Current Interns

Anita Adams, MS | General Mental Health Psychology Intern

Anita Adams is a clinical psychology PhD candidate from the University of Kentucky. She completed her bachelor’s degrees in psychology and English-Creative Writing with minors in Cognitive Science, Spanish, and Health, Human Values, and Vaccinations at North Carolina State University. Prior to her graduate training at the University of Kentucky, Anita worked as a behavioral technician with the Autism Society of North Carolina and as a clinical research study coordinator under Dr. Crystal Schiller and Dr. David Rubinow at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on how early life adversity impacts emotion-based personality traits, psychopathology, and coping development for minoritized and historically under-represented populations. She is also interested in the investigation of transdiagnostic mechanisms to improve psychopathological outcomes in minoritized populations, emotion-based personality trait and disorder development across the lifespan, adverse early life experiences, emotion and emotion regulation, and health psychology. Anita’s dissertation project focuses on the preliminary steps for creating a culturally-sensitive personality measure of trait responses to emotion, which are personality traits that develop from the consistent ways one copes with their emotions over time. Through her dissertation, she is investigating similarities and differences between African-American and White-American trait responses to emotion using mixed-methodology. Anita’s clinical interests include trauma- and culturally-informed interventions (including cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and Radical Healing) to improve psychological and physical health outcomes for minoritized and historically underrepresented/served populations. She has worked in a variety of outpatient and inpatient settings, such as state psychiatric facilities, academic medical centers, and community mental health centers, and she has served as a community dialectical behavior therapy individual and group therapist. During her free time, Anita is avidly involved in “geek” culture. She enjoys playing video games, watching anime, playing Dungeons & Dragons, and cosplaying. She also loves to video edit, read novels from the Victorian Era, and write fantasy-genre short stories and novels. She is also excited to develop more interests in the great outdoors upon moving to Tucson, Arizona!

Cori Manning, MA | Child Psychology Intern

Cori Manning is a doctoral candidate in the School Psychology program at the University of Arizona. She completed her bachelor's degree in applied psychology with a minor in Latin American studies at Montana State University. Prior to graduate school, Cori worked at a youth psychiatric residential treatment facility, which sparked her passion for working with adolescents impacted by trauma, and those experiencing mental health crises. During her graduate studies, Cori trained in a variety of clinical settings, primarily serving neurodiverse children and their families. Her clinical practice is rooted in positive psychology and draws heavily from solution-focused and cognitive behavioral therapies. Cori's research is focused on understanding the impact of sleep on adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Specifically, she is interested in how sleep may impact certain areas of executive function. In her free time, Cori enjoys running, hiking, and outdoor adventures with her husband and dog.

Janelle Wee, MS | General Mental Health Psychology Intern

Janelle Wee is a clinical psychology PhD student from Seattle Pacific University. She completed her bachelor’s degree in physiology also at Seattle Pacific University. Prior to her graduate training she worked at a Korean primary care clinic where she administered SBIRT screenings in both Korean and English. She has clinical experience working in integrated care settings, in both a family medicine clinic and a specialty Multiple Sclerosis center. She also has experience in neuropsychological testing with adults and geriatric populations, including dementia, traumatic brain injury, and post-COVID evaluations. Her primary research interests include somatization as well as biological, cognitive, and physiological factors contributing to suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Outside of work, Janelle enjoys traveling and crafting, and golfing with her husband.