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Community Psychological Service Psychology Faculty

Community Psychological Service Psychology Faculty

ROBERT N. HARRIS, Ph.D., is the Director of the Community Psychological Service. Dr. Harris is a Missouri Licensed Psychologist/Health Services Provider and a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychology at UM-St. Louis. He teaches graduate courses in cognitive and personality assessment, ethics, and provides psychotherapy supervision to Psychological Trainees. He received his B.A. (1981) in Psychology, and an M.A. (1981) in Sociology from Stanford University, and his M.A. (1984) and Ph.D. (1986) in Clinical Psychology from the University of Kansas. He interned in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He has worked in inpatient, residential and outpatient settings with children, adolescents and adults. Clinical interests include psychological assessment, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in children and adults, and systemic and psychodynamic psychotherapies.

DEANA L. JEFFERSON, Ph.D., a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at UM – St. Louis, is the Director of Internship Training for the Saint Louis Psychology Internship Consortium and Assistant Director of Community Psychological Service.  Dr. Jefferson provides psychotherapy and assessment supervision to Psychological Trainees in the doctoral program at UM – St. Louis and to interns, teaches undergraduate courses, and conducts psychological evaluations at Community Psychological Service. She received her B.A. (1997) in Psychology from Southern Connecticut State University and her M.A. (2001) and Ph.D. (2005) in Clinical Psychology from UM – St. Louis.  Dr. Jefferson interned in the Department of Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans.  She has worked in inpatient and outpatient settings with children, adolescents and adults. Clinical interests include psychological assessment, personality disorders, psychological trauma, and interpersonal and psychodynamic approaches to psychotherapy.