Clinical and Counseling Psychology (CCP) Program

Interoception- the processing of internal body signals- has been implicated in disordered eating. Dr. Ahlich & colleagues examined a newly developed, lab measure of gastric interoception (WLT-II), finding mixed support for validity & utility in predicting eating & weight concerns

The USA CON Team-Based Trauma-Informed Integrated Behavioral Health Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes will be holding a six-session virtual professional mentoring/education series. Free and CE Credits offered. southalabama.edu/colleges/con/p…

Congratulations, Nanako Hawley, for being selected to attend the 2023 workshop of the Advanced Psychometric Methods in Cognitive Aging Research Conference!

The Trauma and Interpersonal Loss (TRAIL) lab has just had their manuscript on a peer-led spiritual intervention for military-related moral injury accepted by Psychological Services!

Congrats to Dr. Phillip Smith and colleagues, who just published a study establishing clinically significant cutoff scores for a measure of social disconnection that distinguished between the presence and absence of suicide ideation in a psychiatric sample.econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/full/10.10…

We are super proud of our first-year CCP student Ivan Campbell, who just published his first article on the associations between anxiety, centromedial amygdala volume, and complex verbal fluency in middle-aged to older adults! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Congrats to CCP core faculty, Dr. Erica Ahlich, for her most recent publication in Appetite! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Congrats to CCP graduates, Nicholas Borgogna and Stephen Aita and CCP faculty, Dr. Benjamin Hill, on their publication in the Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment! link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Congrats to CCP doctoral student Sarah Salcone for being awarded the Student Poster Award Honorable Mention at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies this month!

CCP core faculty, Dr. Joseph Currier, was recently on NPR discussing the concerning toll that carrying out executions took on workers tasked with preparing for and carrying out prisoner executions. npr.org/transcripts/11…

Open House Announcement: Come learn about the Clinical & Counseling Psychology (CCP) Doctoral Training Program! October 27, 6 pm - 8 pm CST. This a great opportunity to learn about the Program, ask questions, and talk to current CCP faculty and students.

CCP doctoral student Katey Hayes is on a roll! Congratulations on publishing an article with Dr. Pack-Mabien on Sickle Cell Disease and mental health!

Congratulations to CCP doctoral student, Karin Hendricks, for having recently published an article in the Journal of Affective Disorders! authors.elsevier.com/c/1fwGUbXYinP5f

Brasil, K. M., Mims, C. E., McDermott, R. C., & Pritchard, M. E. (Accepted). Checking the scales: A psychometric evaluation of the Weight Concerns Scale in a sample of college-aged cisgender men from the U.S., Psychological Assessment.

Congratulations to Callie Mims and Kyle Brasil for their recent publication in the top-tier journal, Psychological Assessment! Kyle developed and tested the concept, and they both wrote the manuscript with minimal edits from Dr. Ryon McDermott and Dr. Mary Pritchard.

Brasil, K. M., Mims, C. E., McDermott, R. C., & Pritchard, M. E. (Accepted). Checking the scales: A psychometric evaluation of the Weight Concerns Scale in a sample of college-aged cisgender men from the U.S. Psychological Assessment.

Congratulations to Katey Hayes, CCP doctoral student, on her new position at Pediatric Associates of Mobile!m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…

Awesome op-ed by CCP professor Dr. Ryon McDermott and his colleague, Dr. Ronald Levant, on clarifying the APA's Guidelines for Boys and Men! newsweek.com/clarifying-ame…

A walk to support ending Alzheimer's! Third-year CCP student, Nanako Hawley, is organizing an interdisciplinary team of students and researchers at USA to participate in the Walk to End Alzheimer's event on November 13, 2022 at Spring Hill College. act.alz.org/site/TR?team_i…