ASSOCIATE NEWS
Benjamin Phalin, Ph.D.
Benjamin Phalin, Ph.D., is nearing completion of his psychology residency required for
Florida licensure as a psychologist and hpoes to soon complete his licensing examinations. Dr. Phalin graduated from the University of
Florida after completing a doctoral dissertation concerning sports concussions, and was co-author of a prior study on sports concussions (visit the articles and archives section of our site for a link). Dr. Phalin has brought additional expertise in assessing head injuries to our office in his role as a psychology resident specializing in neuropsychology. Dr. Phalin completed (09/29/04) the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) Brief Reliability and Training Protocol sponsored by the Washington University School of Medicine Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Memory & Aging Project. Along with Drs. Bordini and Klingler, he attended the
Florida Society of Neurology’s Thirtieth Annual Review Course in December of 2004. We were happy to see many current and former
University of
Florida neurology and neuropsychology faculty and students there.
Janet Frank, Ph.D.
Janet Frank Ph.D. served as an associate with us over the past severeal years, providing adult and adolescent psychotherapy, anxiety, psychological pain management, stress and mood disorders. Effective October 2006, she has retired from her practice with us and is pursuing a new career. We admire her courage and spirit and wish her great success. We also thank her for the outstanding work she did as a therapist. She will be missed by all. Many of her articles published in Gainesville Family Magazine remain available in our articles and archives section.
REGINA MELCHOR-BEAUPRE, PSY.D.
Dr. Melchor-Beaupre has joined our stafd as a psychology resident (July 2006) after completing her residency at Memorial Sloan-Ketterling in New York. She will be with us as a resident pending completion of her licensing requirements in Florida. Dr. Melchor-Beaupre is specializing in child, adolescent and adult psycho-oncology and has a wealth of experience in pediatric psychology. She has provent to be a valuable addition to our staff. This summer she will be doing a series of presentations about depression, resilience and medical illness to City of Gainesville employees. We are proud of she and Dr. Clifton's recent community service at a camp for children with hand injuries and deformities.
SHAUNA HOWARTH SPRINGER, Ph.D.
Pending licensure, Dr. Springer will be taking new adult patients beginning October 2007. See the staff section of our website for a review of her training and experience. She brings a wealth of expertise in career and marriage issues, eating disorders, depression and general adult therapy and counseling. She has a special interest in phsycian's and other professional's challenges in marriage and career adjustment. We are looking forward to having her aboard.
Kay Hurlock, Psy.D.
We are proud to announce Dr. Hurlock has joined the practice as a psychology resident. She adds to the range and depth of our adult psychotherapy staff and expands our treatment services for thos with alcohol or drug addiction or abuse. She has worked with a variety of special populations such as those with dual diagnosis and women who have had substance abuse problems. She has broader interests in assisting those with anxiety, depression and difficulties in coping with stress. Her expertise is sure to prove a valuable addition to our staff.
Ernest Bordini, Ph.D.
The Florida Psychological Association North
Central Florida Chapter awarded Dr. Bordini with a Distinguished Service Award in December 2003 "In Recognition of His Work and Contributions to Psychology". Dr. Bordini and his co-author's review concerning issues in the assessment of malingering versus brain injury, which appeared in the journal Neurorehabilitation, is available for download on our website. This continues to be our most requested download. Dr. Bordini has also co-authored articles in the areas of alcohol research, neuropsychological assessment of formaldehyde exposure, use of the Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) for dementia and pharmacological treatments in brain injury.
Dr. Bordini has presented professional and community talks on the topics of Suicide Risk management, ADHD, Private Practice, Managed Care, Psychology Supervision, and has contributed articles to Gainesville Parents Magazine on preventing childhood head injuries. Dr. Bordini gave a talk on private practice aspects of psychology at the University of
Florida in September, 2004. In January, 2005 he presented a talk on “Taming the ADHD Child”, teaching social and coping skills at the local CHADD Chapter.
Dr. Bordini participated in a panel discussion for Human Resource Professionals on April 14, 2005 in
GainesvilleFlorida . For the topic titled “Lessons Learned from the Hurricanes”, he discussed his experience during the hurricanes that involved administering the City of
Gainesville Employee Assistance Program. Additional panel members included officials from Gainesville Regional Utilities, the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office; the North Central Florida American Red Cross; and Mr. Storm Roberts, Morning Show Host, WKTK FM 98.5.
He co-presented two workshops at the Florida Psychological Association summer convention in Sarasota, FL. These involved psychological aspects of weapons safety and dealing with potentially violent clients. Dr. Bordini became an NRA Certified Pistol Instructor in April 2006.
WORKER’S COMPENSATION Did you know that all of our licensed psychologists are certified to provide services for State of
Florida Workers Compensation? We welcome referrals for plaintiff or defense IMEs as well as for psychotherapy.
Dr. Bordini served as an FPA point-person in the 2003 Workers Compensation legislative changes. Unfortunately the changes were felt to be a major defeat for mental health services to
Florida workers. His comments were published in an issue of the National Psychologist.
As current FPA Insurance co-chair he has urged FPA to support efforts to pass the Florida Worker's Compensation First Responder Bill. This passed into legislation in June 2007. For firefighters, law enforcement and other first-responders, this restores some of the benefits lost in the 2003 law changes.
CITY OF GAINEVILLE EAP NEWS In 2005 Drs. Bordini and Phalin participated in the City of
Gainesville Violence Avoidance Committee as part of our services to the City through our Employee Assistance Program. We appreciated the opportunity to contribute to the City's efforts to provide a safe workplace for its employees. In 2006-2009 Our staff has provided on-site services in terms of dealing with serious medical issues, and Dr. Melchor is conducting a series of presentations on depression, resilience and medical illness.
SUPPORT STAFF NEWS Psychology assistant Michele Prosje, M.S. returns to our office after maternity leave. We welcome her back. Magali Fletcher, B.S. enrolled in graduate study in Public Health at the University of Florida. We wish her luck in her endeavors! Lori Garrett, B.S. has been doing great in her graduate School Psychology program at Florida State University and Vidya Kamath, B.S. is also doing well at her graduate program at USF. We welcome Carolyn Blondin, B.A. to our staff of psychological assistants.
ADHD SERVICES NEWS Visit our ADHDASSESSMENT.COM website which now features a selection of books on ADHD and Learning Disabilities as well as articles about ADHD ASSESSMENT and
Alachua
County
School System ADHD Accommodations. Our new website ADHD-THERAPY.COM has more articles about dealing with ADHD. Watch for future development of our PEDIATRIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGY website. We are accepting referrals of parents of ADHD or Oppositional children for parent groups starting in Fall 2005. These groups focus on developing social skills, anger management skills and dealing with teasing. They are most appropriate for children with Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, social anxiety disorder, or nonverbal learning disabilities.
