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. Self Care for Therapists—Christine Farber, Ph.D.
9. Engaging Clients through Motivational Interviewing—Mike Pantalon, Ph.D.
10. Medication and Related Issues I—Louis Sanfilippo, MD
11. Legal Issues in Mental Health Practice—Madelon Baranoski, Ph.D.
12. Medication and Related Issues II—Louis Sanfilippo, MD

Core Assessment Seminar

1. Introduction to the Assessment Seminar—Steve Martino, Ph.D.
2. Psychologist Emergency Evaluation Request—Steve Martino, Ph.D.
3. Assessing Early Signs of Psychosis—Shuki Cohen, M. Sc., Ph. D.
4. Categorical & Dimensional Approaches to Personality Assessment—Samuel Ball, Ph.D.
5. Intensive Personality Assessment I—Sidney Blatt, Ph.D.
6. Intensive Personality Assessment II—Sidney Blatt, Ph.D.
7. Categorical Assessment of Personality Disorders using the DIPD-IV—Emily Ansell, Ph.
8. Assessing interpersonal style and problems using the interpersonal circumplex —Emily Ansell, Ph.D.
9. Neuropsychological Assessment I—Emily Littman, Ph.D.
10. Neuropsychological Assessment II—Emily Littman, Ph.D.
11. Assessment of Spirituality—Charles Pearson, MDiv., LCSW.
12. Forensic Issues in Assessment I—Madelon Baranoski, Ph.D.
13. Forensic Issues in Assessment II—Madelon Baranoski, Ph.D.
14. Assessing ADHD I—Thomas Brown, Ph.D.
15. Assessing ADHD II—Thomas Brown, Ph.D.
16. Assessing Therapeutic Alliance—Lisa Fenton, Ph.D.
17. Assessing Trauma: Research Perspectives & Practice Implications – Tami Sullivan, Ph.D.
18. Assessing Dissociative Phenomenon—Ellen Nasper, Ph.D.
19. Assessing Trauma: Clinical Perspectives—Ellen Nasper, Ph.D.
20. Assessing Families: Implications for Brief Interventions--Leonard Hill, LCSW
21. Assessing Couples: Implications for Brief Interventions—Leonard Hill, LCSW
22. Assessing Borderline Personality Disorder—Kenneth Levy, Ph.D.
23. Cultural Factors in Assessment I: Hispanic Perspectives on Psychological Phenomenon - Luis Anez-Nava, Psy.D., Ed.S. & Manuel Paris, Psy.D.

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

1. Relapse Prevention Coping Skills for Substance Abuse I—Samuel Ball, Ph.D.
2. Relapse Prevention Coping Skills for Substance Abuse II—Samuel Ball, Ph.D
3. Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder I—Seth Axelrod, Ph.D.
4. Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder II—Seth Axelrod, Ph.D.
5. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Panic Control I—John Saksa, Psy.D.
6. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Panic Control II—John Saksa, Psy.D.
7. Cognitive Therapy of Depression I—Lisa Fenton, Psy.D.
8. Cognitive Therapy of Depression II—Lisa Fenton, Psy.D.
9. Cognitive Therapy for Psychosis I—Melinda Randall, M.D.
10. Cognitive Therapy for Psychosis II—Melinda Randall, M.D.
11. 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
10. Projective Identification

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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