Training
The UHS Counseling Center serves as a site for clinical psychology trainees affiliated with the UMass Boston Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program. The UMass Boston Clinical Psychology Program has been accredited since 1995 by the American Psychological Association.
The program places special emphasis on educating students to serve underserved populations by ensuring that they are knowledgeable about and skilled in developmentally and culturally competent research and clinical practice. Trainees are closely supervised by licensed psychologists and social workers and are bound by the same confidentiality and privacy laws as senior staff members.
2012-2013 Clinical Psychology Practicum Trainees
Gabriel Garza Sada, Clinical Psychology Practicum Student
Special Psychotherapy Interests: Adolescence and young adulthood, family and interpersonal relationship issues, international students and issues of immigration, cross-cultural adjustments, stress and anxiety, depression, identity development and meaning-making. Bilingual in Spanish.
Amy Heberle, Clinical Psychology Practicum Student
Special Psychotherapy Interests: Family relationships, particularly parent-child relationships; family systems; intimate partner and social relationships; coping after sexual assault and other traumatic experiences; body image and eating concerns; women’s mental health.
Sara Kaplan-Levy, Clinical Psychology Practicum Student
Special Psychotherapy Interests: Family systems and interpersonal relationships; parenting/caregiving; women’s mental health; identity development; adjusting to life transitions.
Sarah Krill, Clinical Psychology Practicum Student
Special Psychotherapy Interests: Mindfulness and acceptance based approaches to mental health; treatment for anxiety, depression, and stress; adjusting to life transitions and changing roles, trauma, resiliency and recovery. Relationship concerns. Working with veterans and military family members.
Charles Liu, Clinical Psychology Practicum Student
Special Psychotherapy Interests: Problems in Acculturation and Enculturation, Immigration and culture issues, Religious and spiritual identity development, and Interpersonal relationships. Bilingual in Chinese (Mandarin).
Emily Manove, Clinical Psychology Practicum Student
Special Psychotherapy Interests: Mindfulness- and strengths-based approaches to well-being; substance use; eating issues; women’s issues; coping with trauma; interpersonal and family relationships. Bilingual in French, competent Spanish.
Francisco Surace, Clinical Psychology Practicum Student
Special Psychotherapy Interests: Identity development and distress; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer issues; Concerns related to immigration, acculturation and enculturation processes; anxiety, mood and adjustment disorders; substance use issues. Fluent in English and Spanish.
Elyssa Weber, Clinical Psychology Practicum Student
Special Psychotherapy Interests: Family and interpersonal relationships; trauma; resilience; protective factors; developmental/ learning disabilities
