Dr. Barriga received his Ph.D. in developmental psychology from The Ohio State University in 1996, completing his pre-doctoral internship at Richland Hospital (in Mansfield, OH) and post-doctoral fellowship at Auberle (in McKeesport, PA). Dr. Barriga has been a licensed psychologist since 1999 and has conducted individual, couples, family, and multi-family therapies with children, adolescents, adults, and older people across a variety of outpatient, inpatient, residential, and medical settings. He currently provides assessment and treatment services within the Center for Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents, holding a certification in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. During his 15 years on faculty at Seton Hill University, he taught undergraduate and graduate courses in human development, psychopathology, assessment, research methods, and social psychology. Dr. Barriga has published in the fields of moral development, empathy, cognitive distortions, attention deficits, delinquency interventions, assessment, and grade inflation. He has provided consultation services to mental health, drug and alcohol, educational, and legal organizations. Dr. Barriga currently provides seminars and clinical supervision to psychology interns and psychiatry residents at AGH. His approach to supervision strives to be individualized, collaborative, developmental, and culturally sensitive.
Dr. Chi Chan is a clinical neuropsychologist who provides services involving outpatient and inpatient neuropsychological evaluations, and outpatient individual psychotherapies. He conducts outpatient neuropsychological evaluations and diagnostic assessments, primarily ranging from young adults to older adults. His clinical interests include dementias, movement disorders, seizure disorders, strokes, head injuries, and complex medical and psychiatric diagnoses. He has a clinical psychotherapy background in substance use disorder counseling and group therapy. Dr. Chan earned his doctorate degree in Counseling Psychology at Carlow University, and completed a doctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship at the Allegheny Health Network – Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Institute. Dr. Chan is a member of the National Academy of Neuropsychology and the International Neuropsychology Society.
Dr. Dandridge received her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Chatham University. Completed her doctoral internship at the Cleveland State University Counseling Center and post-doctoral fellowship within AGH’s Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Dandridge specializes in providing trauma-informed care to children, adolescents, and adults. She is trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). Dr. Dandridge utilizes an integrative approach to treatment incorporating aspects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Person-Centered Therapy. Her clinical interests include intersectionality, multicultural counseling, community outreach, and providing therapeutic support to African American women and girls. Dr. Dandridge’s approach to supervision is culturally-informed, strength-based, and is centered on the unique developmental needs of the trainee.
Dr. Dean-Hill is the Director of Training for the AGH Doctoral Psychology Internship. She is a licensed psychologist and clinical lifespan neuropsychologist. She works with children, adolescents and adults, providing outpatient psychological and neuropsychological evaluations. She also provides inpatient neuropsychological evaluations for the AGH consultation and liaison service. Her interests include ADHD, traumatic brain injury, neurological conditions (e.g., multiple sclerosis and stroke), pre-surgical evaluation, gender identity development and gender-affirming intervention evaluation, and the neuropsychological impact of various medical conditions. She is a member of the AHN Center for Inclusion Health’s Transgender Health Interdisciplinary Treatment Team. Dr. Dean-Hill assisted in developing the training structure for the Academy of the American Board of Professional Neuropsychology-recognized postdoctoral neuropsychology training programs. Dr. Dean-Hill became faculty at AGH in 2017, was appointed Associate Director of Training in 2020, and was appointed Training Director in 2022. Dr. Dean-Hill is a National Register Health Service Psychologist and is a member of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Academy of Neuropsychology. Dr. Dean-Hill's approach to supervision is developmental and tailored to the intern.
Dr. Flaherty is a pain psychologist and clinical director of AHN’s Empowered Relief program. Her interests include empowering people through health literacy and challenging control beliefs about physical and emotional pain. Dr. Flaherty was trained in the Veterans Health Administration and has significant experience working with the impact of trauma on the body and mind. She is a member of the National Register of Health Service Psychologists, the Pennsylvania Psychological Association, and the APA’s Society for Health Psychologists.
Dr. Franzen is a clinical neuropsychologist who is a Fellow of Division 40 of the APA, a Fellow of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, and a Fellow of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association. After nearly 40 years of professional activity, Dr. Franzen is limiting his time at AGH to two days a week. He provides inpatient neuropsychological assessment services primarily to the trauma surgery, neurosurgery, and the general medicine services at AGH. He also provides outpatient neuropsychological services to children and adults. His approach to assessment involves the use of standardized test instruments with procedures to test the limits and obtain information related to subjective aspects of performance. Interpretation follows a procedure of examining standardized scores, observing qualitative aspects of performance, searching for patterns of performance, profile analysis, and comparison to the theoretical and empirical literature. Individual training goals for the interns are agreed upon early in supervision sessions and revised as time progresses. The intern is encouraged to move toward professional independence. As with all training in the internship program, a developmental approach is taken in which each intern starts at a different level of activity based on their prior experience and engages in learning activities sequentially moving toward their training goals.
Dr. Giedgowd is a clinical psychologist who provides outpatient psychotherapy for adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety disorders (e.g., panic, phobia, generalized anxiety). Within the Center for Adult Anxiety & OCD at AHN, she practices from a cognitive-behavioral orientation, with an emphasis on short-term, exposure-based interventions. Dr. Giedgowd received her PhD from the University of Illinois Chicago, and completed her doctoral internship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Psychiatry. Before joining the PBHI at AHN, Dr. Giedgowd served on faculty at the University of Illinois Chicago's Clinical Psychology PhD Program.
A licensed clinical psychologist who works with adults in inpatient and outpatient health care settings. He completed his doctorate degree at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, his internship in Clinical Health Psychology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, and his Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Health Psychology at Cleveland Clinic Akron General. As a health psychologist, he provides consultation and liaison services to medical inpatients, conducts brief cognitive assessments, performs pre-surgical psychological evaluations, and delivers diagnostic assessment and psychotherapy to patients referred from specialty medical clinics. He also consults with integrated treatment teams and provides education to multidisciplinary trainees. Dr. Iwaniec primarily follows a cognitive-behavioral treatment approach integrated with third-wave intervention techniques and motivational interviewing. His professional interests include psychological adjustment to acute and chronic illness, anxiety disorders, mindfulness, executive function, adherence to medical treatment, wellness promotion, and integrated behavioral health. Supervision is one of his favorite elements of clinical practice. He takes a culturally informed approach to supervision that is collaborative and individually tailored to the student’s developmental level and current needs.
Nancy A. Kennedy, PsyD
Dr. Kennedy is the Chief of the Section for Psychological Science and Clinical Practice. Dr. Kennedy is a graduate of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program and Allegheny General Hospital Internship Program. She is a licensed psychologist and a member of the National Register. Dr. Kennedy was the Associate Director of Training for the doctoral internship training program at Allegheny General Hospital prior to being Director of Training from 2016 to 2022. Dr. Kennedy has served on the executive committee of the Department of Psychiatry for the past 20 years. She has extensive experience in inpatient, outpatient, partial hospital and IOP settings with adults. Her areas of interest include psychotherapy with groups and personality disorders.
Dr. Krumeich is the Associate Director of Training for the AGH Doctoral Psychology Internship. She is a licensed clinical psychologist who provides evidence-based individual therapy for children, adolescents, and adults, presenting with a variety of psychological conditions. Dr. Krumeich graduated from The George Washington University in 2014 with her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. Prior to obtaining her doctoral degree, Dr. Krumeich obtained a Masters in Clinical Psychology from The George Washington University, as well as a Masters in Education (specializing in Applied Child Studies) from Vanderbilt University. In 2014, she spent five years working for the Sheppard Pratt Health System as the Clinical Coordinator of The Center for Eating Disorders Intensive Outpatient Program. During this time, she also provided individual and group therapy to outpatients at The Center for Eating Disorders before moving to Pittsburgh and joining Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at AHN in 2020. In 2023, Dr. Krumeich began working with AHN’s Chill Project under a federal grant providing evidence-based support and wellness training to law enforcement officers at several departments throughout Pittsburgh. Dr. Krumeich takes a collaborative, developmental, and individualized approach to supervision.
Chair, AHN Department of Psychiatry and Director of the Center for Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents. He is also Professor of Psychiatry at the Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Mannarino has been a leader in the field of child traumatic stress for the past 25 years. He has been awarded numerous federal grants from the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect and the National Institute of Mental Health to investigate the clinical course of traumatic stress symptoms in children and to develop effective treatment approaches for traumatized children and their families. Dr. Mannarino has received many honors for his work, including the Betty Elmer Outstanding Professional Award, the Most Outstanding Article Award for papers published in the journal Child Maltreatment given by the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC), the Model Program Award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Child Traumatic Stress”, and the Legacy Award from the Greater Pittsburgh Psychological Association. Dr. Mannarino has completed two-year terms as the President of APSAC and the President of the Section on Child Maltreatment, Division of Child and Family Policy and Practice, American Psychological Association. He is one of the co-developers of Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT).
Sushmitha Mohan, PsyD
Dr. Sushmitha Mohan is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in working with individuals with past traumatic experiences and high-risk behaviors. Within the Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Institute, she provides group therapy in the Adult Trauma-Focused Partial Hospitalization Program and individual treatment to lifespan patients with a variety of generalist and complex presenting concerns. She approaches therapy and intervention using a curious, inclusive, culturally sensitive, and person-centered approach. Dr. Mohan strongly believes in forming strong therapeutic alliances to foster a safe place for exploration, insight, and growth.
Dr. Mohan earned her doctorate at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, completed her internship at a community mental health center in Canton, OH, and her postdoctoral fellowship with Allegheny Health Network. She is certified in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, and is trained in dialectical behavioral therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and motivational interviewing. Beyond her clinical work, Dr. Mohan is a member of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee and co-teaches Individual and Cultural Diversity Didactics Seminar for interns.
Dr. Page is a clinical lifespan neuropsychologist who primarily provides outpatient neuropsychological and psychodiagnostic evaluations for children, adolescents, and adults. Dr. Page completed his doctorate in Child and Family Clinical Psychology at the University of Miami. He completed his doctoral internship at Allegheny General Hospital with an emphasis on neuropsychology. He also completed his post-doctoral fellowship in lifespan clinical neuropsychology at Allegheny General Hospital. He became board-certified with the American Board of Professional Neuropsychology in 2019, and he maintains membership with the National Academy of Neuropsychology and the American Psychological Association. Dr. Page sees a wide range of clinical presentations across the lifespan, but his clinical interests include ADHD, learning disorders, and neurological conditions in young and middle adulthood (such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and epilepsy). He provides presurgical neuropsychological evaluations. He also has a clinical and research background in working with LGBTQ+ youth and navigating the coming out process within the family system. He continues to provide diagnostic and some therapy services for LGBTQ+ individuals and people living with HIV. He also maintains some activity in contributing to the scientific literature through publication and presentations. Dr. Page takes a developmental approach to supervision, tailoring the neuropsychology rotation experience to the intern’s individual needs, experience, and areas of interest.
Dr. Panucci is a licensed clinical psychologist who provides individual outpatient psychotherapy employing cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and supportive psychotherapy for adults ages 18 years and older. Dr. Panucci prefers to work with individuals who present with major mood disorders. She is primarily located at the Blazier Drive Clinic in Wexford, PA, where she is the Adult Team Lead Psychologist for the CBT Intensive Outpatient Program. Additionally, she has experience working in partial hospitalization programming, where she provided open-ended process group therapy for individuals with acute mental health concerns and personality disorders. She received her doctorate degree in Counseling Psychology from Carlow University and completed both her doctoral internship and postdoctoral training in clinical psychology at Allegheny General Hospital and West Penn Hospital. Dr. Panucci is a member of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association and the National Register of Health Service Psychologists.
As a licensed psychologist, Dr. Paul works with adults presenting with anxiety, depressive, history of substance use, insomnia, and trauma disorders in individual psychotherapy. She most commonly integrates humanistic, mindfulness, CBT, and DBT interventions when working with patients. Dr. Paul completed training for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) and enjoys helping patients improve their sleep. She completed her doctorate in Counseling Psychology at Carlow University and her postdoctoral fellowship at Allegheny General Hospital. Aside from outpatient care at PBHI, she has experience in college counseling and substance use rehabilitation services. Dr. Paul is a member of the National Register Health Service Psychology, Pennsylvania Psychological Association, and American Psychological Association. Dr. Paul enjoys helping trainees navigate and reach their educational goals from a developmental lens, along with using supervision to explore the trainee's strengths and challenges when working with therapy clients.
Dr. Pickholtz is a licensed psychologist and the clinical lead for the Mental Healthcare at Home Program, which provides virtual mental health services to post-acute patients recently discharged from medical or surgical units. She received her PhD in clinical psychology from Drexel University in 2000, with a dual focus in neuropsychology and cognitive-behavioral therapy. She completed her internship at Medical College of Pennsylvania and post-doctoral fellowship in neuropsychology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also certified in Behavioral Sleep Medicine. For most of her career, she worked as a rehabilitation psychologist at Moss Rehabilitation Hospital in the Philadelphia area on a general rehab unit as well as a stroke/neurological disorders program. As a rehabilitation psychologist, she came to hold great value to working as an integral part of an interdisciplinary team. She has written several book chapters on psychological and cognitive changes in older adults. Dr. Pickholtz specializes in short-term cognitive-behavioral therapies for adults coping with recovery after discharge from the hospital. She emphasizes an individualized approach to therapy for each patient, taking into consideration cultural issues, patient values, personal strengths, and cognitive and physical challenges. Dr. Pickholtz works remotely from the Philadelphia area.
Dr. Miriam Reder received her Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of Kansas and completed her doctoral internship at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Allegheny General Hospital with specializations in perinatal mental health, trauma, and adult ADHD evaluations. As a faculty member with AHN, she provides therapy for patients at Women’s Behavioral Health who are pregnant or postpartum and seeking help for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, trauma, eating disorder and/or body-image concerns, interpersonal distress, and adjusting to new life transitions. She also conducts psychological assessments for adults within the neuropsychology section. Dr. Reder’s approach to therapy is influenced by her master’s degree in marriage and family therapy, which emphasized family, relational, cultural, and community systems. This systems framework, as well as a focus on attachment, feel particularly relevant to her work in perinatal mental health. She also has training in dialectical behavioral therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and cognitive processing therapy, and utilizes these interventions to create a comprehensive and evidence-based approach to patient care.
Earned his doctorate from Ohio University He has over 25 years of experience in supervising trainees at all levels of preparation for professional practice. His focus is on integrating aspects of professional development for a long term, sustainable, and enjoyable career. His professional experience has been predominantly in outpatient community mental health, working with the spectrum of adult disorders and problems. In particular, he enjoys working with clients with Axis II issues. He has recently developed an interest in working with trauma-based pathology utilizing EMDR.
Dr. Rushton is the Director of the Adult Trauma-Focused Partial Hospitalization Program and Director of the Integrative Center for Adult Trauma. She's a licensed psychologist who specializes in providing trauma therapy to adolescents and adults. Dr. Rushton uses an integrative approach rooted in a Person-Centered, Multicultural framework, incorporating evidence-based interventions and therapeutic art interventions. She is certified in Trauma Focused-CBT and Cognitive Processing Therapy, trained in EMDR, and values adapting evidence-based treatments in light of the unique identities, needs, interests, and strengths of her patients. Dr. Rushton’s clinical interests include complex trauma, resilience, intersectionality, expressive therapies, as well as addressing health disparities affecting historically marginalized communities. She is experienced in providing LGBTQ+ affirming and sex-positive therapy. Dr. Rushton received her doctorate from Loyola University Maryland. She completed her doctoral internship at AGH’s Department of Psychiatry and her postdoctoral fellowship at AGH’s Department of Psychiatry and with Central Outreach Wellness Center, a local LGBTQ+ health clinic. Within the department, Dr. Rushton is a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee and co-teaches the intern Individual and Cultural Diversity Seminar. As a supervisor, Dr. Rushton takes a developmental, collaborative, strengths-based approach and emphasizes self-reflection and conceptualization.
Victoria-Maria Sekunda, PsyD, ABN
Dr. Sekunda is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist, providing both C&L evaluations at AGH and outpatient neuropsychological evaluations. She primarily conducts outpatient neuropsychological evaluations and diagnostic assessments with older adults. Her clinical interests include memory disorders, complex medical and psychiatric diagnoses, movement disorders, strokes, and head injuries. She has a research background working with individuals with HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorder. Dr. Sekunda earned her doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology at Carlow University after completing a doctoral internship at Tewksbury Hospital in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at Allegheny General Hospital. Dr. Sekunda became board-certified with the American Board of Professional Neuropsychology in 2021 and she is a member of the National Academy of Neuropsychology and the International Neuropsychology Society. She enjoys developing collegial relationships with trainees, while simultaneously catering to developmentally appropriate training needs.
Dr. Siegel is a licensed psychologist who works with older adolescents, adults, and couples who present with a variety of concerns including those related to mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, and interpersonal conflict. Dr. Siegel completed her doctorate in clinical psychology at Temple University and her doctoral internship at The Bellevue Hospital Center-NYU Medical Center. She subsequently trained as a postdoctoral fellow at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Medical Center in addiction psychology. While Dr. Siegel conceptualizes personality and psychopathology from a psychodynamic perspective, she also has extensive experience in applying cognitive, behavioral, and motivational techniques. Her approach to supervision is collaborative in terms of setting personal goals but always aims to increase the supervisee’s confidence and trust in his/her therapeutic insights and skills. Other areas of focus in supervision include the therapist-patient relationship, case conceptualization, and analysis of countertransference. In addition to supervision, Dr. Siegel also teaches several seminars on issues related to individual substance use treatment as well family support of people who use substances.
Alyssa Stiver, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist who primarily works with children, adolescents, and emerging adults to provide outpatient therapy and psychological assessment. Specifically, Dr. Stiver specializes in treatment of anxiety, depression, disruptive behaviors, conduct-related problems, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, adjustment issues, and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Dr. Stiver provides psychological evaluations to clarify diagnostic presentation for a variety of neurodevelopmental, behavioral, and mood-related concerns. She has specialized training in administering the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd Edition. Dr. Stiver previously worked at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh in the Child Development Unit where she specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and related concerns. She joined the faculty at AHN in April 2020. Dr. Stiver completed her doctoral training at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and APA accredited internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital in Baltimore, MD. She is a member of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Stiver takes as cognitive behavioral approach to supervision while also assuming a developmental style of training.
Dr. Traficante is a licensed psychologist who works with children, adolescents, and young adults. She earned her Ph.D. from North Carolina State University in 2020, and completed her Internship and Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pediatric/Child Clinical Psychology at Geisinger Medical Center. Her clinical interests include attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, adjustment concerns, depression, disruptive behaviors/behavioral concerns, learning disorders, and school-related concerns. She engages clients in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Parent Management Training. Dr. Traficante also provides psychological evaluations to children, adolescents, and young adults who present with psychological, behavioral, educational, and mood-related concerns that require diagnostic clarification. As a supervisor, Dr. Traficante strives to build trainee confidence through a developmental approach focused on the intern’s areas of interest.
An experienced clinical psychologist and teacher specializing in psychotherapy with children, adolescents and parents. He integrates cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic theory and practice in training interns and in treating diverse problems among children and adolescents and their families. Dr. Withers has particular interests in the use of play, art and story-telling in therapy with children. He is trained in Parent Child Interaction Therapy and clinical hypnosis with adults and children. Other areas of training and interest include mental health assessment for bariatric surgery, organ transplants and organ donation. Dr. Withers is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry of Drexel University College of Medicine. He has taught both graduate and undergraduates at the University of Pittsburgh, Seton Hill University and Waynesburg University.
Kathryn Cherry received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and completed her doctoral internship at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and fellowship in Women’s Behavioral Health at West Penn Hospital in Allegheny Health Network. Prior to her doctoral degree, she received a master's degree in social sciences from the University of Chicago. She is a psychologist in Women’s Behavioral Health, where she facilitates the mother-baby Intensive Outpatient Program and conducts individual therapy with patients who are pregnant or postpartum and seeking help for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, trauma, interpersonal distress, loss, and adjusting to parenting and life transitions. She utilizes an integrative approach to psychotherapy, including cognitive behavioral therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, behavioral activation, and dialectical behavioral therapy. Dr. Cherry's approach to therapy is informed by training in trauma-focused modalities, attachment theory, and a systems framework. She is the course director for OB-GYN resident wellness, and supervises practicum students, interns, and fellows. Her approach to supervision is developmental and collaborative in setting and meeting training goals, while facilitating exploration and processing of experiences promoting growth. She also conducts relevant research and quality improvement projects within Women’s Behavioral Health. Her research interests include program development, trauma-informed care, fathering, family processes, and intergenerational transmission of transdiagnostic emotion regulation difficulties.
