Dina Vivian, Ph.D.Director
Our Team
The therapists of the KPC are advanced level doctoral candidates, doctoral interns/externs and post-doctoral fellows in the clinical psychology doctoral program at Stony Brook University and from other doctoral programs in clinical psychology. They are under the close supervision of our clinical psychology faculty, who are experts in their field and conduct research in the following areas:
- Bio-behavioral and neuropsychological correlates of anxiety and mood disorders
- Interventions to improve social competence in children, teens, and young adults
- Developmental risk factors related to the onset of psychopathology
- Relationship and individual factors related to Intimate Partner Violence and couple discord
- Romantic competence in close relationships
- Diagnostic classifications for personality disorders and sexual diversity issues
- Parenting issues/concerns and externalizing behaviors in children
- Brief and integrative models for the treatment of trauma and risk factors that contribute to coping
Dina Vivian, Ph.D.
Jenna Palladino, Psy.D.Associate Director
Candice Alfano, Ph.D.Professor, Department of Psychology
Kristin Bernard, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Julian Burger, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Joanne Davila, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology
Lu "Lulu" Dong, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Briana Shiri Last, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Ola Mohamed Ali, Ph.D.Clinical Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry
Brady Nelson, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Jenna Palladino, Psy.D.Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology; Associate Director of the KPC
Dina Vivian, Ph.D.Clinical Professor, Department of Psychology; Director of the KPC; Training Director of the Stony Brook University Consortium Programs
Luke L.M. Waters, Psy.D.Clinical Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry
Seung Yeon "Irene" BaikPsychology Doctoral Intern
Emily Bibby, M.A.Psychology Doctoral Intern
Alison Calentino, M.A.Psychology Doctoral Intern
Victoria Ciotti, M.A.Psychology Doctoral Intern
Carey Sevier, M.S., M.A.Psychology Doctoral Intern
Sarah SullivanPsychology Doctoral Intern
Mary Kowalchyk, M.A.Pre-Doctoral Extern
Alexandria "Ally" Molina, M.S.Pre-Doctoral Extern
Nicole Patino, M.S.Pre-Doctoral Extern
Aliyah Petrone, M.S.Pre-Doctoral Extern
McKenzie SmithPre-Doctoral Extern
Navy Spiecker, M.S., M.A.Pre-Doctoral Extern
Juliana Wells, M.S.Pre-Doctoral Extern
Tyler BossousUndergraduate Intern
Julianne DiGiorgioMaster's Intern
Victoria KapassakisMaster's Intern
Melanie LaguanUndergraduate Intern
Anish ShenoyUndergraduate Intern
Ciara WierschemUndergraduate Intern
Alison Calentino, M.A.Co-Assistant Student Director
Ben Eisenstadt, M.A.Co-Assistant Student Director
Dawna Shimabukuro, M.Ed.Clinic Manager; Assistant to the Director