WSU Psychology Clinic
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Administrative Staff
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Walt Scott, Ph.D. Director, Psychology Clinic Professor Most recently, I have been interested in applying personality science, particularly social cognitive theory, to such clinical topics as case conceptualization and personality assessment. I am also interested in the role of cognitive self-regulation (e.g., goal representations, values, self-efficacy) and temperament in depression, as well as other forms of psychopathology. Finally, I am interested in social cognitive aspects of memory performance. Dr. Scott’s webpage | Cornelia Kirchhoff, Ph.D. Associate Director, Psychology Clinic, Assessment Services Coordinator Associate Professor Career track Cornelia Kirchhoff is a clinical faculty member of psychology at Washington State University. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from WSU in 2015, her M.Ed. in counseling psychology from University of Massachusetts, Boston and her diploma in psychology from the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Besides administrative duties, her main responsibility is the training of graduate students through teaching and supervision. Cornelia Kirchhoff has an integrative approach to supervision, using a variety of treatment approaches such as cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, motivational interviewing, and emotion-focused treatment interventions. She teaches clinical skills and personality assessment and oversees ADHD/LD evaluations and assessments for DSHS, as well other assessments. Cornelia Kirchhoff’s department web page. |
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Rachelle Simons Program Specialist II Job Responsibilities and Duties Assist the Director. Provide clerical support to clinical faculty, graduate students and clinical assistants. Manage daily operations of the Clinic. Welcome clients, schedule and confirm therapy/assessment appointments and order office supplies. Maintain appointment calendar, client records, key inventory and test/assessment materials. Prepare client billing statements and accounts for collections. Maintain revenues, receipts, and deposits of income. Act as honest broker for clinic research projects. Train Clinical Assistants and second year graduate students in clinic procedures and HIPPA policies. HIPPA Privacy Officer. | Carolyn Chastain Program Specialist |
Faculty Supervisors
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Masha Gartstein, Ph.D. Director of Clinical Training Dr. Gartstein’s research addresses social-emotional development, primarily in early childhood, with an emphasis on identifying typical trajectories of temperament development, as well as risk and protective factors relevant to the development of psychopathology. In addition, parental contributions to both temperament development and the emergence of symptoms/behavior problems continue to be examined. She has been fortunate to collaborate with a number of wonderful colleagues abroad, who contributed to another area of research she is involved in, namely cross-cultural study of temperament development and developmental psychopathology. Dr. Gartstein has also maintained a part-time private practice with the Educational and Psychological Services in Moscow, Idaho for the past 10 years, providing a variety of clinical services to children and families. Dr. Gartstein’s web page | Tammy D. Barry, Ph.D. Dr. Barry is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology. She received her Ph.D. from The University of Alabama in 2000. Dr. Barry has taught courses and supervised doctoral students’ clinical work at four institutions before joining Washington State University in Fall 2016. Dr. Barry’s research focuses on biologically-based and contextual correlates of child externalizing behaviors, including ADHD, aggression, and disruptive behaviors associated with autism. Factors examined in Dr. Barry’s Child Externalizing Behaviors Lab include neuropsychological functioning/endophenotypes, child temperament, parental psychopathology/stress, parenting practices, SES/neighborhood characteristics, and individual difference factors—all from a developmental psychopathology perspective through both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. A second line of Dr. Barry’s research also focuses on the measurement and latent structure of externalizing behavior disorders, such as ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder. Dr. Barry’s web page |
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Chris Barry, Ph.D. Dr. Barry’s research addresses risk and protective factors related to child and adolescent behavioral problems. This work has a particular focus on adolescent self-perception. In addition, Dr. Barry has published in the area of evidence-based assessment of child and adolescent personality and behavior. He has over 10 years of experience in supervising therapy and assessment services conducted by doctoral students with children and adults. Dr. Barry’s web page |
Student Clinicians
WSU Psychology Clinic | Johnson Tower 362 | Map | Phone: 509-335-3587 | After Hour crisis Line: 1-800-663-2810 |