Dr. Morrissey currently serves as Director of the Center for
Psychological Services, which has the dual mission of
facilitating training for Psychology graduate students and
providing mental health services to the community. Dr.
Morrissey earned his B.A. from St. John Fisher College in
Rochester, NY in 1969 and his M.A. in 1971 from Fordham University,
where he was supported by an NIH Fellowship. He received his
Ph.D. in 1978 from Cornell University in Personality and Social
Psychology, and pursued his developing clinical interests by
completing internship training at Hillside Hospital of Long Island
Jewish Medical Center.
Following his internship, Dr. Morrissey joined the staff of LIJ
and spent the next 28 years there as staff psychologist,
supervisor, researcher and administrator. He worked for 13
years at Hillside’s Adolescent Pavilion, and developed expertise in
the diagnosis and treatment of adolescent psychopathology.
Following his departure from the unit, he received funding from the
NIMH to conduct outcome research on adolescent psychiatric
inpatient treatment. At the same time, he served as
Coordinator of Psychological Services in the Division of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry. Having particular clinical interest in
family systems, he did postdoctoral work in this area, receiving a
Certificate in Clinical Supervision and Consultation from the
Ackerman Institute. Dr. Morrissey was instrumental in helping
to found the Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry at LIJ and served as administrator and
supervisor for the internship program there. In 1996, he
became Program Coordinator, then Program Director, of the
Ambulatory Service in the Division of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry, helping to oversee one of largest child outpatient
facilities in the region.
In 2005, Dr. Morrissey received his Diplomate in Clinical
Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology
(ABPP), and the following year became the Director of the Center
for Psychological Services at St. John’s University, where he now
thoroughly enjoys his role as administrator of the state-of-the-art
training facility and supervisor in the graduate programs. He
is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at St. John’s, an Associate
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert
Einstein College of Medicine, and a member of the American
Psychological Association and the Association of Directors of
Psychology Training Clinics.