VITA
Debra
Sheppard, Ph.D., ABPP
Board
Certified in Clinical Neuropsychology
American
Board of Professional Psychology
Suite
401E
2900
12th Avenue North
Billings MT 59101-7502
Voice
(406) 238-6350
Facsimile
(406) 238-6359
Education:
BS
- Wayne State University, June, 1980
Major
in Psychology
MA
- Oakland University, June, 1982
Major
in Clinical Psychology
Ph.D.-
Major
in Clinical Psychology
Minor
in Physiological Psychology
Specializing
in Clinical Neuropsychology
Dissertation:
"Tracing the Neuropsychological Deficits Associated with
Chronic Alcoholism: A Simultaneous Test of Three Hypotheses"
Specialist
in Mental Health of Aging in the field of Clinical Psychology, Institute of
Gerontology, Wayne State University, 1982
Licensure:
Montana
License #201
Wyoming
License #428
Professional
Memberships:
American
Board of Professional Psychology
American
Board of Clinical Neuropsychology
American
Psychological Association
APA
- Division 40 (Clinical Neuropsychology)
APA
- Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology)
International
Neuropsychological Society
National
Academy of Neuropsychology
Montana
Psychological Association (Past-President)
Montana
Head Injury Association
Yellowstone
Valley Psychological Association (Past-President)
Research Experience:
Research
assistant in biopsychology laboratory, responsible for animal training, surgical
procedures, injections, etc. (1979 - 1980)
Supervisor:
Robert Berman, Ph.D.
Research
assistant in schizophrenia research at
Supervisor:
Gerald Rosenbaum, Ph.D.
Research
assistant in gerontological studies, responsible for coding of data and
assisting in grant proposal writing. Funded through NIMH fellowship. (1980 -
1982)
Supervisors:
Boaz Kahana, Ph.D. and Eva Kahana, Ph.D.
Research
assistant in pharmacological research at Lafayette Clinic, responsible for data
collection on human subjects and data analysis. (1981 - 1983)
Supervisors:
Samuel Brinkman, Ph.D. and Robert Block, Ph.D.
Training
Experience:
Intern
in neuropsychology at the Allen Park VA Medical Center (1981) Assessment -
neurological patients
Supervisor:
Samuel Brinkman, Ph.D.
Intern
in neuropsychology at Lafayette Clinic (1981 - 1983)
Assessment
- psychiatric and neurological patients
Supervisors:
Samuel Brinkman, Ph.D. and Ron Lewis, Ph.D.
Intern
at Salvation Army Harbor Light (1981)
Assessment,
group and individual psychotherapy, educational series - substance abusers
Supervisor:
Edward Podany, Ph.D.
Intern
at Sinai Hospital Rehabilitation Unit (1985)
Neuropsychological
assessment - broad range of rehabilitation patients
Supervisor:
John O'Leary, Ph.D.
Intern
at Kingswood Hospital (1984- 1985)
Psychological
and neuropsychological assessment, group therapy - psychiatric
adults and adolescents
Supervisors:
Lynn Pantano, Ph.D., Sylvia Voelker, Ph.D., and Patricia Moylan, Ph.D.
Intern
at the Allen Park VA Medical Center (1985 - 1986)
Psychological
and neuropsychological assessment, group and individual therapy-psychiatric
patients, neurological patients, substance abusers
Supervisors:
Manfred Grieffenstein, Ph.D., Darrel Dunkel, Ph.D., and Dale Jeffs, Ph.D.
Current
Employment:
Private
practice, Billings, MT (1990 - current)
Specializing
in services to clients with head injury or other physical disabilities. Services
include assessment, therapy, and cognitive remediation.
Previous
Employment:
Neuropsychologist
on the rehabilitation unit at
Chief
Psychologist on the Head Injury Unit at the Rehabilitation Institute, Detroit
(1987
- 1989). Responsible for neuropsychological assessment, individual and group
psychotherapy, computer remediation programs, behavioral programs, supervision
of interns and other staff, staff inservices, consultations to other services -
head injured adults.
Private
Practice, Psychological Systems, Inc. Huntington Woods, MI (1987 - 1989).
Practice involved consultation to an inpatient head injury unit
(neuropsychological assessment and treatment recommendations), as well as
neuropsychological assessment and treatment of head injured individuals on an
outpatient basis.
Papers
and Publications:
Author
on paper "Myth vs. Reality: Staff Beliefs About the Elderly Contrasted with
the Characteristics of Institutionalized Aged." Presented at the Annual
Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of
Co-editor
and contributing author of "Effective Substance Abuse Counseling with
Specific Populations", published by the State of Michigan Office of
Substance Abuse Services.
Sheppard,
D., Smith, G.T., & Rosenbaum, G. (1988). "Use of MMPI Subtypes in
Predicting Completion of a Residential Alcoholism Treatment Program",
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56, 590 - 596.
Sheppard,
D. & Greiffenstein, M.F. "Alcoholic Deficits on the Rey-Osterreith
Complex Figure Test", poster presentation at the American Psychological
Association 1992 Annual meeting, Washington, D.C., August, 1992.
Teaching
Experience:
Instructor
- Wayne State University (1984 - 1987)
Assistant Professor - Eastern Montana College (1991 - 1993)