Department of Psychiatry
Psychology Section

Core Departmental Seminars

Introduction to Medical Settings/Community Contexts and Clinical Practice

1. Introduction to Seminar Series—Raquel Andres-Hyman, Ph.D. & Allison Ponce, Ph.D.
2. Cultural Competence—Miriam Delphin, Ph.D.
3. The Yale Internship in the Context of the Community—Jack Tebes, Ph.D.
4. Health Issues in Community Oriented Clinical Practice—Jeanne Steiner, DO
5. Crisis Care—Gail Sicilia, APRN
6. Pathways to Community Integration—Tom Styron, Ph.D. & Allison Ponce, Ph.D.
7. Recovery in Serious Mental Illness: What is it and how to promote it—Larry Davidson, Ph.D
8. Pathways to Community Integration - Tom Styron, Ph.D. & Allison Ponce, Ph.D.
9. Engaging Clients through Motivational Interviewing—Mike Pantalon, Ph.D.
10. Legal Issues in Mental Health Practice—Madelon Baranoski, Ph.D.
11. Medication and Related Issues—Madelon Baranoski, Ph.D.
12. Self Care for Therapists-TBD

Core Assessment Seminar

1. Introduction to the Assessment Seminar—Steve Martino, Ph.D.
2. Psychologist Emergency Evaluation Request—Steve Martino, Ph.D.
3. Intensive Personality Assessment I—Sidney Blatt, Ph. D.
4. Intensive Prsonality Assessment II—Sidney Blatt, Ph.D.
5. Assessing interpersonal style and problems using the interpersonal circumplex —Emily Ansell, Ph.D.
6. Psychotherapy Process and Outcome Assessments for mpirically guided Case Consultation-Mark Beitel, Ph.D.
7. Forensic Issues in Assessment I & II—Madelon Baranoski, Ph.D.
8. Assessing Therapeutic Alliance—Lisa Fenton, Ph.D.
9. Neuropsychological Assessment I—Emily Littman, Ph.D.
10. Neuropsychological Assessment II—Emily Littman, Ph.D.
11. Assessing ADHD I—Thomas Brown, Ph.D.
12. Assessing ADHD II—Thomas Brown, Ph.D.
13. Assessing Families: Implications for Brief Interventions--Leonard Hill, LCSW
14. Assessing Couples: Implications for Brief Interventions—Leonard Hill, LCSW
15. Clinical Assessment of Parent-Child Relationships-Nancy Suchman, Ph.D.
16. Assessing Trauma: Research Perspectives & Practice Implications – Tami Sullivan, Ph.D.
17. Hispanic Perspectives on Psychological Phenomenon-Luis Anez-Nava, Psy.D., Ed.S. & Manuel Paris, Psy.D. & Michelle Silva, Ph.D.
18. Hispanic Perspectives on Psychological testing-Luis Anez-Nava, Psy.D., Ed.S. Manuel Paris, Psy.D. & Michelle Silva, Ph.D.
19. Assessing Organizational Dynamics-David Berg, Ph.D.

Core Intervention Seminar I: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies: Theory and Application

1. Cognitive Therapy of Depression—Lisa Fenton, Psy.D.
2. Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder I—Seth Axelrod, Ph.D.
3. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Panic Control—John Saksa, Psy.D.
4. Relapse Prevention Coping Skills for Substance Abuse I—Samuel Ball, Ph.D
5. Cognitive Therapy for Psychosis—Melinda Randall, M.D.
6. Commentary on Evidence-Based Therapies—Sidney Blatt, Ph.D.

Core Intervention Seminar II: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

1. Introduction: What is psychotherapy?
2. Psychoanalytic Diagnosis: Developmental Levels of Personality Organization
3. Clinical Implications of psychoanalytic diagnosis
4. The treatment frame
5. Therapeutic stance/ office setting/ fees/ arrangements, etc.
6. Ethics/Boundaries
7. Transference
8. Countertransference
9. Termination

Special Topics in Clinical Psychology

1. The Nature and Nurture of Maternal Depression and Children’s Conduct Problems - Julia Kim-Cohen, Ph.D.

2. The Role of Psychiatric Disorders in the Relationship between Cigarette Smoking and DSM-IV Nicotine Dependence: Informing targeted intervention - Lisa Dierker, Ph. D.
3. Understanding Child Abuse: From Neurobiology to Social Policy. Joan Kaufman, Ph. D.
4. in Thought: Rumination and Depression. - Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Ph.D.
5. Using Cognitive ­Science Approaches to Study the Role of Cognitive Processing in Eating Disorders. - Teresa A. Treat, Ph.D.

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