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Patricia L. Llewellyn

Professor
Director of the Mary Ainsworth Training Clinic
+1 (434) 924-0645
Unit: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Department of Psychology
Office location and address
108F Gilmer Hall
485 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
Biography

Research interests broadly defined are health psychology, personality assessment, and women's issues. Specifically, past research projects have centered on AIDS prevention in Nigeria, eating disorders, and personality correlates of medical professionals.  Current research includes the use of treatment outcome measures in training therapists and assessment issues in Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Recent courses as listed in the Student Information System (SIS) Course Catalog:
PSYC 3590: Research in Psychology
Credits: 2–3
An original experimental project is undertaken in which each student is responsible for the design and operation of the experiment. S/U grading. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 14 credits of psychology and instructor permission.
PSYC 7400: Practicum to Intervention and Ethics
Credits: 2
This course has a two-fold purpose. First, it is designed to provide a working introduction to the ethical issues, principles, and techniques of psychotherapy and supervision. Second, will explore psychology's history and development and then investigate the role of History and Systems on our current psychotherapy.
PSYC 7410: Practicum to Intervention and History and Systems
Credits: 2
This course has a two-fold purpose. First, it is designed to provide a working introduction to the ethical issues, principles, and techniques of psychotherapy and supervision. Second, will explore psychology's history and development and then investigate the role of History and Systems on our current psychotherapy.
PSYC 7430: Psychological Assessment
Credits: 4
Topics include strategies of assessment, issues of reliability and validity, test construction; theory and practice of individual, couple, family, and community assessment techniques, including testing, interviewing, observation; and assessment research. Three lecture hours, two lab hours. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
PSYC 7740: Practicum to Intervention and Multicultural Issues
Credits: 2
This course has a two-fold purpose. First, it is designed to provide a working introduction to the ethical issues, principles, and techniques of psychotherapy and supervision. Second, will explore psychology's history and development and then investigate the role of History and Systems on our current psychotherapy.
PSYC 7750: Practicum to Intervention and Supervision
Credits: 2
Designed to provide a working introduction to the ethical issues, principles, and techniques of psychotherapy and supervision. Additionally, case conceptualization, designing intervention plans, and active listening skills are introduced and practiced. Individual psychotherapy with adolescents and adults will be the primary focus of this aspect of the course.
PSYC 7755: Advanced Practicum in Supervision and Consultation
Credits: 1
This course is designed to provide students with a context for supervision and consultation through sharing with each other their experiences with various clients, providing peer supervision to each other (with the instructor in the room), receiving immediate feedback from the instructor regarding their supervision of each other, and receiving feedback from each other, at the end of the course.
PSYC 8998: Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Thesis
Credits: 1–12
For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.
PSYC 9998: Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research
Credits: 1–12
For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected.
PSYC 9999: Non-Topical Research
Credits: 1–12
For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.