Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, Indiana State University
Terre Haute, CA, United States
Liz Smith, PsyD, HSPP, earned her Doctor of Psychology degree from Indiana State University in 2018. Dr. Smith is a clinical psychologist and has worked extensively with individuals presenting with serious psychopathology. She completed a pre-doctoral internship at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital in 2018. In 2019, Dr. Smith completed a postdoctoral residency in the Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery track at the VA San Diego Healthcare System and University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. After the completion of her clinical training, she joined the staff of Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital in San Diego. At Sharp, Dr. Smith implemented evidence-based interventions for adults and transition-age youth presenting with mood and psychotic disorders. She has also worked with active duty military members in a private practice setting. Dr. Smith recently returned to Indiana State University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology. She has published papers on personality assessment with the MMPI-2-RF. Additionally, Dr. Smith has published and presented on the construct of schizotypy as an indicator of liability to schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Dr. Smith's research interests include the intersection of psychosis, trauma, and dissociation, as well as complex trauma and transdiagnostic models of diagnosis and classification. Currently, she is the director of the Adversity, Dissociation, and Psychological Trauma (ADAPT) Lab at Indiana State University. Among the current projects in the lab is a study of factors differentiating the dissociative subtype of PTSD from non-dissociative PTSD, with a focus on metacognition and autobiographical memory.
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Saturday, April 15, 2023
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM US Eastern Time