Chestnut Hill College to Open Psychological Services Clinic in Flourtown

The Department of Professional Psychology at has opened a clinic for psychological services in Flourtown, Pa. to serve the local community.

The Psychological Services Clinic of Chestnut Hill College currently provides psychoeducational, psychosocial, and diagnostic assessment services to children, adolescents, college students and older adults living in the greater Philadelphia area. All testing and assessments will be conducted by practicum students and pre-doctoral interns enrolled in the College’s Doctor of Psychology program. Licensed clinical psychologists on the faculty of the College’s Department of Professional Psychology will directly supervise all of the assessments.

The new clinic provides a wide range of assessment services, including those for:

• Learning Disabilities
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Personality
• Behavior Disorders
• Intellectual Abilities
• Academic Achievement
• Clinical/Diagnostic

Beginning in the fall of 2012, the clinic will also offer psychotherapy services for children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. They will be performed by pre-doctoral students and interns, and will be supervised by licensed psychologists on the faculty.

“We are thrilled to be able to provide low cost, high quality psychological services to individuals in the Philadelphia area while supporting Chestnut Hill College’s mission of service to the community," said Jeanne DiVincenzo, Psy.D., assistant professor of psychology and director of the Psychological Services Clinic of Chestnut Hill College in a press release, adding that the college and her department hve been working on the project for a long time.

The Psychological Services Clinic of Chestnut Hill College is open by appointment Monday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., and Friday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. For more information, please visit www.chc.edu/psc.