Meet the Treatment Team
Richard J. Loewenstein, M.D.
Medical Director
Richard J. Loewenstein M.D. is a Senior Psychiatrist
and the founder and Medical Director of The Trauma Disorders Program,comprised of
a 20-bed inpatient unit, an outpatient program, a postdoctoral fellowship program,
and research, consultation and teaching components. Dr. Loewenstein lectures frequently
on dissociation and trauma to regional, national, and international groups. He is
the author of many papers and book chapters on sleep disorders, consultation-liaison
psychiatry, dissociation, dissociative disorders, and trauma disorders. He has received
numerous awards for his contributions to clinical studies of trauma and dissociation.
Dr. Loewenstein is Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry
at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Susan B. Wait, M.D.
Service Chief
Dr. Susan Wait is one of the founding clinicians of the Trauma Disorders Unit at
Sheppard Pratt, and has been the Service Chief of this unit for 15 years. She has
extensive experience in both psychotherapeutic treatment and psychopharmacologic
treatment of patients with Dissociative Disorders and Anxiety Disorders, including
chronic, complex PTSD. She has also been trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy
and is interested in broadening the use of this modality in patients with trauma-related
disorders.
Heather Billings, RN
Nurse Manager
Heather Billings, RN is manager of the inpatient unit.
She directly supervises the nursing, social work, art therapy, and occupational
therapy staffs. Ms. Billings has over 10 years of experience in psychiatric nursing
and milieu treatment of psychiatric patients. She is responsible for the day to
day operation of the unit, including safety, staffing, and management of the therapeutic
milieu. She attends many treatment team meetings and coordinates staffing and clinical
issues in the therapeutic milieu. Ms. Billings regularly attends the daily goals
group which begins the treatment day for all patients. She is extensively involved
in staff training and support to help maintain the safety of the unit and to assure
that staff are skilled in management of patients' trauma symptoms.
Diane Adlestein Ph.D.
Director of Post-doctoral Training
Dr. Adlestein is Director of Postdoctoral Training, Trauma Disorders Program. She
has extensive training in the treatment of severe trauma and dissociation. She has
been on staff in The Trauma Disorders Program since 1995. She has functioned in
numerous capacities in the program, including Attending Psychologist on the inpatient
Trauma Unit from 1996 – 1999, as well as her current roles of outpatient Staff Psychologist,
consultant, supervisor, and the Director of Postdoctoral Training. She has particular
interests in psychodynamic psychotherapy, group psychotherapy for trauma patients,
and professional training of clinicians in the area of trauma.
Joyanna Silberg, Ph.D.
Coordinator of Child and
Adolescent Trauma Program
Dr. Silberg is the Coordinator of Trauma Disorders Services
for children adolescents of Sheppard Pratt Health System. Dr. Silberg is internationally
known as a pioneering expert in the study of dissociative disorders and complex
trauma in children and adolescents. She has edited and authored many works on these
topics, including her classic book, The Dissociative Child. Her psychotherapy practice
specializes in children and adolescents suffering from posttraumatic and dissociative
symptoms and disorders. Her forensic practice specializes in child sexual abuse.
She is Executive Vice President of the Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal
Violence.
Lindsay Rutledge, M.D.
Staff Psychiatrist
Dr. Rutledge is a psychiatric fellow in The Trauma Disorders Program. She has a
longstanding interest in trauma disorders. Her major interests include psychodynamic
psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavioral therapy techniques,
and psychopharmacological assessment and treatment of post-traumatic disorders.
LaShaun Williams, Ph.D
Staff Psychologist
Dr. LaShaun Williams is a licensed clinical psychologist
with the Trauma Disorders Program. She has trained and served in various settings
specializing in the treatment of trauma related disorders and has also completed
two post doctoral fellowships: the Trauma and Forensics Fellowship at Springfield
Hospital Center and the Trauma Disorders Fellowship at Sheppard Pratt. As staff
psychologist, Dr. Williams provides a variety of services such as individual psychotherapy
for inpatients and outpatients, as well as offering consultation services, including
diagnostic assessment and treatment recommendations to various treatment units within
the hospital and to outpatient therapists. Dr. Williams is also clinical supervisor
to postdoctoral fellows of the Trauma Disorders Program. Dr. Williams is committed
to culturally sensitive and appropriate treatment and has cultivated professional
experiences to foster the development of cultural competence. She has worked with
culturally diverse colleagues providing services to diverse client populations in
settings such as the Chinatown Child Development Center in San Francisco, CA; Whitman
Walker Clinic in Washington, DC; and the Deaf Unit of Springfield Hospital Center
in Sykesville, MD. In addition, Dr. Williams served as Assistant Professor in the
Graduate Counseling Program at Gallaudet University where she taught and supervised
candidates in training to work with culturally deaf and audiologically deaf (D/deaf)
and hard of hearing children and adults.
J. Ken Walters, Pharm.D.
Pharmacy Director
Dr. Walters is Director of Department of Pharmacy Services of Sheppard Pratt Health
System, and Clinical Assistant Professor for the University of Maryland School of
Pharmacy. In these roles he guides the department in the delivery of Pharmaceutical
Care Services at Sheppard Pratt’s Towson and Ellicott City sites. Dr. Walters maintains
an active clinical practice in the Trauma Disorders Inpatient Service as the program’s
psychopharmacologist, and also runs a medication education group. Dr. Walters has
served as a reviewer for “The Annals of Pharmacotherapy” for over 10 years and has
also published numerous scientific articles in professional publications. Additionally,
he precepts or supervises preceptors of students in the University of Maryland’s
Doctor of Pharmacy Program. Dr. Walters brings a breadth of knowledge and experience
in psychopharmacotherapy and is an integral member of the program’s treatment team.
Kathryn Gatzke, LCSW-C
Kathryn Gatzke has been a clinical social worker at Sheppard
Pratt Hospital since 1984, providing individual, group and family therapy. She has
extensive experience and training in the treatment of trauma disorders, providing
individual psychotherapy to inpatients and outpatients since the inception of The
Trauma Disorders Program in 1992. She has lectured on various topics related to
trauma disorders, and also provides clinical supervision to social workers at the
LGSW level.
Christine Walters Fritze, PMHCNS-BC
A psychiatric nurse for twenty years, Chris is a clinical nurse specialist. She
has had various roles in the trauma disorders continuum of services since the program’s
inception. She provides individual therapy and cognitive therapy groups on the inpatient
unit. As an adjunct clinical faculty member at the Community Colleges of Baltimore
County, Chris also teaches psychiatric nursing. Chris believes symptom management
education, resilience, cognitive restructuring, and expression, including creative
expression are key to healing.
Patricia Prugh, ATR-BC, CGP
Senior Art Therapist
Patricia Prugh has specialized in trauma recovery art
therapy programming for the past fifteen years at Sheppard Pratt Hospital. The inherently
healing aspects of the creative arts process, relationships to psychodynamic principles,
and the program's treatment model, form the core of the art therapy programming
on the Trauma Disorders Unit. Ms. Prugh provides presentations nationally and internationally
and is the recipient of numerous grants and awards for her clinical and artistic
work.
Terry Wilpers, OTR/L, ATR
Terry Wilpers is the occupational therapist for the trauma disorders in-patient
unit. She has worked at Sheppard Pratt Hospital since 1988, and was a part of the
planning and implementation of both the inpatient and day hospital components of
the Trauma Disorders Service Line in 1992 and 1993 respectively. Terry is also a
registered art therapist.
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