She serves as the Associate Director for Clinical Services at the Counseling Center at American University. Before coming to AU, Dr. Wernicke completed her APA-accredited internship and postdoctoral training at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School where she trained in inpatient, emergency, and outpatient psychotherapy services. She earned licensure as a psychologist/health services provider in Massachusetts and served as a staff psychologist in the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Program at Mass General. Special interests include integrative psychotherapy (interpersonal and cognitive-behavioral approaches), women's mental health issues across the reproductive life span, mood and anxiety disorders, life/role transitions and identity development, grief and trauma, mindfulness-based meditation, clinical supervision and training, mental health issues in higher education.