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St. Louis Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center Psychology Faculty

MICHAEL ARMOUR, Ph.D., is a licensed Psychologist, a Certified Forensic Examiner, and the Unit Director of the Forensic Pretrial Program.  He completed his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Purdue University in 1984.  He previously worked at Malcolm Bliss MHC and at St. Louis State Hospital on the Forensic Evaluation Service.  His clinical interests include pretrial evaluations, reliability, and validity issues regarding diagnoses, and psychological assessment.

CHERYL D. CANON, M.A., is a licensed Psychologist and works with Specialized Forensic Services and the Cognitive-Behavioral Program.  She completed her B.A. and her M.A. in clinical psychology from Eastern Illinois University in 1979 and 1981 respectively.  Professional interests include sexual abuse detection and treatment, domestic violence, stress management and treatment of multiple personality disorder.  She has experience in a variety of settings (Director of Psychological Services in a private M.R. facility) with an emphasis on treatment and detection of sexual abuse, domestic violence, and marital therapy.  She also presented stress management workshops in industrial and corporate settings.

MEENA DHAWAN, Ph.D., is a licensed Psychologist and works with the Centralized Cognitive Rehabilitation Program.  She completed her M.A. from the University of Pittsburg in 1975 and Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Delhi University, India in 1985.  Before joining SLPRC she taught at Delhi University, was a research associate in the department of neuropsychology at the Washington University School of Medicine, and a clinical psychologist at the Southeast Missouri Mental Health Center in Farmington, Missouri.  Current interests include the utilization of neuropsychological test results in designing individual treatment plans, and individual and group psychotherapy utilizing a cognitive-behavior approach.
 
LISA ELLIS, Ph.D., is a licensed Psychologist, the Director of Psychology, and works with Specialized Forensic Services.  She completed her B.A. from Clemson University in 1988 and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1996.  She completed her internship with the Consortium and a postdoctoral fellowship in Forensic Rehabilitation at SLPRC.  Her professional interests include the treatment of delusions, personality disorders, women’s issues, supervision, and risk assessment.

MARK A. FELCHLIA, Ph.D., is a licensed Psychologist and works with the Cognitive-Behavioral Program and is the Internship Training Coordinator for St. Louis Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center.  He completed his M.A. from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville in 1981 and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from St. Louis University in 1992.  Clinical interests include individual therapy in long-term treatment settings, the impact of involuntary treatment on the change process, competency to stand trial and treatment to restore competency, and the psychologist’s role while working with a multidisciplinary team.

KAROL ANN KIEL, M.A., is a licensed Psychologist and works with the Cognitive-Behavioral Program.  She completed her B.A. from St. Louis University in 1978 and her M.A. in psychology from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1988.  Clinical interests include cognitive-behavioral treatment of affective disorder, work with borderline personality disorder, development of responsibility therapy programs with offender populations, and treatment of sex offenders.

LILY RAYMOND, Ph.D., is a licensed Psychologist and works with Specialized Forensic Services.  She completed her B.A. from Notre Dame in 1984 and her Ph.D. from the State University of New York-Albany in 1991.  She completed her internship here during the first year of the consortium model and was the first Post Doctoral Fellow in Forensic Psychology at St. Louis Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center.  Her clinical interests and activities include risk assessment for violence, participating on the Forensic Review Committee, providing therapy focused on prevention of future violence, and providing group and individual therapy for forensic clients with varying needs, diagnoses, levels of functioning, and criminal histories.

RICHARD SCOTT, Ph.D. is a licensed Psychologist, a Certified Forensic Examiner, and works with the Forensic Pretrial Program.  He completed his B.S. in Psychology and Philosophy from Bradley University in 1983 and his M.S.(R) and Ph.D. from St. Louis University in 1989 and 1991 respectively.  His interests include psychological and forensic assessment, personality disorders, ethics, and training.  He employs a prescriptive approach to therapy using supportive psychodynamic therapy and cognitive interventions.

MARILYN TURNER, Ph.D., is a licensed Psychologist and works with the Dual Diagnosis (Mental Illness/Substance Abuse) and Transitional Rehabilitation programs.  She completed her B.A. from the University of Arizona in 1976 and her Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1983.  Her current interests include treatment of severe and persistent mental illness, lesbian and gay issues, accreditation standards compliance, and systems design and functioning.