Psychology Clinic

What We Offer

The FSU Psychology Clinic offers affordable outpatient mental health services while providing experience for graduate students in the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology. The Clinic provides confidential and personalized services that are sensitive to issues of diversity. We specialize in therapies that are supported by research (empirically-supported therapies).

What we DO provide:	What we do NOT provide:
Individual Therapy Couples Therapy Family Therapy Child Services Parent Training Assessment Services	Emergency or Walk-in Appointments On-site Psychiatric Evaluations Child Custody Evaluations
Group Therapy - Information about the DBT Skills Training Group Parent Training Group

The most common problems for which our therapists provide treatment include the following:

Mood Disorders (e.g., depression)
Anxiety Disorders
Eating Disorders
Marital & Relationship Problems
Family Problems
Social Skills Deficits
Personality Disorders
Substance Use Disorders
Lifestyle Issues & Stress
Child Behavior Problems
Other Personal Problems

Clinicians

Psychological Trainees:

Our therapists (psychological trainees) are advanced doctoral students in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program at Florida State University. The FSU Psychology Clinic is the first clinical placement for second year doctoral students in clinical psychology at FSU. Our therapists are in their second, third, or fourth years in the program. Each therapist receives approximately three to four hours per week of supervision with a psychologist. In addition, two hours per week are spent in staff conferences devoted to case presentations and intensive instruction regarding diagnostic differentiation and treatment techniques. Our therapists generally carry a caseload of four to five clients, who they see on a weekly basis.

2008-2009 Psychological Trainees

Kate Sawyer, Assistant Director	Nicholas Allan
Dan Capron	Nicole Collins
Elizabeth Corsentino	Catherine Drew
Kristin Fitch	Haley Gummelt
Christine Haislup	Laura Hume
Amanda Medley	Amy Mikolajewski
Melissa Mitchell	Scott Pizzarello
Jessica Ribeiro	Darcey Sims
Megan Vinco

Psychologist-in-Residence:

Donald R. Kerr, Jr., Ph.D., (otherwise known as “Sandy”) is the psychologist-in-residence at the FSU Psychology Clinic. He supervises graduate students, acts as a licensed consultant to graduate students on a daily basis, and also carries his own caseload of clients.

Dr. Kerr, who has a general clinical practice, is an experienced clinical psychologist. He sees clients from FSU as well as from the Tallahassee area. Dr. Kerr is a provider for a number of insurance companies including Blue Cross and Blue Shield. He can be reached at the clinic phone number (644-3006).

Supervisors

Students who conduct therapy and assessments are under the direct supervision of one or more members of the full-time and adjunct faculty of the Department of Psychology. All supervisory faculty members hold doctorates in Clinical Psychology.

2008-2009 Supervisors

Thomas E. Joiner, Jr., Ph.D.
Clinic Director

Donald R. Kerr, Jr., Ph.D.
Psychologist in Residence

Natalie Sachs-Ericsson, Ph.D.

Brad Schmidt, Ph.D.

The Psychology Clinic