Meet the Consultants
Ann Steffen, Ph.D., ABPP is a professor of psychology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where she has spent her career in teaching, research, supervision, professional training, and direct clinical services focused on the needs of older adults and family caregivers. At UM-St. Louis, she has served as the director of Gerontology programs and as director of clinical training for the APA-approved doctoral program in clinical psychology. Dr. Steffen is a faculty clinician at the UM-St. Louis Community Psychological Service, and is dual board certified in Behavioral & Cognitive Psychology and in Geropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology CBT with older adults.
Dr. Ogland-Hand completed her bachelor’s in psychology at the University of Northern Iowa, her doctorate in clinical psychology at Fuller Graduate School of Psychology in Pasadena, CA, and a fellowship in Geropsychology at the Palo Alto VA. She has been practicing geropsychology for over 25 years. After working at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services for 18 years, she started a private practice in 2015 in Grand Rapids, MI. She focuses on family caregiving, mental health issues, and treatment-resistant depression across the adult lifespan. Throughout her career, she has also provided training, supervision, and consultation to mental health professionals.
Dolores Gallagher Thompson, PhD, ABPP, is a nationally recognized trainer in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). She is a board certified Geropsychologist with over 25 years of experience, a Stanford University School of Medicine Research Professor Emerita, and former director of the Stanford Geriatric Education Center (SGEC). She received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Southern California and intensive training in Cognitive Therapy from Dr. Aaron T. Beck and associates at the Center for Cognitive Therapy. She applied her experience to modify traditional CBT to best benefit older adults. She then extended this newly minted form of CBT to elders of diverse backgrounds. She is a national expert in adapting programing to consider participants’ cultural influences on therapy engagement. Along with husband Larry, she was Co-Director of the Older Adult and Family Research and Resource Center, which was a research and training site for many psychologists at the pre-doctoral and doctoral levels. Recently Dolores was awarded the M. Powell Lawton Award for Distinguished Lifetime Contributions to Applied Geropsychology by the American Psychological Association. As well, she has published numerous books and articles relevant to the field.
Larry Wolford Thompson, PhD, ABPP is a board-certified Geropsychologist with a PhD from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. He is currently Professor Emeritus at Stanford University School of Medicine. Known nationally for his original research on the efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with older adults, his were among the very first studies to demonstrate how well older persons can benefit from CBT. Larry has held numerous professional positions – both clinically and in academia. Among them: Editor in Chief for the journal Clinical Gerontologist; Editor for the Behavioral and Social Sciences Section in the Journal of Gerontology; consultant for the Federal Food and Drug Administration; and member of the NIMH Clinical Research Projects Review Committee. Larry has vast academic and teaching experience gained at Duke University, University of Southern California, Stanford University School of Medicine, and VA Medical Center in Palo Alto. Larry directed gerontology research program development at the Menlo Park division of the Palo Alto Veterans Medical Center and Co-Directed the Older Adult and Family Research and Resource Center which was supported by Stanford, the VA, and by research and training grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Aging. He was recently awarded the M. Powell Lawton Award for Distinguished Lifetime Contributions to Applied Geropsychology by the American Psychological Association. Larry has additional clinical expertise and interest in managing bipolar disorders. He has authored more than two hundred articles published in peer reviewed journals and written, edited and co-edited books relevant to the field.