General Psychology Faculty
| Gregory G. Kolden, Ph.D. Professor Director of Psychology Training |
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Dr. Kolden received his PhD in clinical psychology from Northwestern University in 1988. He is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and is also the Director of Psychology Training. His clinical interests are in mood disorders, personality disorders, trauma, and distressed couples and families. His approaches to psychotherapy include interpersonal therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy. Modalities of treatment are broad including individual, couples, family and group therapy. Research interests broadly focus on the evaluation of efficacy of behavioral interventions and the mechanisms underlying the changes that result from such treatments in both psychiatric (e.g., mood disordered outpatients) and medical populations. |
| Heather Abercrombie, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Adult Faculty Supervisor |
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My role in the department consists of research and teaching in Affective Neuroscience and the biological underpinnings of affective disorders. I also conduct outpatient psychotherapy with depressed and anxious individuals. My research investigates the biology of emotion, stress, and affective disorders. I am particularly interested in the association between psychological processes and regulation of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis: How do affective processes occurring in the brain alter cortisol activity, and how does cortisol affect brain activation and psychological functioning? I am also interested in how cortisol signaling in the brain is related to memory alterations in depression. We are currently implementing a study to examine the effects of cortisol on the neural circuitry of memory and emotion in depressed and healthy individuals. As a graduate of the UW Clinical Psychology program and a member of the UW Department of Psychiatry, I am involved in activities in both departments and enjoy providing students with training in both arenas. |
| Alan S. Gurman, Ph.D. Professor Adult Faculty Supervisor |
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Dr. Gurman earned his doctoral degree from Columbia University in 1971. He holds an appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and is the current Director of Family Therapy Training. His key clinical interests include couple and family therapy. He defines his clinical orientation as integrative. Key research interests are in evidence-based practice in couple and family therapy. |
| Jack B. Nitschke, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Adult Faculty Supervisor |
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Dr. Nitschke earned his doctoral degree from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1998. Currently, Dr. Nitschke holds appointments in the Department of Psychiatry, Department of Psychology, and the Waisman Center at UW-Madison. His key clinical interests are in individual, couple, and group psychotherapy with adults and adolescents. He identifies his clinical orientation as a synthesis of CBT, interpersonal, and insight-oriented approaches. Key research interests include the neuroscience of emotion and affective disorders; anxiety, depression, positive emotions; and neuroimaging with a focus on fMRI. Links: http://psych.wisc.edu/Nitschke http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/faculty/nitschke.html http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/nitschkelab/index.htm |
| Gregory M. Rogers, Ph.D. Staff Psychologist Child Faculty Supervisor |
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Dr. Rogers received his PhD in clinical psychology from Northwestern University in 1998. He currently holds a position in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Rogers' clinical interests include cognitive behavioral approaches to child and adolescent anxiety and mood disorders; group therapy for adolescent social phobia; exposure plus response prevention for pediatric OCD. His research focus includes the development of cognitive vulnerabilities to depression and anxiety; and, treatment outcomes for pediatric mood and anxiety disorders. |
| Meredith E. Rumble, Ph.D. Staff Psychologist/Clinical Assistant Professor Adult Faculty Supervisor |
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Dr. Rumble received her PhD in clinical psychology from Duke University in 2007. She completed her predoctoral internship at the VA Medical Center in Durham, NC. She holds positions in the Department of Psychiatry and Wisconsin Sleep Center. Her clinical interests include sleep disorders (e.g., primary insomnia, co-morbid insomnia, and circadian rhythm disorders), adjustment to chronic illness, and mood and anxiety disorders. Her approach to psychotherapy includes cognitive-behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, dialectical behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy, and social rhythms therapy. Her research interests include the assessment and treatment of sleep disorders, particularly insomnia co-morbid with medical and psychiatric disorders. |
| William Schmitt, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Adult Faculty Supervisor |
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Dr. Schmitt received his PhD from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2000. He holds positions in the Department of Psychiatry and the UW Medical School. His clinical specialty is individual, group, family psychotherapy with adults and mental health assessment. Research interests include psychopathy and forensic evaluation. |
| Pauline R. Thome, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Adult Faculty Supervisor |
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Dr. Thome received her PhD in clinical psychology at University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1988. She currently holds positions in the Department of Psychiatry and the Latino Health Council. Clinical interests include individual, couple and group psychotherapy with a focus on interpersonal issues in mood and anxiety disorders. She describes her clinical orientation as integrative with an emphasis on interpersonal, behavioral and psychodynamic approaches. Her research interests include psychotherapy integration, supervision, and culture and psychotherapy. |
| Lance Woods, Ph.D. Staff Psychologist Child Faculty Supervisor |
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Dr. Woods earned his doctoral degree at the University of Arizona. Currently he is a clinical psychologist at the Department of Psychiatry. His clinical interests include child, adolescent and family therapy, attention deficit disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, alcohol and drug abuse, and Asperger's disorder. His research interests include adolescent self-perception and predisposition to depression, and dual diagnoses. |
| Erica Serlin, Ph.D. Clinical Assistant Professor External Adult/Child Clinical Faculty Supervisor |
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Dr. Serlin received her PhD in clinical psychology from University of Michigan in 1979. She currently holds positions in the Family Therapy Center of Madison and provides clinical supervision to the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology. In general practice, her clinical population extends to children, adolescents, couples and families with special expertise in play therapy, family and couple therapy, trauma treatment (sexual abuse) and divorce adjustment. Her clinical orientation is integrative including psychodynamic, family systems, feminist, narrative, and solution-focused treatments. |
| Michael N. Sweetnam, Ph.D. Director, Department of Psychology Research and Training Clinic External Adult Clinical Faculty Supervisor |
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| Back to Top | Dr. Sweetnam received his PhD from University of Pennsylvania in 1978. Currently, he is the Director of the Department of Psychology Research and Training Clinic. Clinical specialties include the treatment of children, adolescents, and families, with a focus on eating disorders and anxiety disorders. He is interested in psychotherapy research. |
| Catherine Treece, Ph.D. Assistant Clinical Professor External Adult Clinical Faculty Supervisor |
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Dr. Treece received her PhD from Boston University in 1977. Currently, she holds a position in the Department of Psychiatry. Her clinical orientation is integrative/eclectic psychotherapy with a strong psychodynamic base. Although mainly involved in the treatment of adults, she also treats adolescents, seniors and couples. Her general practice is broad with extensive work in personality disorders. Research interests in the past have included integrative medicine, substance abuse, anxiety, personality disorders and program evaluation. |
| Roseanne Clark, Ph.D. Associate Professor Child Faculty Supervisor |
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Dr. Clark received her PhD from Northwestern University in 1983. Currently, she holds positions in both the Department of Psychiatry and Department of Psychology Research and Training Clinic. In addition, she is the Director of Parent-Infant and Early Childhood Clinic and Postpartum Depression Treatment Study. Her clinical and research interests are in maternal/postpartum depression, anxiety and personality, parent-infant psychotherapy, infant and early childhood development, and assessment and diagnosis of mental health disorders in infancy and early childhood. |
| Erin Costanzo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Adult Faculty Supervisor |
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Dr. Costanzo received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Iowa in 2006. Dr. Costanzo holds an appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and is a member of the UW Comprehensive Cancer Center (UWCCC) Cancer Control program. She provides clinical care to patients and their families at the UWCCC and supervises trainees on cancer psychology rotations. She classifies her approach to therapy as integrative and utilizes mindfulness, functional analytic, experiential, and exposure-based techniques. She also has a strong interest in psychological assessment and teaches Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to departmental trainees. Dr. Costanzo conducts clinical and translational research in psychosocial oncology. Her research interests focus on contributions of psychological factors to the health and well-being of cancer patients and the biobehavioral mechanisms underlying these relationships. |
| Ronald J. Diamond, M.D. Professor Seminar presenter |
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Dr. Diamond received his MD from University of Pennsylvania in 1973 and did his residency at Stanford University. He is currently Medical Director of the Mental Health Center of Dane County, Professor of Psychiatry and Consultant to the Wisconsin Bureau of Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse. His clinical interests include community psychiatry, emergency psychiatry, psychopharmacology, and ethics. His current research interests are in quality of life in people with serious mental illness. |
| Marilyn Essex, Ph.D. Seminar presenter |
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My research is interdisciplinary in nature and investigates the biological, psychological, and social bases of individual differences in reactivity to stress in order to facilitate an understanding of the development of disorders of emotion (i.e., psychopathology). Major activities underway include: Extension of main longitudinal study of families and child development. To date we have followed 500 families from pregnancy into early adolescence, with plans to continue following these children through adolescence. Addition of biological components (including salivary cortisol, startle reactivity, and structural and functional brain imaging) and semi-structured psychiatric diagnostic interviews to main longitudinal study of families and child development. |
| Jane Gogan, Ph.D. Staff Psychologist Adult Faculty Supervisor |
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Dr. Gogan received her PhD from the University of Rochester in 1988 and completed Board Certification in Clinical Psychology in 2005. She is currently a staff psychologist and adult psychotherapy supervisor in the Department of Psychiatry. Her clinical interests include mood and anxiety disorders in women and self-development. Her clinical approach is based on relational theories and self-psychology. Past research interests include relational schemas and the organization of the self; infertility stress; and post-partum depression. |
| Erri Hewitt Ph.D. | |
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Dr. Hewitt received her PhD in developmental psychology from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2003 and then completed a
postdoctoral specialization in clinical psychology in 2008. She is
currently a staff psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr.
Hewitt has particular interest in parent-child relationship
disturbances, chronic illness, and factors that promote resilience.
She works with individuals, couples, and families in her clinical
practice. Her clinical orientation is theoretically integrative and
rooted in developmental approaches to psychopathology. Dr. Hewitt is
also active in research examining the impact social support has on the
physical and mental health of people with chronic illnesses. |
| Jason Horowitz, Ph.D. | |
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Jason Horowitz received his PhD from Vanderbilt University. He is
currently a clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry. Clinically, he is a generalist who works with children and adolescents of all ages and presenting problems. Jason's research has focused on prevention of mental health problems in childhood and adolescence. He has been involved in projects designed to prevent depression, drug abuse, and behavior disorders. |
| Lisa McGuffey, Ph.D. Clinical Psychology |
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Dr. McGuffey earned her doctorate in clinical psychology with a specialization in Health Psychology from the University of Miami. After completing a predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin, she established the program for the provision of psychological services in the HIV Clinic at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. She joined the UW Psychiatry Department as a health psychologist in the Cancer Psychology Service at the Paul H. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center and as a generalist at the Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute & Clinic. Her clinical interests include adjustment to illness, finding meaning, and positive growth. |
| Lori Dubenske, Ph.D. | |
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Dr. DuBenske received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of North Texas in 2004. Dr. DuBenske holds an appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and is a member of the NCI-funded UW Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research. She provides clinical care to patients and their families at the UW Carbone Cancer Center and supervises trainees on cancer psychology rotations. She applies integrated therapeutic approaches including CBT, patient-centered and existential therapies to address the variety of needs along the cancer disease trajectory including survivorship, end of life and caregiver bereavement. Her research interests focus on patient and caregiver use of communication technology interventions to improve patient-caregiver-clinician interactions and cancer outcomes. |
| Marcia Slattery, M.D., M.H.S. Associate Professor Head, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry |
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Dr. Slattery received her MD and MHS from University of Wisconsin and Duke University Medical School in 1988. She is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry where she heads the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Clinical interests include child and adolescent anxiety disorders and psychosomatic medicine. Research interests include neurobiology and risk factors associated with childhood anxiety and depressive disorders including neuroendocrine and immunological mechanisms, the role of stress, and psychosocial/environmental components. |
| Tracey Smith, Ph.D. Clinical Associate Professor Adult Faculty Supervisor |
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Dr. Smith earned her PhD from University of Utah in 2002. In addition to holding an appointment in the Department of Psychiatry, she is the Program Manager of the PTSD Clinical Team and Evidence-Based Practices Clinic at the Wm. S. Middleton VA Hospital in Madison. Her clinical interests include the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder and personality disorders. She defines her clinical orientation as a combination of cognitive and interpersonal approaches. Key research interests include post-traumatic stress disorder, personality disorders, psychotherapy research, role of interpersonal processes in psychopathology and treatment, therapy adherence, and therapist validation. |
| Bruce Wampold, Ph.D. Seminar presenter |
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Bruce E. Wampold, Ph.D., ABPP, who was trained in mathematics (BA, University of Washington) before earning his doctorate in Counseling Psychology (Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara) is Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of WisconsinBMadison. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Divisions 12, 17, 29, 45) and a Diplomate in Counseling Psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology. Currently his work involves understanding counseling and psychotherapy from empirical, historical, and anthropological perspectives. His analysis of empirical evidence, which has led to the development of a contextual model from which to understand the benefits of counseling and psychotherapy, is found in The Great Psychotherapy Debate: Models, methods, and findings (2001, Erlbaum and Associates). He is the author of over 100 books, chapters, and articles related to counseling, psychotherapy, statistics, and research methods and is the recipient of the 2007 Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research Award from the American Psychological Association. |
| Katie Watermolen, Psy.D. Staff Psychologist |
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Dr. Watermolen received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology – Minneapolis in 1999. She currently holds a position as a child/adolescent staff psychologist with the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Watermolen’s clinical interests include child and adolescent mood and anxiety disorders, early childhood attachment problems, parent-child relationship challenges and pervasive developmental disorders, including autism and asperger’s disorder. She approaches psychology from a developmental and object-relations perspective, and applies cognitive behavioral, interpersonal and insight-oriented strategies to address emotional and behavioral concerns. |
Health Psychology Faculty
| Stephanie Farrell, Ph.D. Clinical Associate Professor Director, Health Psychology Internship Training Program |
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Dr. Farrell received her doctoral degree in counseling psychology from UW-Milwaukee in 1999. She is a pediatric health psychologist who holds a position at the American Family Children's Hospital. She is the director of the health psychology internship training program. Her clinical interests are in pediatric psychology, chronic and terminal illness, play therapy, oncology, Type I Diabetes, sibling and parent coping, training of psychologists, grief, and trauma. |
| Heidi Beckman, Ph.D. Clinical Health Psychologist Director of Practicum Training Program |
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Dr. Beckman received her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Marquette University in 2000 and completed postdoctoral fellowship training in Health Psychology at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita. Research interests include psychological predictors of surgery outcome, as well as laughter and positive psychology. Clinical interests include working with patients on mind-body interactions, health behavior change, illness in an interpersonal context, and existential approaches to chronic illness. |
| M. Denise Connelly, Ph.D. Senior Psychologist Clinical Associate Professor Director of Health Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program |
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Dr. Connelly received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Nova Southeaster University in 1990. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Medical Psychology at Northwestern University Medical Center/ Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. She is Director of Health Psychology fellowship training and oversees psychology services for the Adult Medical Surgical services at UW Hospital and Clinics. Her clinical interests include psychodynamic theory and therapy, consultation to medical teams, adjustment to physical trauma and illness, presurgical psychological evaluation, organ donation, physician training, sleep disorders, palliative care, and the training of psychologists. Research focus includes quality of life in organ donors, prediction of successful surgical outcomes, and adjustment to physical trauma. |
| Kathryn M. Hammes, Ph.D. Clinical Assistant Professor |
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Dr. Hammes received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of North Dakota in 1990. She holds a position with the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation. She is an inpatient pediatric health psychologist at American Family Children's Hospital. Clinical interests include pediatric health psychology, working with adolescents, consultation to pediatric medical teams, community outreach, and autism. Research interests include PTSD in children with medical illness, anxiety management in children and adolescents and neurocognitive impact of chemotherapy on pediatric patients. |
| Brian D. Juncker, Ph.D. Clinical Associate Professor |
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Dr. Juncker received his doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005. He holds a position with the Deparment of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation on the adult medical surgical consultation liasison service. Clinical interests include Medical/surgical consult/liaison, organ transplantation evaluation, psychological adjustment following VAD placement, and cardiac psychology. |
| Jack Sherman, Ph.D. Clinical Associate Professor |
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Dr. Sherman received his PhD in Experimental Psychology from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1977, following which he did a postdoctoral specialization in clinical psychology in 1988 at UW-Madison. He currently holds a position at UW-Madison Hospitals and Clinics within the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation. His clinical focus involves the assessment and treatment of adolescents, adult and geriatric populations with a focus on rehabilitation, adjustment to disability and chronic disease, and decisional capacity evaluations. He defines his orientation as cognitive-behavioral treatment and solution-focused. Research interests involve adjustment and coping to disability and chronic disease, role of social support in adjustment to disability, brain-behavior relationships, and psychopharmacology. |
| Joel Wish, Ph.D. Clinical Associate Professor Inpatient Pediatric Rehabilitation Team Leader |
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Dr. Wish received his PhD in psychology from Ohio State University in 1976. He holds positions with the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation and Department of Pediatrics at the UW-Madison Hospital and Clinics. He is the Team Leader for Inpatient Pediatric Rehabilitation. Clinical interests include pediatric health psychology, clinical hypnosis, traumatic brain injury, psychological aspects of chronic and terminal illness, and nonverbal learning disorders. Research focus involves virtual reality and pain/anxiety control, neurocognitive learning difficulties associated with medical conditions in children, and psychological approaches to pain/anxiety control. |
| Gretchen A. Diem, Ph.D. Associate Psychologist UW Health East Clinic |
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Dr. Diem received her PhD in Counseling Psychology from Denver University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Behavioral Medicine at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California. She currently works as a health psychologist in the UW Health Bariatric Surgery Program conducting pre-surgical psychological evaluations. She also sees both adolescent and adult outpatients with a wide variety of medical illnesses. Research interests include adjustment to chronic illness and prediction of successful surgical outcomes. |
| Kelli Lee Harford, Ph.D. | |
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Dr. Harford received her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of South Florida and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She holds a position with the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation and works with children and families at the American Family Children’s Hospital. Clinical interests include adjustment to chronic illness, adherence to medical regimens, consultation to medical teams, feeding and sleep disorders. |
| Bruce Hermann, Ph.D. Professor |
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| Back to Top | Dr. Hermann received his PhD in Experimental Psychology from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1977. Currently, he is the Director of the Matthews Neuropsychology Laboratory. He holds a primary position in the Department of Neurology. His clinical interests are in general clinical neuropsychology and dementing disorders. Research focus is in the cognitive, behavioral, and quantitative MR abnormalities in children and adults with epilepsy, and abnormal cognitive aging/identification of preclinical Alzheimer's disease. |
| Shilagh A. Mirgain, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist/Clinical Assistant Professor UW Health East Clinic |
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Dr. Mirgain received her doctoral degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2003. She completed postdoctoral training in behavioral medicine and clinical psychology at Stanford University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is an Assistant Professor and Clinical Psychologist with the Research Park Clinic and East Clinic, which are outpatient clinics of UW-Madison Hospital. Her affiliations are with the Departments of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation Medicine as well as Integrative Medicine. Her clinical interests include individual and couples psychotherapy with patients with mood and anxiety disorders, and individual and group treatment of patients with a variety of health problems including pain, headaches, cardiac rehabilitation, diabetes, IBS, hypertension, TMJ and insomnia. Dr. Mirgain's clinical interventions include cognitive-behavioral approaches to management of health and secondary psychological issues, biofeedback, hypnosis, guided imagery, and mindfulness. |
| Neftali Serrano, Psy.D. | |
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Dr. Serrano received his PsyD from Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL) in 2001.
He is the Manager of Primary Care Behavioral Health at Access Community Health
Centers (Madison, WI) a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). His clinical
and research interests include service provision to underserved populations, behavioral
health consultation, video-based patient education, and integration of faith and health
issues in primary care settings. Links: primarycareshrink.com ipsyc.com |
| Janice Singles, Psy.D. Assistant Professor |
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Dr. Singles received her PsyD from the Virginia Consortium for Professional Psychology in 1989. She is a Senior Psychologist and an Assistant Professor with the Research Park Clinic, which is the outpatient clinic of UW-Madison Hospital. Her affiliations are with the Departments of Orthopedics & Rehabilitations as well as Integrative Medicine. Clinical specialty includes providing outpatient and inpatient services to patients with a variety of health problems including pain, headaches, IBS, hypertension, nausea, TMJ, and insomnia. Dr. Singles' interventions include developing coping skills for managing chronic health and secondary psychological difficulties, hypnosis, biofeedback, cognitive-behavioral applications to health, meditation, anxiety and stress management, and group interventions for health enhancement. Research interests are broadly defined within the field of behavioral medicine. |