Essential Interviewing and Counseling Skills

Tracy A. Prout, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the College of Mount Saint Vincent and a licensed psychologist with a clinical practise in New York City. She has provided training on psychodynamic psychotherapy techniques and integrating spirituality into clinical practise for clinical professionals from many disciplines including psychiatry residents, psychology interns and practising psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers. She has published peer-reviewed articles on the role of religion and spirituality in the lives of those with mental illness and the role of spirituality in pedagogy. A former Fellow of the American Psychoanalytic Association, Dr. Prout has completed advanced research training with the International Psychoanalytic Association at the Anna Freud Centre in London and at the Yale University Child Study Center. She is the recipient of the Dennis J. Enright Award for Excellence in Teaching and grant funding from the Psychoanalysis and the Academy Committee of the American Psychoanalytic Association.

Melanie W. Moretz, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Yeshiva University in the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. She is on faculty of the combined School/Clinical Child Psychology programme and provides training to doctoral students in evidence-based interventions and cognitive assessment. She is also Senior Psychologist at the Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Research in White Plains, NY. Dr. Moretz's research focuses primarily on anxiety and related disorders. Specifically, she is interested in the basic emotion of disgust and its relationship to the maintenance and development of anxiety disorders, as well as the evidence-based treatment of anxiety. She has presented her work at national and international conferences and it has been published in a range of books and peer-reviewed journals. She is an active member in the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. In addition, she has expertise in psychoeducational assessment and consultation, as well as in treating individuals with anxiety and mood disorders.