research has focused chiefly on the classification of borderline personality disorder and the assessment of countertransference phenomena. At CHA, she teaches on psychodynamic formulation of personality processes and pathology, projective testing, and assessment and treatment of borderline personality disorder, including Mentalization Based Treatment, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Transference-Focused Therapy. Her clinical interests include integrative psychodynamic approaches in psychotherapy with adults and adolescents across the full-range of the psychological spectrum.

     

Psychology Staff, Affiliated Faculty and Areas of Interest

Margarita Alegria, Ph.D. Director, Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research. Multicultural mental health research.

Marcos Amaral, Psy.D. Staff Psychologist, Portuguese Clinic. Post-traumatic stress disorder and cross-cultural issues.

Pedro M. Barbosa, Ph.D. Associate Director of Adult Ambulatory Services & Staff Psychologist. Cross-cultural issues, major mental illness.

Jack Beinashowitz, Ph.D. Associate Director, Program for Psychotherapy. Adult psychotherapy, psychoanalytic theories of memory, psychoanalysis.

James Barrett, PhD, Staff Psychologist.
Child and adolescent psychology; school consultation.

Nancy R. Blum, Psy.D. Affiliated Faculty. Major mental illness.

Anthony Bram, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty.
Child, adolescent, and adult treatment; psychological testing; psychoanalysis.

Linda Bram, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty.
Early childhood mental health; psychoanalytic adult treatment.

Allison Caruso, Ph.D. Psychiatric Emergency Service, Psycology Training Director. Mood disorders, psychotic disorders, psychological testing, forensics, and childhood disorders (e.g. spectrum disorders).

Andrea Celenza, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty. Psychoanalytic theory, therapist sexual misconduct, psychoanalysis.

Nancy Chodorow, Ph.D., LMHC. Affiliated Faculty. Psychoanalytic theory and treatment, gender and sexuality.

Adam Conklin, Ph.D. Director of Adult Inpatient Psychology Training and Supervising psychologist. Inpatient psychology, psychodynamic formulation, treatment of severe character disorders, psychological testing.

Steven Cooper, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty. Psychodynamic therapy and psychoanalysis with adolescents and adults; comparative psychoanalytic models;

Mary Corlett, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty. Supervising Neuropsychologist. Early brain development and cognitive neuroscience, particularly as it pertains to children with autism-related disorders

David Dinklage, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty. Consulting Neuropsychologist. Child developmental neuropsychology and psychopathology.

Rebecca Drill, Ph.D. Clinical Director, Program for Psychotherapy. Psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Ruth Drosin, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty. Child and adolescent psychology.

Jack Engler, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty. Insight-oriented psychotherapy, treatment of chronic mental illness.

Lauren Esposito, Ph.D. Director, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Clinic. Psychodynamic psychotherapy; psychotherapy with deaf and hard of hearing patients.

Laura Gaugh, Psy. D., Staff Psychologist. Pervasive developmental disabilities and autism; pediatric assessment.

Alyce Getler, Psy.D. Staff Psychologist. Behavioral medicine, integrative psychotherapy, professional issues.

David Goldfinger, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty. Group therapy, implicit relational knowledge in groups.

Silvia Gosnell, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty. Psychodynamic psychotherapy; Latino and international mental health.

Silvia Halperin, Ph.D. Director of Training, Latino Clinic. Cross-cultural issues, narcissism, psychoanalytic theories.

Barbara Hamm, Psy.D. Director & Staff Psychologist, Victims of Violence Program. Trauma and sexual abuse issues, insight-oriented psychotherapy.

Treniece Lewis Harris, Ph.D. Staff Psychologist, Child and Adolescent Ambulatory Services. Child and adolescent treatment, cross-cultural and community interventions.

Mary Harvey, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty. Treatment of sexual abuse and other trauma, community psychology.

Carline Jean-Baptiste, Ph.D. Staff Psychologist, Haitian Clinic and Staff Team of the Outpatient Psychiatry Department. Clinical and community mental health issues; influence of gender, race, SES and cultural background across the developmental life span; spiritual beliefs and practice on emotional functioning.

 

Diya Kallavaylil, Ph.D. Staff Psychologist.
Trauma; multicultural psychodynamic treatment.

Sarah Kleinberg, Ph.D. Director, Latino Clinic. Treatment of Spanish-speaking adults.

Melinda Kulish, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty. Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapy, psychological and neuropsychological testing.

Margaret Lanca, Ph.D. Director of Neuropsychology and Psychological Assessment & Staff Psychologist. Neuropsychological assessment, cross-cultural issues in treatment and assessment.

Patrick Latham., Ph.D. Staff psychologist, Child and Adolescent Ambulatory Services. Cognitive-Behavioral treatment, cross-cultural issues.

H. Stephen Leff, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty. Evidence-based practice, intervention research.

Laurie Livingston, Ed.D. Affiliated Faculty. Cognitive behavioral therapy of anxiety/stress disorders, integration of cognitive and dynamic psychotherapies, women's issues, gay and lesbian issues.

Karlen Lyons-Ruth, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty. Developmental psychopathology, relational theories, disorders of attachment.

Michaela Mendelsohn, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty. Trauma, assessment.

Kim Nghiem, Psy.D. Team Leader & Staff Psychologist, Asian Mental Health Clinic. Attachment, PTSD (perpetrators and victims, immigrant and marginalized populations and women's issues.

Chris Pagano, Ph.D. Director of Child Inpatient Psychology Training. Child/adolescent inpatient psychology.

Beth Parsons, Psy.D. Affiliated Faculty. Long-term psychotherapy of trauma, adolescent and parenting issues.

Anjana Rajan, Psy.D., Director of Adolescent Inpatient Psychology Training. Adolescent psychology.

Ethan Seidman, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty. Integrative psychotherapy with adults.

Howard J. Shaffer, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty. Clinical and dynamic formulation, treatment of addictions and gambling.

Alan E. Siegel, Ed.D. Affiliated Faculty. Psychotherapy of persons with severe and persistent mental illnesses, treatment of severe character disorders, psychoanalysis.

Ellen Siegel, Psy.D. Affiliated Faculty. Relational psychoanalytic/psychodynamic therapy, self-psychology, and loss and bereavement

Ronald Siegel, Psy.D. Affiliated Faculty. Child and adolescent development, psychosomatic disorders.

Kathleen Silva, Ed.D. Affiliated Faculty. Psychological testing, use of projective tests, psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Paul Simeone, Ph.D. Associate Director, Adult Ambulatory Services and Staff Psychologist & Team Leader. Interface of personality and culture, personality disorders and integrative approaches to treatment.

Jonathan Slavin, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty. Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapy; supervision and training.

David Smith, Psy.D. Staff Psychologist, Victims of Violence. Child and adolescent psychotherapy, adolescent conduct disorders, trauma based treatment from psychodynamic and family systems perspectives.

Shyamala Venkataraman, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty. Couples and Family Therapy.

Soledad Vera, Ph.D. Staff Psychologist, Latino Clinic. Psychodynamic treatment of adults.

John Wechter, Ed.D. Affiliated Faculty. Severe psychopathology, development in adolescents and young adults.

Deborah Woodford, Ph.D. Staff Psychologist, Adult Ambulatory Psychiatry Service. Treatment of major mental illness, adolescent development.

Grace Wyshak, Ph.D. Affiliated Faculty. Clinical research and statistics consultation.

Additional faculty members provide supervision and teaching from the Harvard Medical School and at Cambridge Health Alliance's Department of Psychiatry.