Sean A. Lauderdale, Ph.D.

 

Associate Professor of Psychology and Counseling

207A Whitesitt Hall | 235-4526 | slauderd@pittstate.edu

Responsibilities

  • Teaches undergraduate and graduate students in courses related to psychotherapy, practice of Clinical Psychology, research, and human development
  • Advises undergraduate students
  • Faculty co-sponsor of Psi Chi, National Honor Society of Psychology
  • Director, OASIS (Older Adult Screening and Intervention Services)
  • Associate Director, Assessment Center

Courses Taught

  • PSYCH 155 General Psychology
  • PSYCH 263 Developmental Psychology
  • PSYCH 392 Research Methods in Psychology II
  • PSYCH 571 Abnormal Psychology
  • PSYCH 724 Physiological Psychology
  • PSYCH 759 Advanced Developmental Psychology
  • PSYCH 801 Ethical Issues in Clinical Psychology
  • PSYCH 808 Child Personality Assessment
  • PSYCH 809 Personality Assessment
  • PSYCH 811 Psychopathology and Diagnosis of Mental Disorders
  • PSYCH 823 Psychopharmacology

Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship Aging Treatment Studies, VA Palo Alto Health Care Systems
  • Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Texas Tech University
  • Clinical Internship VA Palo Alto Health Care Systems
  • M.S. Clinical Psychology, Texas Tech University
  • B.A. Psychology, University of Texas

Research Interests

  • Emotional distress experienced by family members caring for persons with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders
  • Training professional caregivers to care for persons with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders
  • Health care delivery to family caregivers and persons with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders
  • Assessing and treating anxiety disorders in older adults
  • Theoretical models of religious and non-religious coping
  • Mental health care delivery in rural communities

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