> ![](media/image1.png){width="1.125in"
> height="1.4166666666666667in"}**Psychology Internship Program**
>
> **VA Medical Center Hampton**\
> Director of Clinical Training (116A)
>
> Veterans Affairs Medical Center
>
> 100 Emancipation Drive
>
> Hampton, VA 23667
>
> *(757) 722-9961**\
> **<http://www.hampton.va.gov/>*

**MATCH Number: 173111**

**Applications Due: December 1, 2008**

## Accreditation Status

The predoctoral internship at the **VA Medical Center Hampton** is fully
accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the American
Psychological Association.

The next site visit will be during the academic year 2008.

## Application & Selection Procedures 

Applicants must be U.S. citizens and currently enrolled as a student in
good standing in an APA-accredited doctoral program in clinical or
counseling psychology. In addition, applicants must have completed at
least the third year in their graduate programs prior to the beginning
of the internship year and must be able to provide evidence of previous
practicum experience. All applicants must have a minimum of 1200
practicum hours. Completion of all academic work including the
dissertation is preferred.

***Should you choose to apply, please arrange for the following
materials to be sent to the address provided below:***

-   Curriculum Vitae

-   Official graduate transcripts

-   Three letters of recommendation

-   A letter of interest describing your past training and career goals

-   A copy of a recent psychological assessment report

-   The APPIC Application for Psychology Internship (AAPI)

COMPLETE APPLICATIONS MUST ARRIVE NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 1

***Please remit all application materials to:***

> ***Kathy S. Babel, Psy.D.***
>
> Director of Clinical Training (116A)
>
> Veterans Affairs Medical Center
>
> 100 Emancipation Drive
>
> Hampton, VA 23667

On-site interviews are required. Interviewees will meet with the
Director of Clinical Training, the Internship Training Committee, and
current interns.

We notify all applicants by December 15 about the status of their
application and about whether they have been selected for an interview.

***Psychology Setting***

The Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences (MH&BS) Service provides a
full range of mental health and rehabilitative services. The Service is
multidisciplinary and is composed of members of the Psychiatry,
Psychology, Social Work and Nursing Services. It is affiliated with the
Eastern Virginia Medical School and the Virginia Consortium Program for
Professional Psychology and provides clinical training, education and
research opportunities to both medical residents and students within a
wide variety of theoretical and clinical modalities. The MH&BS Service
providers treat a variety of male and female veterans who range in age
from early 20\'s to 80\'s and have an average age of 40 years. Seventy
percent (70%) are service connected and 20-30% are indigent. Sixty to
70% are of African American and Hispanic origins while the remainder are
Caucasian. All major diagnostic categories are represented including
mood disorder, psychosis, dissociative disorders, dementia, delirium,
personality disorders and substance abuse. Over 50% of the patients seen
by the clinical staff are dually diagnosed. Interventions include
somatic therapies, individual psychotherapy, family meetings/therapy and
various group modalities.

The psychology program of the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center is
an active component of the MH&BS Service Line and has 17 Ph.D./Psy.D.
clinical staff, 2 bachelor/masters level psychology technicians, and 1
vocational rehabilitation specialist. Staff competencies represent a
wide array of clinical and theoretical orientations including
psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal and
supportive psychotherapies. Marital and family therapy, various group
modalities, biofeedback, EMDR and clinical hypnosis are also provided as
indicated.

## Training Model and Program Philosophy

The mission of the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center Pre-doctoral
Psychology Internship Training Program is to provide a training
experience that ensures quality health care for our nation's veterans
and ensures that the Department of Veterans Affairs has a constant
source of well-trained and qualified psychologists for future
employment. The Psychology Internship Program seeks to foster the
development of the requisite skills, roles and values of the
professional psychologist. Acquisition of problem-solving attitudes that
will enable interns to cope with situations beyond their current level
of skills and knowledge and prepare them to meet new problems via
innovation and research is a major training focus as well. The
internship program is based on a scholar--practitioner model with an
emphasis on training in the area of applied clinical practice. It is
designed to train interns to function as independent, ethical, and
competent professional psychologists with an emphasis on the provision
of mental health services for adult medical center patients. Thus, our
philosophy is to implement and promote established, reliable, valid, and
efficacious treatment modalities and protocols to the greatest extent
possible and to encourage actively our interns to draw upon the
empirical body of literature to enhance the development of their
professional skills. As scholar-practitioners, we remain abreast of
current empirical findings in our chosen areas of professional practice
to further our knowledge of treatment advances in order to inform
clinical decisions.

## Program Goals & Objectives

**Goal 1: Prepare interns as skilled generalists in the provision of
psychological services in inpatient, outpatient, and residential adult
health care settings.**

***Objective 1: Intern will demonstrate general professional
competencies.***

*Competencies Expected:*

-   Knowledge and application of ethical principles

-   Productive use of supervision and/or consultation

-   Professional interaction

-   Responsibility and self-direction

-   Positive coping strategies

-   Maintenance of good rapport with patients

-   Sensitivity to cultural and individual differences

-   Use of relevant interview data

***Objective 2: Intern will demonstrate competence in psychological
asessment.***

*Competencies Expected:*

-   Administration of commonly used tests and measurements

-   Interpretation of assessment and test data

-   Writing a well-organized psychological test report

***Objective 3: Intern will demonstrate competence in providing
psychotherapeutic interventions.***

*Competencies Expected:*

-   Case conceptualization

-   Formulation of appropriate treatment goals

-   Presentation of well-timed and effective interventions

-   Productive use of countertransference

***Objective 4: Intern will demonstrate competence in providing group
therapy.***

*Competencies Expected:*

-   Group Therapy Challenges

***Objective 5: Intern will demonstrate competence in providing
professional consultation.***

*Competencies Expected:*

-   Competent professional consultation

**Goal 2: Prepare interns to integrate research with their clinical
practice**

***Objective 1: Intern will demonstrate skills in integrating research
into their clinical work and/or will demonstrate skills in developing
and accomplishing research.***

*Competencies Expected:*

-   Appropriate use of scholarly and research-based literature

-   Research/professional writing skills

-   Demonstration of professional skills

## Program Structure

***Description of Structure:*** A total of approximately 1400 hours are
spent in the required rotations of Inpatient Psychiatry, Outpatient
Mental Health, PTSD Treatment, and Substance Abuse Treatment. Two 340
hour elective rotations allow the intern to explore areas of his or her
interest.

***Mental Health Screening Clinic:*** All interns are required to take
an active role in the Mental Health Screening Clinic. The purpose of
this weekly 2-hour clinical experience is four-fold:

1.  To streamline the referral process of patients to Mental Health and
    Behavioral Science Service Line (MHBS).

2.  To establish an initial clinical point of contact for patients
    referred to MHBS.

3.  To expedite the scheduling of acute psychiatric patients.

4.  To collect standardized information regarding the baseline
    functioning of patients referred to MHBS. Specifically to:

\(a\) Assess the presence and severity of depression in referred
patients

(b)Assess the presence and severity of suicidal and/or homicidal
ideation

\(c\) Assess the general level of symptomatology in referred patients

During this yearlong clinical assignment, interns will gain training and
experience in several significant clinical and administrative areas that
professional psychologists are normally expected to perform:

1.  Experience in brief assessment and the appropriate triage of a
    varied population of psychiatric patients. Presenting symptoms
    include, but are not limited to, depression, anxiety, suicidality,
    homicidality, psychosis, dementia, traumatic stress reactions,
    dissociative disorders and phobias

2.  Experience in the administration and interpretation of a brief
    clinical assessment battery

3.  Experience in brief clinical interviewing and relaying feedback
    regarding assessment results to both patients and medical staff
    alike

4.  Experience in consultation with other mental health providers and
    allied medical center staff.

5.  Experience in the administration and management of a mental health
    sub-specialty clinic

***Psychological Assessment:*** There is an additional requirement that
all interns complete at least 10 psychological assessment batteries
during the training year. A battery is defined as a clinical interview,
a case file review, and at least one major psychological test and/or
measurement.

***Supervision:*** Regularly scheduled supervision (4 hours per week)
along with mentoring relationships is maintained throughout the course
of the program. Mandatory weekly meetings with all interns and the
Director of Clinical Training provide further informal training and
mentoring experiences. Interns receive 2 hours of individual supervision
on each rotation, for a total of 4 hours of individual supervision per
week. Interns are exposed to a variety of training and supervision
styles reflective of the various theoretical orientations currently
employed within the field of psychology, i.e., Adlerian,
client-centered, cognitive behavioral, emotion-focused, interpersonal,
psychodynamic, self-psychology, and supportive therapeutic approaches.

***Evaluation:*** To maintain good standing in the program, interns must
maintain minimum levels of achievement on outcome measures. The intern
is evaluated mid-rotation and at the end of the rotation using the
Psychology Intern Competency Assessment Form.

## Training Experiences 

**Required Rotations**

***Inpatient Psychiatry***

This site provides specialized training in comprehensive
psychodiagnostic assessment and intervention with acutely disturbed
patients who require brief/short term hospitalization. The intern will
have the opportunity to learn skills in interviewing, diagnosis,
formulation of treatment plans, case management, and milieu and group
psychotherapies. Multidisciplinary patient reviews, intake interviews,
treatment planning and daily ward activities provide the intern the
opportunity to interact within the entire therapeutic community.

*Supervisor: Kathy Babel, Psy.D.*

***Outpatient Mental Health***

Supervision at the outpatient Mental Health Clinic is available in a
wide variety of treatment modalities and theoretical orientations (e.g.,
psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, marital/family
systems therapy, clinical hypnosis and specialized group therapies).
Patients represent a wide range of diagnostic categories and of
educational, socioeconomic and ethnic origins. Male and female patients
are equally represented and there may be limited exposure to
child/adolescent therapy experiences.

*Supervisors: Vicki Caminer, Psy.D., Melita Murray-Carney, Ph.D.,
Carolyn Turnage, Ph.D.*

***PTSD***

The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Team (PCT) is an outpatient
treatment program specifically designed to provide services to veterans
diagnosed with combat and military-related Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD). The psychology intern is expected to function as a full
member of the interdisciplinary treatment team and is assigned to be a
part of large psychoeducational groups, dyadic teaching groups and/or
interpersonal process groups. Interns will learn how to conduct trauma
assessments, diagnostic interviews and formulate treatment plans.

*Supervisors: Marinell Miller Mumford, Ph.D., Cynthia Hand, Psy.D.*

***Drug Abuse Program (DAP)***

The Drug Abuse Program (DAP) treats approximately 75 male and female
veterans in an eclectic mix of therapeutic community; AA and 12-step
techniques, cognitive-behavioral and spiritual interventions, and
traditional psychosocial and psychiatric management approaches. The
intern will be trained in the use of a semi-structured interview leading
to a written diagnostic summary and will participate as a co-therapist
in specialized group treatments, e.g., PTSD, anger management and sexual
abuse. Time-limited individual psychotherapy and psychodiagnostic
testing will also be a function of this training option. Interns will
also assume an active role within the DAP Treatment Team and assist with
the provision of information and on-going treatment planning.

*Supervisor: Sonya Medina, Ph.D.*

**Two 340-hour rotations to be selected from the following:**

***Clinical Hypnosis***

This elective will provide an opportunity to learn the basics of
hypnotic induction, deepening, ideo-motor signaling and the construction
and use of direct/indirect suggestion. Hypnotic applications with a
variety of physical and emotional disorders will be highlighted;
hypno-analytic applications will be discussed and employed as indicated.
Interns selecting this training option will be assigned to the Mental
Health Clinic.

*Supervisor: Cynthia Hand, Psy.D.*

***Extended Care & Rehabilitation Center/Hospice & Palliative Care***

The Extended Care & Rehabilitation Center (ECRC) is a 120-bed inpatient
and support care unit. ECRC utilizes an interdisciplinary team approach
to assist patients admitted for a variety of medical, physical and
cognitive conditions to attain the highest possible level of
independence, health and physical functioning. Major diagnostic
categories of ECRC patients include dementia, complex medical disorders,
cerebral vascular accidents, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson\'s Disease,
respiratory conditions, post-surgical care (amputations and fractures),
neurological conditions, diabetes, cancer, HIV and geropsychiatric
conditions. The primary activities of this training option will include:
brief cognitive assessment; psychological assessment; behavioral goal
setting; individual, group/family therapy; patient education; staff
training/consultation; and interdisciplinary team participation. The
Palliative Care Program is a 10-bed hospice unit designed to provide
sensitive support for veterans with advanced, progressive, incurable
illness. This portion of the training experience will focus on providing
treatment to veterans and their families via an interdisciplinary
treatment team approach consisting of a physician, social worker,
psychologist, pharmacist and various volunteer staff.

*Supervisor: Joanne Shovlin, Psy.D.*

***Health Psychology***

The Behavioral Physiology Laboratory is an integral part of the Chronic
Pain Treatment Program. The intern will be able to develop skills in the
assessment and treatment of chronic pain, the operation of biofeedback
equipment and psychophysiological stress profiling. Interns learn how
psychology is integrated with other health care disciplines to work with
patients who have medical diagnoses. Training opportunities include
psychological testing, brief therapeutic interventions, hypnosis, EMDR
and biofeedback.

*Supervisor: Leonard Holmes, Ph.D.*

***Homeless Veterans Program (REHABITAT)***

The major focus of this 90-day residential program for homeless veterans
is to assist veterans to function in a self-sufficient and independent
manner. Rehabitat addresses the emotional, physical, spiritual, medical
and social impairments often associated with homelessness. Ninety
percent of the veterans enrolled in this multidisciplinary treatment
program are dually diagnosed with psychiatric and co-morbid substance
abuse diagnoses. Interns electing this highly specialized training
experience will have an opportunity to conduct individual and group
therapies, provide consultation and take an active role in program
development and case management practices.

*Supervisor: Harold Maxwell, Jr., Psy.D.*

***Administrative/Management Rotation***

This rotation will familiarize the intern with the administrative
aspects of a mental health service delivery system. Experiences in the
following activities will be made available: conducting audits to
identify programmatic deficiencies; developing programs to meet changing
patient and Medical Center needs; evaluation of practitioner performance
and creating performance appraisals; developing and analyzing results of
needs surveys; participating in Center-wide committees; and
training/supervision of pre-doctoral practicum level students.

*Supervisor: James Goalder, Ph.D.; Marinell Miller Mumford, Ph.D.*

***Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Team (PTSD-2)***

This training option will build upon the intern\'s initial experiences
gained in the required PCT rotation. Interns will receive in-depth
training in objective psychometric assessment of both PTSD and co-morbid
disorders and will assume the role of co-therapist in one or more
long-term interpersonal process group settings. The intern will also be
responsible for developing and conducting one 5-week didactic workshop
in an area of personal expertise/interest.

*Supervisors: Marinell Miller Mumford, Ph.D., Cynthia Hand, Psy.D.*

***Sexual Trauma Treatment Team***

Interns can elect to focus on the treatment of the lifespan exposure to
sexual trauma including child/adolescent, adult civilian and/or Military
Sexual Trauma (MST). There will be opportunities for interns to engage
in intake interviews, outpatient based individual psychotherapy, couples
therapy (heterosexual and gay/lesbian), structured psycho-educational
psychotherapy groups (Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training,
Cognitive Processing Therapy trauma focus groups, MST and Coping with
Childhood Sexual Trauma psycho-educational groups), interpersonal
process oriented psychotherapy groups and psychodiagnostic evaluation.

*Supervisors: Vicki Caminer, Psy.D., Kathy Babel, Psy.D.*

***Spinal Cord Injury***

The Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders Unit is the only long-term facility
for such treatment in the country. The intern selecting this training
option will assist in providing treatment for substance abuse, smoking
and help in developing mental health assessments, treatment plans and
provide input to the regular 90-day treatment plan updates required for
each patient. They will participate in weekly assessment of appropriate
admissions and discharges, mental health rounds with nursing staff,
interdisciplinary conferences and staff and patient education programs.
In addition, the intern will assist in the provision of relaxation
training for pain management, insomnia and spasm control.

*Supervisor: Manuel Chaknis, Ph.D.*

***Domiciliary PTSD Program***

This training option will build upon the intern\'s initial experiences
gained in the required PCT rotation. The major emphasis of this 60-day
residential treatment program for veterans with Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder is teaching acceptance-based coping strategies by means of
applying Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills training as treatment for
PTSD. With this training experience an intern will have an opportunity
to conduct individual and group therapies, perform case management, and
gain experience with a psychologist\'s role on a multidisciplinary
treatment team in a residential setting.

*Supervisor: Stephanie Eppinger, Ph.D.*

***Primary Care-Mental Health Integrated Care Program***

The Primary Care Mental Health Integration Program is a Blended Model of
co-located, collaborative, integrated health care for patients enrolled
in primary care. Patients are co-managed by primary care and mental
health providers. The mission of the program is to provide veterans with
immediate access to mental health services in the primary care setting
with the goal of improving overall health care. The philosophy of
Primary Care Mental Health Integration is that early intervention for
the primary care patient with mild to moderate psychiatric complaints
and disorders, will result in remission or significant symptom
reduction, and prevent development of severe psychopathology. The focus
is on resolution of mental and health problems within the primary care
service structure through early identification of mental health issues,
assessment for psychiatric conditions, intervention with education, and
promotion of healthy lifestyle changes for at-risk patients. Interns
selecting this option will have the opportunity engage in intake
interviews, consultation with PCP's, screenings, brief therapy, group
therapy, biofeedback, psychoeducation, and crisis intervention.

*Supervisor: Jessica Gifford, Psy.D.*

## Requirements for Completion

To maintain good standing in the program, interns must maintain minimum
levels of achievement on outcome measures. The intern is evaluated
mid-rotation and at the end of the rotation using the Psychology Intern
Competency Assessment For. For each competency, they are rated as either
\"Ready for Autonomous Practice,\" \"Needs Occasional Supervision,\"
\"Needs Regular Supervision,\" or \"Needs Remedial Work.\" The minimum
threshold for achievement is \"Needs Occasional Supervision.\" "Needs
Regular Supervision" and \"Needs Remedial Work\" areas are identified
and referred to the Director of Clinical Training.

## Facility and Training Resources

The interns are considered full members of the clinical staff for the
purposes of all staff activities, office support, and work
accommodations. Each intern has his/her own private office where they
are able to provide therapy and assessment services. These offices are
located near the outpatient mental health clinic, the Director of
Clinical Training, and other supervisors. Each intern office has a PC
with Windows, internet access, e-mail, and internal programs.

VAMC Hampton\'s medical library maintains a full line of reference
materials and can provide the interns with in-depth computerized
literature searches. Databases are available for accessing full-text
journal articles and books. Psychologists, as well as other staff,
maintain their own collection of books and media related to their area
of practice.

A large battery of psychological tests, procedures, and surveys are
available in an on-line computer-based program maintained by the
Veterans Health Administration and readily available to each intern via
their individually assigned computer terminals. The Psychology Services
section of MH&BS maintains other current and up-to-date computerized and
non-computerized assessment instruments and diagnostic tools.

## Administrative Policies and Procedures

Grievance procedures and conflict resolution issues are specifically
addressed in the Management of Problematic Behavior and Due Process
document. This document is presented to applicants during their
interview and to incoming interns during their initial orientation to
the internship. Guidelines for all intern evaluations, disagreements,
complaints, and grievances are clearly delineated, and all venues for
appeal are described therein.

Statement of collecting personal information: \"Our privacy policy is
clear: we will collect no personal information about you when you visit
our website.\"

The VAMC Hampton Internship Program does not require self-disclosure.

## Training Staff

***Kathy Babel, Psy.D.*** -- Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical
Psychology, 2003. Internship: VA Medical Center, Hampton, VA. Primary
Clinical/Research Interests: Military Sexual Trauma; Inpatient
Psychiatry; Outpatient Mental Health.

***Tonia Bagby, Psy.D.*** Chicago School of Professional Psychology,
2006. Internship: VA Medical Center, Hampton, VA. Clinical/Research
Interests: Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy; Clinical Hypnosis.

***Vicki Caminer, Psy.D.*** -- Virginia Consortium Program in
Professional Psychology, 1987. Internship: Connecticut Valley Hospital,
Middletown, CT. Primary Clinical/Research Interests: Treatment of women
sexual trauma survivors; PTSD; dissociative disorders; self-psychology;
clinical hypnosis.

***Manuel Chaknis, Ph.D.*** -- University of Florida, 1983. Internship:
Shands Teaching Hospital, Gainesville, FL. Primary Clinical/Research
Interests: Neuropsychology; Psychological Assessment.

***Stephanie Eppinger, Ph.D.*** University of Georgia, 1996. Internship:
U.S. Air Force, Andrews AFB, MD. Clinical/Research Interests:
Dialectical Behavior Therapy; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

***Gail Furman, Ph.D.*** -- Washington University -- St. Louis, 1983.
Internship: Patton State Hospital, San Bernardino, CA. Primary
Clinical/Research Interests: Adlerian psychotherapy; Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder; Neuropsychology.

***Jessica Gifford, Psy.D.*** - Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical
Psychology, 2003. Internship: Virginia Treatment Center for Children,
Richmond, VA. Clinical/Research Interests: Attachment Theory; Marital &
Family Therapy.

***James Goalder, Ph.D.*** -- Virginia Commonwealth University, 1990.
Internship: VA Medical Center, Memphis, TN. Primary Clinical/Research
Interests: PTSD; substance abuse; treatment of males sexually abused as
children; health and religion.

***Cynthia Hand, Psy.D.*** - Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical
Psychology, 2005. Internship: VA Medical Center, Hampton, VA. Primary
Clinical/Research Interests: PTSD; clinical hypnosis; assessment and
treatment of sexual offenders.

***Leonard Holmes, Ph.D.*** -- Florida State University, 1981.
Internship: University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia,
SC. Primary Clinical/Research Interests: Health psychology; trauma
disorders; telehealth; psychological aspects of the Internet/uses of the
Internet.

***Harold Maxwell, Jr., Psy.D.*** - Virginia Consortium Program in
Professional Psychology, 1990. Internship: VA Medical Center,
Pittsburgh, PA. Primary Clinical/Research Interests: Substance abuse;
psychotherapy with African-Americans; religion and psychology.

***Sonya Medina, Ph.D.*** - University of Georgia, 2001. Internship: VA
Medical Center, Hampton, VA. Primary Clinical/Research Interests:
Substance Abuse; Cultural Diversity; Child-Adolescent Psychology.

***Marinell Miller Mumford, Ph.D.*** -- University of Missouri at
Columbia, 1991. Internship: VA Medical Center, Coatesville, PA. Primary
Clinical Research Interests: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(combat-related); individual and group psychotherapy; secondary
traumatization; sleep disorders in PTSD.

***Melita Murray-Carney, Ph.D.*** -- University of Maryland, College
Park, 1994. Internship: Virginia Commonwealth University, Counseling
Center, Richmond, VA. Clinical/ Research Interests: Outpatient Mental
Health; Group Therapy; Cognitive-Behavioral Theory and Behavioral
Medicine.

***Stella Nelms, Ph.D.*** - University of Texas at Austin, 2006.
Internship: VA Medical Center, Temple, Texas. Primary Clinical/Research
Interest: Client-centered therapy; adjustment disorders in veterans;
health psychology; and GLBT issues.

***Katina Shine, Ph.D.*** -- University of Louisville, 2002. Internship:
VA Medical Center, St. Louis, MO. Primary Clinical/Research Interests:
Neuropsychology; psychopharmacology.

***Joanne Shovlin, Psy.D.*** -- Virginia Consortium Program in
Professional Psychology, 1994. Internship: Friends Hospital,
Philadelphia, PA. Primary Clinical/Research Interests: Mood and
personality disorders; medical rehabilitation; substance abuse;
geriatrics.

***Carolyn Turnage, Ph.D.*** -- Loyola University Chicago, 2005.
Internship: Virginia Commonwealth University Counseling Service,
Richmond, VA. Primary Clinical/Research Interests: Relational-Cognitive
model of therapy, addiction, and sexual trauma.

## Trainees

**Incoming Interns (2008-2009)**

Peter Johnson, Loyola College in Maryland, Clinical, Psy.D.

Stephanie Nowacki-Butzen, Regent University, Clinical, Psy.D.

Mark Skellie, Georgia School of Professional Psychology, Clinical,
Psy.D.

**Current Interns (2007-2008)**

Brandon Bryan, Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology,
Clinical, Psy.D.

Sarah Ingle, University of North Texas, Clinical, Ph.D.

April Muldrow, Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology,
Clinical, Psy.D.

**2006-2007 Interns**

Evan Alvord, George Fox University, Clinical, Psy.D.

Abigail Craine, Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology,
Clinical, Psy.D.

Stacie Otey-Scott, Regent University, Clinical, Psy.D.

**2005-2006 Interns**

Tonia Bagby, Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Clincal, Psy.D.

Kimberly Smeltzer, Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Clincal,
Psy.D.

**2004-2005 Interns**

Deborah Vick, Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology,
Clinical, Psy.D.

Tiffany Rogers, Georgia School of Professional Psychology, Clinical,
Psy.D.

**2003-2004 Interns**

Ronald Field, Farleigh Dickenson University, Clinical, Ph.D.

Cynthia Hand, Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology,
Clinical, Psy.D.

**2002-2003 Interns**

Kathy Babel, Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology,
Clinical, Psy.D.

Philip Hatfield, Fielding Institute, Clinical, Ph.D.

All interns have provided consent for their names to be posted on our
website.

## Local Information

Hampton, Virginia, America\'s oldest continuous English speaking
settlement and the site of the Civil War battle of the Monitor and the
Merrimac, was founded in 1610 in the area of Virginia known as the
\"Cradle of the Nation.\" Within this geographical designation are the
historical sites of the Jamestown Settlement, Yorktown Village and
Battlefield and the restored city of Colonial Williamsburg. Nearby
Newport News, the site of the world\'s largest shipbuilding company,
together with the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, make up the Port of
Hampton Roads, one of the finest natural harbors in the world. Virginia
Beach, the renowned seashore resort, is approximately a 35 minute drive
from the Center, North Carolina\'s Outer Banks with it\'s world-class
fishing and beach facilities is 1½ hours to the south and Washington,
D.C. lies 185 miles to the north. The College of William & Mary, Hampton
University, Old Dominion University, Norfolk State University and
Christopher Newport University are the major learning and academic
centers located within Hampton Roads.

The mild climate, ranging from an average of 47 degrees in January to 85
degrees in July, together with a wide variety of cultural and
recreational activities, make this area an exceptionally attractive one
in which to work and live. The Virginia Opera (the sixth largest opera
company in the country), the Virginia Waterfront International Arts
Festival and the famed Hampton Jazz Festival are but a few of the many
and varied events that have become an integral part of the Hampton Roads
cultural scene. Hampton Roads is also home to the Chrysler Museum, the
Mariner\'s Museum and the Virginia Beach Center for the Arts. Waterfront
and seafood festivals are regularly scheduled on most summer weekends,
world-class golf courses abound and the availability of water sports
activities is virtually endless. Professional baseball, soccer and ice
hockey are well represented and several major shopping centers are
within easy reach of the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center.