Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry

Pre-Doctoral Clinical Psychology Internship Program 2007-2008
- INTERNSHIP FACULTY

Lisa A. McCay, PhD

• Current Rank:  Clinical Staff
• Graduate School:  Binghamton University, 2004
• Internship : West Virginia University School of Medicine
• Postdoctoral Fellowship : West Virginia University School of Medicine

Dr. McCay’s primary clinical activities include the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with a wide variety of presenting problems with a special interest in internalizing disorders. She also works with adolescents engaging in self-injurious behaviors. Dr. McCay practices from a cognitive-behavioral theoretical orientation. Dr. McCay’s research interests are focused on social relationships in children and adolescents, particularly with respect to their impact on depressive and anxious symptomatology.

McCay, L., Pailler, M., Axelrad, M., & Friedman, A. (2001, November). Social Problem Solving and its Relationship to Preschoolers' Problem Behaviors. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia, PA.

Pailler, M., McCay, L., Axelrad, M., & Jurado, M. (2001, November). Emotion Regulation in Action: Links between Emotion Regulation, Behavioral Responses to Frustration and Problem Behaviors in Young Children. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia, PA.

McCay, L., Axelrad, M., Jurado, M., Pailler, M., Potrzeba, J., & Friedman, A. (2001, April). Factors Related to the Adjustment of Children with Asthma and Its Impact on their Families. Poster presented at the 8th Florida Conference on Child Health Psychology, Gainesville, Fl.