Training Faculty

The clinical psychology training program is conducted by the staff of the psychology department, consultants, the psychiatric staff and researchers of Wayne State University’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences. The training faculty consists of the following personnel:

CHAIRMAN

MANUEL E. TANCER, M.D. - Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences. M.D., 1984, University of Arizona College of Medicine. Theoretical Orientation: Cognitive.

ASSOCIATE CHAIR FOR EDUCATION & DIRECTOR OF PSYCHIATRY TRAINING

BETH ANN BROOKS, M.D. - Professor and Associate Chair for Education, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences. M.D., 1974, University of Nebraska. Theoretical Orientation: Biopsychosocial. Teaching Activities: Teaching and program administration for residents in psychiatry and child/adolescent psychiatry. Major Interests: Child and adolescent differential diagnosis, developmental issues, psychiatric education.

DIRECTOR, PSYCHOLOGY PRE-DOCTORAL INTERNSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS

JESSE BELL, Ph.D., ABPP - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences; Director of Psychology Pre-Doctoral Training Program and Director of the General Clinical Psychology Track. Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 1981, Columbia University, New York. Diplomate, Clinical Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology. Theoretical Orientation: Psychodynamic. Teaching Activities: Teaching core curriculum courses to psychology pre-doctoral interns and psychiatric residents; supervision of psychology pre-doctoral interns and psychiatric residents. Major Interests: Ethnic & Cultural Issues in Psychotherapy; Early Trauma; Group Therapy; Adult Psychopathology; Clinical and Research application of psychiatric rating scales, Assessment of Affective and Personality Disorders.

TRAINING SUPERVISORS

ALIREZA AMIRSADRI, MD - Associate Chairman for Clinical Services and Medical Director for the High Intervention Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Wayne State University School of Medicine. He is also Medical Director for Emergency Psychiatry at the Detroit Medical Center and Medical Director for Inpatient Psychiatry at Detroit Receiving Hospital, all in Detroit, Michigan. He is currently involved with the Gateway Managed Behavioral Health Inc, as their Medical Director. Teaching Activities: Medical student and resident education through the department. Major Interests: Acute care and management of patients with acute psychiatric symptoms as well as continuation of care issues. His research interest also include the improvement of care for severely mentally ill in acute settings.

JAMES N. BOW, Ph.D. - Director of Psychology Department at Hawthorn Center; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University; Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, 1983, University of Michigan. Theoretical Orientation: Eclectic. Teaching Activities: Teaching and supervising pre-doctoral and post-doctoral trainees at Hawthorn Center and UPC - Livonia. Major Interests: Sexual abuse, play therapy, ADHD, child custody and assessment of sexual offenders.

DEBORAH ELLIS, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences and Department of Pediatrics. Director of CMS Psychological Services, Children’s Hospital of Michigan. Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 1993, Michigan State University. Theoretical Orientation: Cognitive-behavioral; family systems. Teaching Activities: Teaching pre-doctoral psychology interns, medical students, pediatric residents and psychiatry residents; supervising pre-doctoral psychology interns and post-doctoral psychology fellows. Major Interests: Assessment and treatment of children and families with chronic illnesses and handicapping conditions, including cancer, endocrine disorders and myelomeningocele; predictors of psychological adjustment in children with leukemia; treatment of non-compliance with medical regimen; developmental outcomes among children of alcoholics. CRP: Growth and Development.

JOY WOLFE ENSOR, Ph.D. - Director of Psychology Training at Hawthorn Center; Adjunct Faculty, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University; Ph.D. in Clinical and Developmental Psychology, 1983, University of Michigan. Theoretical Orientation: Developmental and family systems. Teaching Activities: Teaching and supervising pre-doctoral interns at Hawthorn Center. Major Interests: Family systems, personality disorders, ethnicity issues and integrating individual and family therapies.

LEEANNE GREEN-SNYDER, Ph.D. - Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Children’s Hospital of Michigan; Consulting Psychologist, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Professionals. Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 1997, University of Connecticut. Theoretical Orientation: Eclectic. Teaching Activities: Teaching and supervising pre-doctoral psychology interns and practicum students. Major Interests: Autistic Spectrum Disorders and boundary conditions, including assessment, treatment and neurobiological research; pediatric neuropsychology; early childhood development.

SUZANNE L. KELLER, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences. Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 1994, Western Michigan University. Theoretical Orientation: Cognitive-behavioral, behavior analysis. Teaching Activities: Teaching and supervision of psychology pre-doctoral interns and post-doctoral fellows, geriatric psychiatry fellows, psychiatric residents, geriatric medicine fellows, and medical students. Major Interests: Geriatric psychology, geriatric mood disorders, cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy with older adults, behavioral medicine, and group therapy with older adults.

STEVEN McARTHUR, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences. Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 1990, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Theoretical Orientation: Cognitive-behavioral. Teaching Activities: Teaching and supervision of practicum and pre-doctoral interns. Major Interests: Health psychology, behavioral medicine, anxiety disorders and consultation liaison. CRP: Consultation liaison.

KATHLEEN MOORE, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences. Graduate Analyst, Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, 2000. Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 1991, University of Detroit. M.A. in Sociolinguistics, 1979, University of Pennsylvania. Theoretical Orientation: Psychoanalytic. Teaching Activities: Teaching and supervision of practicum students, pre-doctoral interns and psychiatry residents. Major Interests: Psychoanalysis; health psychology; linguistic methods in psychoanalytic research. Research Activities: Prevention of postpartum depression in women with diagnosed fetal anomalies.

SYLVIE NAAR-KING, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences. Pediatric Psychologist, Children’s Hospital of Michigan. Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 1995, University of Colorado. Theoretical Orientation: Eclectic. Teaching Activities: Teaching pre-doctoral psychology interns, post-doctoral psychology fellows and medical residents. Supervision of practicum students, pre-doctoral psychology interns and post-doctoral psychology fellows. Play Therapy Program. Major Interests: Assessment and treatment of children and families with chronic illness, Ryan White Title IV Maternal Child HIV/AIDS program, research in adherence and program evaluation.

M. CHRISTINA RAMIREZ, Ph.D. - Received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Detroit Mercy in 2001. She also has a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Clark University obtained in 1993. She became the Clinical Director of the Spanish Speaking services in 1993 and served in that position until 1998. Currently, Dr. Ramirez is a staff psychologist at the Life Stress Center at Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health Center, a major urban trauma center. Major Interests: She provides assessment and crisis counseling to various inpatient trauma victims. Outpatient services are also offered to individuals presenting a wide range of mental health problems. She also supervises students in both the inpatient and outpatient rotations.

ARTHUR ROBIN, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences and Department of Pediatrics. Director of Pediatric Psychology Training at Children's Hospital of Michigan. Psychologist-in-Chief, Children’s Hospital of Michigan. Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 1975, State University of New York, Stony Brook. Theoretical Orientation: Cognitive-behavioral; family systems. Teaching Activities: Teaching pre-doctoral psychology interns, pediatric residents, psychiatry residents and medical students; supervising pre-doctoral psychology interns and post-doctoral psychology fellows. Major Interests: Parent-teen conflict; assessment of families; eating disorders; attention deficit disorder in adolescents and adults. CRP: Eating Disorders; Life Span ADHD.

ROBERT ROTHERMEL JR., Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences and Department of Pediatrics. Director of Pediatric Neuropsychology, Children’s Hospital of Michigan. Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 1985, Wayne State University. Theoretical Orientation: Neuropsychological constructs; cognitive-behavioral. Teaching Activities: Teaching pre-doctoral psychology interns, psychiatry residents, pediatric residents and medical students; supervising pre-doctoral psychology interns and post-doctoral psychology fellows. Major Interests: Assessment of children and adolescents with known or suspected organic brain insult; plasticity of cognitive functions; and the neuropsychological deficits associated with epilepsy surgery, perinatal brain damage, toxic exposure and head injury. CRP: Growth and Development.

ANGELA TZELEPIS, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences. Pediatric and Child Clinical Psychologist at Children's Hospital of Michigan and University Psychiatric Centers - Livonia. Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Wayne State University, 1986. Theoretical Orientation: Eclectic. Teaching Activities: Teaching and Supervising Pre-Doctoral Interns in the Pediatric Psychology and Child and Adolescent Psychology internship programs. Supervision of practicum students. Major Interests: AD/HD across the lifespan, behavioral medicine, doctor-patient relationship and interviewing skills.

OTHER CONTRIBUTORS/SUPERVISORS

RICHARD BALON, M.D. - Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences; Associate Residency Training Director; Director, Master of Science in Psychiatry Program. M.D., 1976, Charles University School of Medicine, Prague, Czechoslovakia. Theoretical Orientation: Biological. Teaching Activities: Teaching of medical students in Psychiatry at WSU; Teaching and supervising pre-doctoral interns and psychiatric residents at University Psychiatric Center. Major Interests: Research in the biology of anxiety, Psychopharmacology, Psychoneuroendocrinology; Human sexuality, Sexual dysfunction; Education.

MARQUITA BEDWAY, Ph.D. - Voluntary Faculty, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences and Department of Pediatrics. Director of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Clinic, Children’s Hospital of Michigan. Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, 1988, University of Pittsburgh. Theoretical Orientation: Cognitive-behavioral; family systems. Teaching Activities: Teaching pre-doctoral psychology interns, medical students, pediatric residents and psychiatry residents; supervising pre-doctoral psychology interns and post-doctoral psychology fellows. Major Interests: Assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with attention deficit disorders and associated behavioral problems, psychological impact of chronic illness, PTSD in children/adolescents, Anxiety/mood disorders in children/adolescents, Private practice.

SANDRA W. JACOBSON, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences; Director of the Therapy Research and Resident Training Division. Ph.D. in Developmental and Personality Research, 1978, Harvard University. Theoretical Orientation: Psychoanalytic. Teaching Activities: Teaching and supervision of pre- and post-doctoral psychology interns, and psychiatry residents and fellows. Major Interests: Assessment of effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol, cocaine, smoking, and environmental contaminants on infant, child, and adolescent cognitive and emotional development; alcohol and drug use ascertainment in pregnant women and adolescents; prevention of alcohol use during pregnancy; cross-cultural research on effects of alcohol and environmental contaminants on infant and child development in South Africa and among the Northern Quebec Inuit; effects of domestic violence and trauma on child development in a high risk, disadvantaged, inner city population; and adolescent-parent attachment.

ELIZABETH JARRATT, Ph.D. - Director, Psychology Department at the Center for Forensic Psychiatry (CFP). Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Ohio University,1988. Teaching Activities: Oversees the student practicum and rotation programs, the sexual offender treatment program, psychologists assigned to inpatient services and various hospital administrative tasks. Major Interests: Include psychotherapy and case management of inpatients who had been adjudicated Incompetent to Stand Trial or Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity as well as evaluating criminal defendants for who a mental health issue had been raised. 

MATCHERI KESHAVAN, M.D. - Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences; Co-Director, BRAIN and STEP Programs. Research Interests: Neuroimaging research and clinical research.

VICTORIA PETTI, Ph.D. - Staff Psychologist at Hawthorn Center; Consulting Psychology at Community Care Services. Ph.D. in Child Clinical Psychology, 1997, University of Windsor. Theoretical Orientation: Cognitive-behavioral, family systems, insight-oriented. Teaching Activities: Teaching and supervising pre-doctoral and practicum trainees at Hawthorn Center. Major Interests: Learning disabilities and socio-emotional functioning, neuropsychology of learning disabilities, sexual abuse, childhood depression, group therapy, coping with loss and trauma.

JOHN RESTUM, Psy.D.

BARRY A. TANNER, Ph.D. - Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology and Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University. Director of UPC - Central Campus. Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 1972, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Theoretical Orientation: Cognitive-behavioral. Teaching Activities: Didactics in emergency psychiatry and clinical psychology. Major Interests: Computer applications, cognitive-behavioral clinical cases.

KATHRYN E. TUCKER, Ph.D. - Trauma Psychologist at Detroit Receiving Hospital (DRH). Director of Psychology Practicum Training for the Life Stress Center (at DRH). Voluntary Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University. 1997, University of Detroit-Mercy. Theoretical Orientation: Psychodynamic, eclectic. Teaching Activities: Supervision of outpatient psychotherapy and Trauma Rotation related activities at DRH for pre-doctoral interns and practicum students. Major Interests: Trauma, PTSD, Bereavement, and psychological adjustment to physical illness.

OTHER CONTRIBUTORS

STEVEN J. CERESNIE, Ph.D. - Independent practice, Plymouth, MI. Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology, 1976, Wayne State University. Theoretical Orientation: Psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, family systems. Teaching Activities: Teach courses on psychological aspects of dentistry to students in dental school and in the orthodontic graduate program at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry. Major Interests: Psychological assessment, ADHD, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, learning disabilities, psychotherapy.

DAVID R. DIETRICH, Ph.D. - Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at Wayne State University Medical School and an Adjunct Professor and Supervisor in the Ph.D. Clinical Psychology program at the University of Detroit. He is a fully licensed clinical psychologist and is a board certified psychoanalyst. His Ph.D. is from Washington University, St. Louis. He is a graduate of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute, where he is a training and supervising analyst. He is currently working on his second book focusing on treatment of those who experienced incest.

SHIRLEY DOBIE,Ph.D., ABPP - Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences. Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 1959, Wayne State University. Major Interests: Group psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, outcome research.

JOSEPH FISCHHOFF, M.D. - Professor Emeritus, Wayne State University School of Medicine; M.D., 1948, University of Illinois. Theoretical Orientation: Psychoanalytic. Teaching Activities: Lecturing and supervising medical students, psychiatry residents and pre-doctoral psychology interns. Major Interests: Childhood autism, nonorganic failure to thrive, bereavement and psychopharmacology.

CHRIS-ELLYN JOHANSON, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Chief of the Human Pharmacology Laboratory. Ph.D. in Biopsychology, 1972, University of Chicago. Theoretical Orientation: Behavior analysis, operant learning. Teaching Activities: Lectures to graduate students, residents and interns. Supervision of post-doctoral fellows and graduate students. Major Interests: Etiology of drug abuse, vulnerability and risk factors for substance abuse, cocaine and other stimulants, opiates, benzodiazepines, abuse liability of new medications, medications development for substance abuse, reinforcement mechanisms, psychopharmacology, behavioral pharmacology, clinical pharmacology.

JIMMIE LELESZI, D.O. - Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Children’s Hospital of Michigan. D.O., 1970, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. Theoretical Orientation: Psychobiological; Psychodynamic. Teaching Activities: Teaching and supervision of psychiatry and pediatric residents and medical students. Major Interests: Treatment of severely disturbed children and adolescents; chronic medical conditions; preparation of children for transplant surgery; sleep disturbances; psychopharmacology; and pediatric hospice/supportive care.

HELENE LYCAKI, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences. Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 1971, Wayne State University. Theoretical Orientation: Psychoanalytic. Teaching Activities: Administration of training program for psychiatry and psychology; Core curriculum lectures in psychology and psychiatry training programs; teaching and supervising psychology pre-doctor interns and psychiatry residents. Major Interests: Biological and psychological correlates in personality disorders; psychoanalytic psychotherapy; statistics and research design.

JOCELYN D. MCCRAE, Ph.D. - Staff Psychologist at the Sickle Cell Center, Children’s Hospital of Michigan. Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, 1996, Wayne State University. Theoretical Orientation: Cognitive-behavioral and (lifespan) neuropsychological, biopsychological. Teaching Activities: Supervising and teaching pre-doctoral psychology interns. Major Interests: neuropsychological aspects of sickle cell anemia; coping with chronic illness and pain.

ROBERT POHL, M.D. - Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences. M.D., 1973, Wayne State University. Theoretical Orientation: Biological. Teaching Activities: Year II medical students, psychiatric residency core curriculum, psychology pre-doctoral intern core curriculum. Major Interests: Research in the biology of anxiety disorders and affective disorders; Investigational drugs for anxiety and affective disorders. CRP: Director, Panic Disorder.

DAVID R. ROSENBERG, M.D. - Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences (DPBN). Director, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders Program and Research Director, Child and Adolescent Research Services, DPBN. M.D., 1988, University of Michigan. Theoretical Orientation: Biopsychosocial. Teaching Activities: Teaching of medical students, residents, fellows, psychology interns, graduate students, undergraduate students, physician assistant students. Major Interests: Translating advances in developmental neuroscience into enhanced neurodiagnostic assessment and treatment development for childhood onset neuropsychiatric disorders.

CHARLES R. SCHUSTER, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Division Director for the Clinical Research Division on Substance Abuse, Program Director of the Jefferson Avenue Research Clinic, and former director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, 1962, University of Maryland. Theoretical Orientation: Experimental analysis of behavior, applications of behavior analysis to the treatment of drug abuse disorders. Teaching Activities: Lectures to graduate students, residents and interns. Supervision of post-doctoral fellows. Major Interests: Behavioral and pharmacological treatments for drug abuse, etiology of drug abuse, vulnerability and risk factors for substance abuse, cocaine and other stimulants, opiates, benzodiazepines, abuse liability of new medications, medications development for substance abuse, reinforcement mechanisms, psychopharmacology, behavioral pharmacology, clinical pharmacology.

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