Suzanne Petren, Ph.D.
Staff
Psychologist
Suzanne Petren holds a Ph.D. degree in counseling psychology from the University of Missouri in Kansas City, Missouri. She is also a licensed attorney, having earned her J.D. degree from the University of Missouri School of Law, where she distinguished herself as Administrative Editor of the Law Review as well as speaker and Appellate writer on the National Moot Court Team. She completed her APA accredited internship at Cornerstone Behavioral Health, where she received training in psychoanalytic theory and substance abuse, working with individuals and groups. While at the University of Missouri, she received training in existential phenomenology, biofeedback, and worked extensively with individuals and their supporters through all stages of the cancer experience. Her clinical interests are in psychoanalytic theory and in working with individuals suffering from severe and chronic mental illness as well as substance abuse. She has a long-standing interest in working with groups. Her publications are in the areas of emotion and group treatment methods. She received a National Institute of Health (NIH) Predoctoral Fellowship in the research area of the psychophysiology of emotion. Suzanne Petren was a 2007-2008 Fellow of the American Psychoanalytic Association for Outstanding Early Career Psychologist.