ORANGE, Calif., Aug. 28, 2009 -- David Pincus, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, has been named the new director of Chapman University's Frances L. Smith Community Clinic, which is in the Department of Psychology. Dr. Pincus has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Marquette University in Milwaukee and has been a full-time faculty member of the psychology department since 2003. He has worked in mental health since 1991, and has a variety of experience in the field, including administration, psychotherapy, clinical assessment, supervision and clinical research.

Dr. Pincus replaces Jeannie Walker, Ph.D., who is the full-time director of the Chapman University Student Psychological Counseling Services. Because of higher demands for that service and a move to a new location on Glassell Street, Dr. Walker wasn’t able to also be director of the community clinic, where she made many valuable contributions to that program’s development.

The community clinic has been providing low cost mental health services for more than 40 years. It is a fully operating outpatient mental health clinic, open 6 days a week, and provides psychotherapy services for a variety of clinical concerns of families, couples, adults, adolescents, and children.

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