Dr. Trent is Executive Director of Psychiatric & Psychological
Associates of Durham, PLLC, which she joined in 1986, after an active academic
career in medical psychology, program development and outcome research.
She received her original doctorate at NorthwesternUniversity, a Post-Doctoral Degree at
Baylor College of Medicine, and a Post-Doctoral Degree in Counseling Psychology
at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.
She completed her Psychology Internship at the VA Medical Center in Durham. As a
licensed psychologist, Dr. Trent’s clinical work addresses the needs of adults
in the treatment of anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, psychological
components of medical illness, relationship difficulties, and career
change. She treats individuals, as well as couples, and has a particular
expertise in working with dying individuals and their families. Her
clinical method is eclectic with an emphasis on insight and problem solving.
Prior to joining
PPAD, Dr. Trent served on medical center faculties at the University
of Illinois, DukeUniversity,
and as visiting faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill. She conducted research,
published, and obtained grant funding for the training of health professionals
in the psychosocial concepts of general health care. She continues these
efforts in private practice through her consulting to health care
organizations. She has presented at international, national and statewide
conferences and has served on the Boards of non-profit organizations and
professional associations.
Dr. Hampton is a clinical psychologist with over twenty year’s
experience treating individual, families, and children. He works with patients
of all ages and with the full spectrum of mental health problems. His
approach to treatment is pragmatic and draws heavily on the use of cognitive
behavioral and solution-focused interventions as well as on biopsychosocial
diagnostic formulations. He provides individual, marital and family
therapy. He is fluent in Spanish.
Dr. Hampton
began his private practice at Psychiatric & Psychological Associates of
Durham, PLLC in December of 1999. Prior to starting private practice he
had worked for nine years as a psychologist in general practice with Kaiser
Permanente in North Carolina.
At the time he left Kaiser, Dr. Hampton had served two years as the Associate
Regional Chief of Mental Health. Before going to Kaiser he worked as
Psychologist and Director of Residential Services with the Wake County Mental
Health “Willy M” treatment program for violent children in need of mental
health services. Dr. Hampton worked as a staff psychologist at Catholic
Family Services in MiamiFlorida
for three years prior to moving to North
Carolina.
Dr. Hampton
earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from AbileneChristianUniversity. He
received his master’s degree in clinical psychology at the University of Tulsa.
His doctoral degree in clinical psychology is from the University of Miami
and included a sub-specialty in behavioral medicine. He completed his
internship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.
Dr. Rule is a
clinical psychologist specializing in child, adolescent and family
psychological assessment and psychotherapy. His therapeutic approach may
be described as eclectic, with emphases on family/systems and
cognitive-behavioral modalities.
Dr. Rule joined
Psychiatric & Psychological Associates of Durham in July of 2001. He
provides assessment and psychotherapy services to children, adolescents,
adults, older adults, couples and families who may be struggling with a variety
of emotional or behavioral issues including: mood and anxiety disorders;
parenting strategies; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); and situational and developmentally related adjustment
disorders.
Prior to joining PPAD, Dr. Rule has provided assessment and
psychotherapy services to a variety of inpatient and outpatient mental health
settings including: state psychiatric hospital, community mental health center,
child/adolescent inpatient wards, group homes, residential centers, schools and
nursing homes. Dr. Rule earned his bachelors and masters degrees in
communication studies from WheatonCollege, Wheaton,
IL. He earned his doctorate
in clinical psychology from the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology / ArgosyUniversity,
specializing in child, adolescent, and family psychological assessment and
psychotherapy. He completed his doctoral internship at the St. Cloud
Hospital Behavioral Health Clinic, St.
Cloud, MN.
Sandee is a clinical
social worker who has been with this group since 1998. She has practiced
as a psychotherapist in the triangle area for over 25 years.
She received her
Bachelors of Social Work degree in 1976 from the University
of Illinois and later, in 1980 got her
Masters of Social Work degree from the University of North
Carolina.
Prior to joining
the PPAD group, she had worked at WakeCountyMentalHealthCenter,
DurhamRegionalHospitalBehavioralHealthCenter and in a
self-employed private practice.
She currently
works with adults, ages 18 and up, either individually or as a couple.
She has treated a variety of problems including depression, anxiety, life
transitions, relationship problems and grief. Her style is generally
supportive, gentle and practical.
Dr. Heine has
practiced with Psychiatric & Psychological Associates of Durham since
January of 2000. He specializes in the treatment of depression and
anxiety disorders. He provides psychotherapy services, as well as
medication evaluation and management. He also enjoys working the clients
in regard to their reactions to life stresses.
Dr. Heine
attended OberlinCollege and Case Western University
School of Medicine. He did his Psychiatry Residency at the University of North Carolina
– Chapel Hill, graduating in 1989. He is
Board Certified in Psychiatry.
Prior to joining
Psychiatric & Psychological Associates of Durham, Dr. Heine worked for ten
years at Kaiser Permanente in Durham.
He served as the Kaiser Durham Chief of Mental Health and later as the
Assistant Regional Chief of Mental Health for Kaiser Permanente in North Carolina.
Dr. Costello is a licensed
clinical psychologist who joined PPAD in the spring of 2002. Dr. Costello
has broad training in several areas of academia. She began her formal
education at LeMoyneCollege (Syracuse,
NY) in 1983 where she obtained a
BS in Biology and minors in Psychology and Philosophy. She obtained her
first Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology in 1989 at AlbanyMedicalCollege
(Albany, NY),
where she conducted research investigating the relationship between different
types of stress and the effectiveness of anxiety reducing drugs. Her
postdoctoral work, at the University
of Rochester (Rochester, NY),
was an extension of this interest and was focused in the area of mind-body
interactions and behavioral medicine research.
Dr.
Costello continued her education in the area of behavioral medicine at the University of Miami
(Coral Gables, Florida) and received her second Ph.D. in
Clinical Health Psychology in 1997. Her clinical internship at the
Durham VA Medical Center encompassed working with inpatients, the chronically
medically ill, as well as with individuals coping with PTSD, depression,
anxiety and sexual dysfunctions. Dr. Costello spent 5 years on the
faculty of the UNC-Chapel Hill where she conducted research, published, taught
classes, and obtained grant funding in the area of health psychology.
Clinically, Dr. Costello continued to see patients at the WarTraumaCounselingCenter, the Durham VA Medical Center
and in Nursing Home facilities throughout the state of North Carolina.
Dr. Costello’s approach to treatment is eclectic
in nature and focuses on understanding the individual’s direct experience
across the life span. She treats adolescents, adults and older adults
with depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic pain, sexual
dysfunction, sexual addiction, as well as those coping with medical illness,
grief and loss or the need for stress and/or anger management. Dr.
Costello is also very committed to treating couples who are dealing with
problems in communication, goal setting, life transitions, parenting, time management,
sexual dysfunction and infidelity.
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Hansun Su, M.D.
General Psychiatry
After graduating from Johns Hopkins University with a degree in engineering, Dr. Su obtained his medical degree at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey. He then relocated to North Carolina where he completed his residency training in psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center. He rotated through various clinical settings including the VA Medical Center, John Umstead Hospital and the Duke Family Studies Program. He currently works in community mental heath in addition to providing psychotherapeutic and medication services at this practice.
Dr. Lee is a clinical psychologist who
provides individual, couples, and family psychotherapy. Using an integrated approach to therapy, her
work emphasizes the influence of family and larger social systems, promotes
insight and personal awareness, and recognizes the resilience and resources
available in the lives of individuals and families. Dr. Lee works with
people across the life-span to address depression, anxiety, grief and loss,
histories of trauma, and relationship difficulties, and she offers particular
expertise in the emotional aspects of chronic physical illness, postpartum
depression, and women's issues.
She earned her
doctorate in clinical psychology at WheatonCollege in Wheaton,
IL, and completed her doctoral internship at
the Vanderbilt University/Alvin C. York VA Internship Consortium in Nashville, TN.
Dr. Lee completed her postdoctoral training at the ChicagoCenter for Family Health and Advocate
Illinois Masonic Family Practice Center in Chicago, IL,
with a focus on working with families coping with chronic physical
illness. She joined PPAD in October 2006.
Al Haskell is a licensed professional
counselor who has over twenty five years of experience in the areas of child
and family therapy; individual counseling for depression, anxiety, workplace
adjustment issues, relationship issues, and couples counseling. He specializes in the treatment of mood and
anxiety disorders.
He has wide range of clinical experience
in both public and private practice settings, including a forensic hospital,
social service agencies in Florida
and Virginia,
and community mental health centers. He has training in both
evidence-based treatments for depression and anxiety disorders, structural
family therapy and solution-focused therapy.
He has a Master of Arts degree in
Counseling from LibertyUniversity in Virginia and is licensed
as an LPC in both North Carolina
and Virginia.
He also earned a Master of Arts degree in Philosophy from the University of Florida.
Al Haskell recently joined PPAD where he
provides counseling services for individuals, couples and families. He is
married and lives in Raleigh
with his wife, two daughters, the family's standard poodle Wesley, a cat Timmy
and a very large guinea pig named Cocoa.
