HCMC Psychology Internship Program

Faculty

Jeffrey Boyd, Ph.D., L.P., received his degree in clinical psychology from Florida State University in 1979.
He is Chief Psychologist at HCMC and serves in a variety of administrative roles including the departmental management team, the Medical Staff Bylaw Committee, the Institutional Review Board, and performance improvement activities. His clinical interests are eclectic, ranging from forensic evaluation to program consultation to psychotherapy with persons having chronic mental illness to health psychology consultation and liaison. His theoretical orientation combines existential-phenomenological and family systems tenets. He is noted for past research in developing family interventions for schizophrenia. He supervises interns in both adult psychotherapy and evaluation. He is on the clinical faculty at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Helena Mackenzie, Ph.D., L.P., received her degree in clinical psychology from Kent State University in 2001. She provides assessment and psychotherapy services in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service, psy-chotherapy services in the Adult Therapy Clinic and inpatient Adult Assessment Clinic. She consults to the child and adult medical units and supervises interns and fellows on the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service and Adult Assessment Clinic rotation. Research and clinical interests include aggressive behavior, domestic violence, and anxiety disorders.

Monica Mandell, Ph.D., L.P., received her degree in clinical psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1987. She is the Director of the Psychology Training Program. Other training responsibilities include teaching and supervision of cognitive behavioral therapies. She provides clinical services to adult psychiatric inpatients and outpatients, as well as psychological consultation to the HCMC Burn Center, Oncology Department, and other medical services. She is part of the Women's Mental Health Program. Specific areas of clinical interest include health psychology, post-traumatic stress disorder, and women's mental health. Her research interests include psychosocial adjustment to physical trauma and the impact of psychiatric disorders during and after pregnancy. She is a member of the HCMC Institutional Review Board.

Paul S. Marshall, Ph.D., L.P., received his degree in clinical psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1990 and completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the Neuropsychology Laboratory at the University of Minnesota Hospitals in 1992. He serves as the clinical neuropsychologist for the Department of Psychiatry, providing comprehensive neuropsychological assessment of psychiatric inpatients and outpatients. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology and the American Board of Professional Psychology. Research interests include the effects of immune system dysregulation on cognitive functions and mood, and the use of attention testing in differential diagnosis of psychiatric disorders.

Susan Nicol, Ph.D., L.P., received her M.A. degree from Columbia University and her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1972. In addition to training in clinical psychology, she has a strong background in behavioral genetics and neuroscience. Clinical responsibilities include assessment and therapy with adult psychiatry inpatients and outpatients, and consultation to the Obesity and Eating Disorders Program at HCMC. She is a member of the clinical faculty at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Psychology and in the Psychiatry Department of the Medical School.

Vivian Pearlman, Ph.D., L.P., received her degree from the Psychology in the Schools Training Program at the University of Minnesota in 1980. She provides assessment and psychotherapy services in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service and psycho-therapy services in the Adult Evaluation and Therapy clinic. She supervises interns and fellows in the Child Adolescent Psychiatry Service. She also provides psychological consultation to the pediatric inpatients. Her clinical interests include assessment and treatment of survivors of childhood sexual abuse, psychotherapy with adolescents, and parenting skills training. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota.

Linda Pettersen, Ph.D., L.P., received her degree from the Clinical Psychology Training Program at the University of Minnesota in 1987. She provides clinical services in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service and the Adult Therapy Clinic. She is the staff psychologist on HCMC's Pediatric Brain Injury Team -- a multidisciplinary group providing acute and rehabilitative care to children who have sustained serious brain injuries. She supervises interns and fellows in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service, and provides supervision of inpatient pediatric medical consultation. She has published in the areas of infant perception and pediatric brain injury. Her clinical interests include assessment and inter-vention with traumatically injured children and their families, and the cognitive and social consequences of pediatric brain injury. She has specialized training in clinical hypnosis and disaster mental health response.

L.P.Andrea Szporn, Ph.D., received her degree in clinical psychology from New York University in 2001. She provides assessment and psychotherapy services in the Adult Therapy Clinic. She supervises interns and fellows on Adult Therapy and Assessment. In addition, she provides psychological consultation to adult inpatients throughout the hospital. Research and clinical interests include the development of empathy, the effects of maternal depression on children, women's mental health issues, psychodynamic case formulation, and the use of brain-imaging techniques to better understand psychiatric disorders.

David E. Tupper, Ph.D., L.P., received his degree in Neuropsychology from the University of Victoria. He is the Director of the Neuropsychology Section at HCMC, which provides neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation services to children and adults with neurological or neurodevelopmental dysfunction. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, a charter member of the Society for Cognitive Rehabilitation, and a clinical neuropsychologist, board-certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He has written and edited a variety of books and chapters, and has published articles in neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology. He is on the editorial board of the Neuropsychology Review and has served on several local and national committees and boards. His clinical interests include children and adults with head injuries and executive impairment from frontal lobe lesions. Research interests include cross-cultural approaches to neuropsychological assessment, consequences of cerebral impairment, and subtle neuropsychological deficiencies in children with suspected learning disorders.

Amelia (Mia) Versland, Ph.D, L.P., received her degree in clinical psychology from Bowling Green State University in 2006. Clinical activities at HCMC include assessment and psychotherapy services to children, adolescents, and adults at Knapp Rehabilitation Center (including provision of psychological services to the Traumatic Brain Injury and Stroke Clinics), consultation to medical and psychological inpatients, and facilitation of an interpersonal process therapy group in the Adult Psychiatry Clinic. In these roles, she also provides supervision to psychology interns and the postdoctural fellow. Her theoretical orientation is integrative, including cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and interpersonal process. Clinical interests include working with patients with dual diagnoses (e.g., psychiatric and medical; psychiatric and substance abuse). Research interests include motivational interviewing, assessment and treatment of dual diagnoses, and craving interventions.