Kristine Hodshon, Psy.D. is the Director of Mental Health Forensic Services and a Faculty Psychologist at the Child Abuse Research Education and Service (CARES) Institute at the Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine. The CARES Institute is one of New Jersey’s Regional Diagnostic and Treatment Centers (RDTC) legislatively mandated with the evaluation and treatment of children who have experienced child abuse and neglect. Dr. Hodshon has been at the CARES Institute for nine years. At CARES, Dr. Hodshon coordinates the evaluation program, including Psychosocial Evaluations and Comprehensive Psychological/Sexual Abuse Evaluations in cases where there continue to be questions regarding potential sexual abuse despite completion of investigations. She also provides treatment for children who have experienced maltreatment and is a certified Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) clinician. Dr. Hodshon supervises postdoctoral psychology fellows in these services. She is also involved in several statewide training and quality initiates in NJ, including statewide training in forensic interviewing.

Dr. Jackson is a 2010 graduate of GIPP. She is currently a Psychological Consultant for Disability Determination Services, and had been in this role for seven years. In this role, Dr. Jackson adjudicates mental impairment claims for Social Security Disability. She reads medical records, including therapy notes, assessment reports, and inpatient summaries in order to provide impairment severity ratings, individual functional capacity assessments, and developmental guidance for both adult and childhood claims. This involves assessing and outlining all limitations, interpreting and explaining medical findings, and recommending appropriate developmental action.

Dr. Kristen Dial is a clinical associate professor and the Program Director for Pepperdine University's MA in psychology and MA in clinical psychology online programs. She teaches a wide range of classes, including courses on group therapy, interventions for children and adolescents, counseling techniques, assessment, practicum, and career development.  Dr. Dial is an alumna of Pepperdine's Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy (MACLP) program. She earned her PsyD degree from the University of Hartford in 2004 with an emphasis on clinical child psychology. Her clinical interests lie in the assessment and treatment of children with neurodevelopmental conditions and chronic medical illnesses.

Dr. Emily Wakefield is a pediatric psychologist in the Divisions of Pain and Palliative Medicine and Pediatric Psychology at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She obtained her doctoral degree in clinical psychology at the University of Hartford, completed her residency training at SUNY Upstate Medical Hospital, and received her postdoctoral fellowship training at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. Dr. Wakefield is currently the Chair of the Pain SIG for APA Division 54, the Society of Pediatric Psychology. She has been with Connecticut Children’s for seven years and, in that time, obtained NIH funding from NIAMS for her K23 project on pain-related stigma in adolescents with chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain, has published 10 first-authored papers, and has presented locally, nationally, and internationally in this area of study. Her research was featured in an infographic on chronic pain stigma published by the NIH Pain Consortium. Clinically, she is embedded in an interdisciplinary pediatric chronic pain clinic and provides evidenced-based psychological interventions for children and adolescents with chronic pain and their families. She developed and was primary supervisor for a pediatric pain psychology postdoctoral fellowship prior to her NIH funding and currently mentors research students both locally and nationally in topics related health equity in pediatric chronic pain.

Dr. Cory Sells is a Clinical Psychologist with twenty years of experience. After being elected into the Phi Beta Kappa (the highest National Honor Society in the country) at Skidmore College, she went on to earn her Doctorate of Psychology at the University of Hartford. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University and has been in the New Haven area ever since.

​ In her previous work as a Community Psychologist, she has used an integrated approach (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, psychodynamic, humanistic), specializing in Severe Mental Illness, Adult Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Substance Abuse, Life Skills and insight-oriented work. She currently works as a Psychology Consultant for the State of Connecticut. In recent years, Dr. Sells opened a private practice incorporating Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy into her work. Certified in the EAGALA model (Equine-Assisted Growth and Learning), she is the owner and operator of Psi Equine, offering equine-assisted psychotherapy and learning.

Dr. Sells has an excellent reputation in assessment, psychotherapy, clinical supervision, education, public speaking and writing skills. She excels at diplomacy, conflict resolution and collaboration.

A note from Dr. Sells:

Psychology is unendingly interesting and rewarding for me, and horses are my lifelong passion. I started riding at age six and continued through college. I have recently returned to my original passion and now have two horses of my own. With their partnership, I am now combining my experience in these two noble fields into one endeavor.

Deidre Hussey, PsyD is the Clinical Supervisor at Baystate’s Family Advocacy Center (BFAC) in Springfield, MA, and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School-Baystate (UMMS). The BFAC is a nationally accredited Child Advocacy Center. In her role, Dr. Hussey oversees the therapy team, the implementation of trauma-focused evidence-based treatments, the training of graduate students, and carries a caseload. She also serves as a member of Baystate’s Department of Psychiatry’s Antiracism taskforce. Her clinical specialties include complex trauma, the commercial sexual exploitation of children and problematic sexual behaviors, as she is certified in Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Child Parent Psychotherapy, and Psychological First Aid. Dr. Hussey has experience with multidisciplinary coordination and the implementation of community based and survivor-driven programming, including the BFAC’s Homicide Bereavement Program and its One Mission Program which focuses on the coordination of services for child trafficking. She conducts trainings for community organizations and has presented at national and international conferences on topics related to trauma informed practices, the impact of trauma, interpersonal violence, secondary traumatic stress and best practices, child trafficking and traumatic grief. Dr. Hussey is a facilitator in NCTSN’s Core Curriculum of Childhood Trauma (CCCT) and facilitator and trainer in the Foundations for OutReach through Experiential Child Advocacy Studies Training (FORECAST) model. Dr. Hussey’s clinical and programmatic expertise informed several NCTSN working groups and the formulation of the Sexual Health and Trauma factsheet. Additionally, Dr. Hussey is an adjunct professor at Tunxis Community College, where she built curriculums and facilitates courses in General Psychology and Life Span Development.

Sarah Liquorman, PsyD is a 2021 graduate of GIPP and has been able to quickly grow in the world of childhood trauma. She is currently a Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow at Baystate’s Family Advocacy Center (BFAC) in Springfield, MA. The BFAC is a nationally accredited Child Advocacy Center. In her role, she provides trauma focused evidence-based treatments across the lifespan for victims of crimes with a focus on children and adolescents. Dr. Liquorman also acts as the consultation liaison for the BFAC’s One Mission Program which provides service coordination and case management for high risk or sexually exploited youth by providing consultation and liaison services between Baystate Medical Center and the BFAC. Dr. Liquorman’s passion for growing trauma informed care allows her to conduct trainings for local, regional, and national organizations on topics related to trauma informed practices, the impact of trauma on children and adolescents, vicarious trauma and secondary traumatic stress and best practices, and school responses to sexual abuse and sexual exploitation. Additionally, Dr. Liquorman is a nationally recognized trainer in the FORECAST model.  Other roles she participates in include training of graduate students and working on ongoing research and various tasks for BFAC grants. Dr. Liquorman’s expertise in sexual health and its incorporation in trauma informed care has been highlighted by NCTSN working groups at the national level.

Dr. Jordan Barnard (he/him pronouns) graduated from GIPP in 2013. After experiences in working in inpatient substance abuse, rehabilitation psychology, VA healthcare, and juvenile justice settings, Dr. Barnard decided to focus the early part of his career on collegiate mental health. He has worked at both large and small colleges/universities and currently holds the position of Asst. Director of Operations and Assessment at Amherst College in western Massachusetts, where he has been for the past four years. He also serves as adjunct faculty for the Clinical Psychology (Psy.D) program at Antioch University. Dr. Barnard believes there is great value in the wide array of skill sets used in current positions. Skills that were cultivated during training at the University of Hartford. He will always be grateful for the relationships formed as a student there, and the mentorship received.