NEW MEXICO VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Southwest Consortium Predoctoral Psychology Internship (SCPPI)

**Training Seminars**

Three hours per week are set aside for didactic training, topical
seminars, assessment seminar, and long-term psychotherapy seminar. The
weekly Seminar Series includes presentations on a wide range of relevant
clinical and professional practice issues. Presentations are offered by
Consortium faculty and by associates from the broader professional
community.  Seminars are often clinically driven through presentation
and discussion of case material.  The seminars are designed to
compliment and enhance the clinical experiences and supervision provided
through the rotations.

> Broad topics from previous seminars have included:

-   **Ethics**

-   **Professional Issues**

-   **Behavioral Medicine/Health Psychology**

-   **Interventions & Theory**

-   **Cultural & Diversity Issues**

-   **Interventions with Specific Mental Health Disorders**

-   **Neuropsychology & Assessment**

Interns contribute to the formal training through regularly scheduled
case presentations.  Presentations may focus on the clinical aspects of
the case or may use case material to illustrate conceptual, theoretical,
ethical, research or other principles relevant to the practice of
psychology.

There are also weekly opportunities for further didactic training
offered at the NMVAHCS and open to interns as they rotate through
Neuropsychology and Behavioral Medicine. Neuropsychology Case Conference
meets weekly for discussion of cases by interns and staff, reviews of
pertinent literature, and presentation of clinical and research
interests. Interns are expected to hone their presentation styles, and
contribute to the peer supervision format. Attendees include
Neuropsychology and SCI faculty/staff, interns with specialty interest
in Neuropsychology, rotating medical students/residents, and
Neuropsychology post-docs and technicians. Behavioral Medicine Rounds
focus on developing functional analysis conceptualization and treatment
skills by means of case presentations. General Behavioral Medicine
skills also are augmented by relevant didactic presentations. These
activities involve all members of the Behavioral Medicine Team.

We also utilize our Wednesday afternoon time to have group supervision
and teaching around assessment and psychotherapy. The assessment case
conference takes place approximately monthly during the first semester
of the internship. During the second semester of the internship, it is
replaced by the long-term psychotherapy case conference. Both of these
experiences are opportunities for group supervision and teaching in core
competency areas.

Below is an example of one of our Seminar Series' schedule.

**SOUTHWEST CONSORTIUM PREDOCTORAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM**

**SEMINAR SERIES 2005-2006**

**Wednesdays: 1:30-4:30 pm @ ABQ VA Medical Center/Education Building
(#39, Room 5)**

**Seminar Series Coordinator -- Laurie Lister 265-1711, extension 5345**

\***Indicates NO Audio-Visual (AV) equipment Needed**

**BLOCK ONE: ORIENTATION and PROFESSIONAL ISSUES**

**Block Coordinator: Janet Robinson, Ph.D.**

**Chief Resident: Meagan (Carleton) Parmley**

August 31 **\****CPRS/GUI Training* in Trailer behind Education Building
(#39) -- Laurie Lister

September 7 1:30-2:45 *SCPPI Orientation* - Evelyn Sandeen, PhD

3:00-4:30 *Suicide* -- Janet Robinson, PhD

September 14 *General Assessment Issues* -- Rex Swanda, Ph.D. & Brian
Pilgrim, PhD

September 21 1:30-3:00 *Ethics Panel* -- Lynn Abeita, PhD, Yvonne
Lutter, PsyD, & John Gluck, PhD

3:00-4:30 *Legal and Ethical Issues in New Mexico* -- Frank Spring, PhD,
JD

September 28 *Assessment and Treatment of Combat Related PTSD* -- Ella
Nye, Ph.D.

October 5 *Assessment and Treatment of PTSD in Women* -- Diane Castillo,
Ph.D.

October 12 1:30-2:45 *Military and Prison Cultures* -- Brian Pilgrim,
PhD & Heather Conyngham, PhD

> 3:00-4:30 *Assessment Group* -- Rex Swanda, PhD & Brian Pilgrim, PhD

October 19 1:30 -- 3:00 *Motivational Interviewing, Part I* - Frank
Sanchez, PhD

3:00 -- 4:30 Journeys of the Circle: *A Life-Skills Prevention Program
for Native American Youth*, G. Alan Marlatt, PhD (UNMHS Services Bldg,
Room 105)

October 26 *Assessment Group* -- Rex Swanda, PhD & Brian Pilgrim, PhD

November 2 *Pharmaceutical Treatments for the Seriously Mentally Ill
Patient* -- Cynthia Geppert, MD, PhD (BOOK: *Psychiatric Disorders &
Medications: A Reference Guide for Professionals and Their
Substance-Dependent Clients*, by Cynthia Geppert, MD, PhD and Kenneth
Minkoff, MD, Hazelden Publishing, Co-occuring Disorders Series)

November 9 1:30 - 3:00pm *Motivational Interviewing, Part II* -- Theresa
Moyers, PhD

3:00 - 4:30pm *Somatoform Disorders* -- Brian Kersh, PhD

November 16 *Assessment Group* -- Rex Swanda, PhD & Brian Pilgrim, PhD

November 23 1:30-3:00 *Risk Management* -- Laura Cicarella, MS

> 3:15-4:30 *Assessment Group* -- Rex Swanda, PhD & Brian Pilgrim, PhD

November 30 *Treatment of Personality Disorders* -- Yvonne Lutter, PsyD

December 7 **\****Treatment of Panic Disorder and Generalized Anxiety
Disorder* -- Al Fedoravicius, PhD

**BLOCK TWO: NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, ASSESSMENT, AND DIAGNOSTICS**

**Block Coordinator: Kathleen Y. Haaland, Ph.D., ABPP**

**Chief Resident: Eric Fine**

December 14 **\****Psychotherapy Group Supervision* -- Jeffrey Katzman,
MD & V. Ann Waldorf, PhD

**December 21 No Seminar**

**December 28 No Seminar**

**January 4 Open House -- No Seminar**

**January 11 Open House -- No Seminar**

January 18 Introduction to Neuropsychological Evaluation

> 1:30-3:00 *Approach to Assessment* -- Joe Sadek, PhD, ABPP
>
> 3:15-4:30 *Therapeutic and Management Implications* -- Rex Swanda,
> PhD, ABPP

January 25 1:30-2:30 *Conceptualizing Clinical Cases* -- Evelyn Sandeen,
PhD

2:45-4:30 *Treatment of Depression, Depression in Medical Patients, and
Diabetes & Depression* -- Elizabeth Dettmer, PhD

**BLOCK THREE: DIVERSITY AND SPIRITUALITY ISSUES**

**Block Coordinator: Evelyn Sandeen, Ph.D.**

**Chief Resident: Tera Lensegrav-Benson**

February 1 **\****Psychotherapy Group Supervision* (all interns present
cases) -- Jeffrey Katzman, MD & V. Ann Waldorf, PhD

February 8 *Assessment Group* -- Rex Swanda, PhD & Brian Pilgrim, PhD

February 15 1:30-3:00 *Pueblo Culture* - Jackie Gonzales, MSW

> 3:00-4:30 *Navajo Culture* - Mary Cohoe, BA

February 22 1:00-3:00 *Spirituality in Psychotherapy* - Ann Waldorf,
Ph.D. &

Evelyn Sandeen, PhD

                                        3:00-4:30 *Multicultural
Competence* - Teresa Makowski, PhD

March 1 *Hispanic Culture* - Luis Vargas, PhD

March 8 **\****Psychotherapy Group Supervision* -- Jeffrey Katzman, MD &
V. Ann Waldorf, PhD

March 15 Cultural Issues

> 1:30-3:00 *Cultural Issues in Clinical Psychology* -- Sara McArthur,
> PhD, ABPP
>
> 3:15-4:30 *How Cultural Issues Affect Clinical Neuropsychology* --
> Sara McArthur, PhD, ABPP

**BLOCK FOUR: FORENSICS**

**Block Coordinator: Yvonne Lutter, Psy.D.**

**Chief Resident: Stephen James**

March 22 *Forensic Evaluations* -- Eric Westfried, PhD, ABPP

March 29 *Sex Offenders* -- Moss Aubrey, PhD

April 5 **\****Psychotherapy Group Supervision* -- Jeffrey Katzman, MD &
V. Ann Waldorf, PhD

April 12 1:30-4:30 *Legal and Ethical Issues in New Mexico* - William
Foote, Ph.D.

**BLOCK TWO (CONT'D): NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, ASSESSMENT, AND DIAGNOSTICS**

**Block Coordinator: Kathleen Y. Haaland, Ph.D., ABPP**

**Chief Resident: Eric Fine**

April 19 Overview of Brain-Behavior Relationships: Attention, Memory, &
Executive Disorders, Therapeutic and Management Implications

1:30-3:00 *Attention and Memory* -- Rex Swanda, PhD, ABPP

3:15-4:30 *Executive Functions* -- Rex Swanda, PhD, ABPP

April 26 Overview of Brain-Behavior Relationships: Functions of the Left
& Right Hemisphere

> 1:30-3:00 *Language and Apraxia* -- K. Y. Haaland, PhD, ABPP

3:15-4:30 *Visuospatial Skills* -- K. Y. Haaland, PhD, ABPP

**BLOCK FIVE: EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT**

**Block Coordinator: Elizabeth Dettmer, Ph.D.**

**Chief Resident: Jennifer Harrington**

May 3 *Treatment of Eating Disorders* -- Elizabeth Dettmer, PhD

May 10 *Cultural Variations* *in Psychopathology* -- Sam Roll, PhD

May 17 *Pain Management --* Annette Brooks, PhD

May 24 **\****Psychotherapy Group Supervision* -- Jeffrey Katzman, MD &
V. Ann Waldorf, PhD

May 31 Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Trans-gendered Diversity Panel-- Evelyn
Sandeen, PhD

> *(Treating Behavioral Problems in Children* -- Chris Fore, PhD
> **CANCELLED**

June 7 Intern Individual Time: Research/Clinical -- report to Dr.
Sandeen on how time spent

June 14 **\****Psychotherapy Group Supervision* -- Jeffrey Katzman, MD &
V. Ann Waldorf, PhD

June 21 1:30-2:30 Research Presentation - Tera Lensgrav-Benson

> 3:00-4:00 Research Presentation - Jennifer Harrington

June 28 1:30-3:00 *Risk Management* -- Laura Cicarella, MS

3:15-4:30 Disabilities Diversity Panel -- Brian Pilgrim, PhD

July 5 1:30-3:00 Socio-Economic Status (SES) -- Brian Pilgrim, PhD

July 12 **\****Psychotherapy Group Supervision* -- Jeffrey Katzman, MD

**BLOCK SIX: WRAP-UP**

**Block Coordinator: Evelyn Sandeen, Ph.D.**

**Chief Resident: Andra Teten**

July 19 1:30-3:00 Military Diversity Panel -- Brian Pilgrim, PhD

1:30-2:30 Research Presentation - Eric Fine

July 26 1:30-3:00 *Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Relational
Frame Theory* -- Michael Dougher, PhD

> 3:00-4:30 Belief Systems Diversity Panel -- Evelyn Sandeen, PhD

August 2 **\***Intern Retreat

August 9 **\***Mock Oral Exams -- Kathleen Haaland, PhD, ABPP

August 16 **\***Feedback and Wrap-up