Riverview Psychiatric Center
Department of Psychological Services
The mission of the Riverview Psychiatric Center’s Department of Psychological Services
is to provide state of the art consultation, assessment, and counseling services for clients
recovering from mental illness and co-occurring (substance abuse) disorders. They also play a
major role in the delivery of group counseling and psychoeducational programming on the Harbor
Treatment Mall.
Psychology provides a broad range of assessments in response to specific referral questions
posed by the treatment teams throughout the hospital. These include assessments to aid in diagnosis
and treatment planning, neuropsychological testing to address more complex diagnostic questions
for clients who present with complicated cognitive problems, and capacity evaluations to address
clients’ ability to make decisions about medical treatment. In addition, the forensic psychologists
provide clinical risk assessments for forensic clients transitioning to the community and for
forensic clients served in by the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team. Unit psychologists
provide consultation to treatment teams and develop specialized behavioral plans as needed, including
cooperating with other staff on implementing daily or hourly behavioral assessment protocols.
Riverview is the proud recipient of a “Co-Occurring State Initiative Integration” (COSII)
grant for the integration of co-occurring (substance abuse and mental illness) treatment. Work
done under this grant has led to improved identification of clients with substance abuse disorders,
as well as assuring that they were receiving specific treatment.
Each clinical unit has assigned psychologists. Psychological services can be accessed through
the treatment team and/or physicians orders. Inquiries about services can be addressed to any
of the unit psychologists or to the Director of Psychology.
Arthur
DiRocco, Ph.D.,
Psychologist IV Lower Saco/Forensic, Director of Psychology and Supervising Clinical Psychologist,
Licensed Supervising Psychologist. (Ph.D. and M.S. from The University of Oregon). Specialization
in forensic evaluations, functional behavioral assessments and interventions. Dr. DiRocco
was formerly in private practice and is an adjunct professor of Continuing Education for the
University of New Hampshire. He has taught a variety of courses in psychology and assessment
through the University of Maine in Lewiston and the University of New England from 1987 to
2008.
Jonathan
M. Freedman, Ph.D.,
Psychologist III Upper Saco/Forensic. Licensed Psychologist.
(Ph. D., George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, 1985; M. S., Massachusetts School
for Professional Psychology, Clinical Psychopharmacology Program, 2003). Interests: sex
offender treatment, pain management, milieu therapy.
Elizabeth
Houghton-Faryna,
Psychologist III Lower Kennebec/Civil, APPIC Internship Training
Director. Licensed Psychologist. (Psy.D. and M.S. from The Wright Institute in Berkeley
California). Pre doctoral training at U.C. Davis Medical Center in Rehab Neuropsychology.
Interests: How cognitive and intellectual deficits influence affective and behavioral regulation,
and the impact of Axis II diagnoses, traits and features on severe mental illness and recovery.
Susan
Newkirk-Sanborn, Ph.D.,
Psychologist III, Upper Kennebec/ Civil. Licensed
Psychologist. (Ph.D. in Clinical-Child Psychology from Ohio State University). Licensed
psychologist in Maine since 1978. Joined staff of RPC after seven years as staff psychologist
at a community mental health center and twenty-five years in private practice. Interests:
human development, cognitive development, cognitive-rational and Dialectical-Behavioral
Therapy, assessment, watercolors.
Kenneth
A. Beattie,
Psychologist III Upper Kennebec/ Civil. Licensed Psychologist.
(Ph.D., Clark University; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.A., Stanford University).
Interests: Life-span effects of childhood mistreatment; trauma-induced dissociation; clinical
applications of developmental, evolutionary, and cognitive psychology; hemispheric lateralization;
coping and resilience; psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Teresa
M. Mayo,
Psy.D. Psychologist IV. ACT Team. Licensed Psychologist. (Psy.D.
University of Denver; M.Ed. University of Maine; The Institute of Living) Special interests:
self-harm, trauma and treatment of forensic women.
Elizabeth
Stone, Ph.D.
Psychologist III. ACT Team. Licensed Psychologist. (Ph.D.
Texas A & M University; Ed. M. Harvard University). Interests include personality theory,
career assessment, and working with young adults.
Peter
Fuller, L.C.S.W.
Co-Occurring Counselor. (MSW, University of Connecticut)
Special interests include community mental health hospital aftercare services and co-occurring
disorders.
