Alicia MacDougall, PsyD, ABPP

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Alicia MacDougall, PsyD, ABPP, is a clinical psychologist, Board Certified in Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Psychology. She received her doctorate from Antioch University New England, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Cambridge Health Alliance/ Harvard Medical School, working on child and adolescent psychiatric inpatient units. Dr. MacDougall holds multiple leadership positions in national organizations (see professional activities below). She is an instructor and clinical supervisor through her Affiliate Faculty position. In addition to this role, Dr. MacDougall is currently in private practice working with children, adolescents, and adults presenting with severe and persistent mental illness, mood and personality disorders, and complications from emergency medical events, pervasive medical diagnoses, somatic symptomatology, and various forms of psychological and physical abuse. She also provides support to parents with children with current or past NICU experiences, and provides psychotherapeutic services for perinatal and postpartum concerns. Dr. MacDougall provides consultation and assessment services to schools, and is the book author of “The Relational Interpretation of Dreams: When it’s About More Than Your Mother.” Her previous work experience includes Attending Psychologist in a pediatric hospital where she worked on the consultation and liaison service, as well as in NICU, and ambulatory clinics. She was also engaged in program development for the fetal surgery program, and provided clinical supervision to psychology doctoral interns, postdoctoral fellows, psychiatry residents, and medical students. In addition to her work in pediatric hospitals, she has also worked on adult and child and adolescent medical and psychiatric inpatient units.

Alicia MacDougall PsyD ABPP

Affiliate Faculty

Department of Clinical Psychology

  • PsyD, Antioch University New England (2021)
  • MS, Antioch University New England (2019)
  • BA, Albertus Magnus College (2014)
  • MacDougall, A. A. (2021). The relational interpretation of dreams: When it’s about more than your mother. New York, NY: Routledge
  • Fox, H, C., Milivojevic, V., MacDougall, A., LaVallee, H., Simpson, C., Angarita, G. A, & Sinha, R. (2019). Stress-related suppression of peripheral cytokines predicts relapse in alcohol-dependent individuals with and without sub-clinical depression. Addiction Biology. doi:10.1111/adb.12832
  • Syed, S. A., Sinha, R., Milivojevic, V., MacDougall, A., LaValle, H., Angarita, G. A., & Fox, H.C. (2023). Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal and autonomic response to psychological stress in abstinent alcohol use disorder individuals with and without depressive symptomatology. Human Psychopharmacology, 38(4). doi:10.1002/hup.2867.Epub
  • MacDougall, A., Pignatiello, V., Hess, T., MacGibbon, H. (2024, April). Transitions: Moving from supervisee to supervisor. Pre-conference workshop at American Psychological Association Division 39 43rd Annual Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Moussa, R., Gurholt, C., Ravi, N., Butaney, B., MacDougall, A., & Scholom, A. (2024, April). Live Supervision. American Psychological Association Division 39 43rd Annual Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • MacDougall, A., Moussa, R., (Co-chairs), Pignatiello, V., Srteinberg, A., Blackwell, P., & Dall’Aglio, J. (2023, August). The dynamics of the supervisory relationship: A live demonstration. Panel presentation at the American Psychological Association 131st Annual Convention, Washington, DC.
  • MacDougall, A. (Chair), Baldauf, A. M., Tummala-Nara, U., Kurdziel-Adams, G., King, D, Ford, N., & Shamji, J. (2023, April). The beautiful, yet multilayered world of motherhood. Panel presentation at the American Psychological Association Division 39 42nd Annual Spring Meeting, New York, NY.
  • MacDougall, A., Hess., T., Blackwell, P., & Banks, K. (2023, April). Transitioning out of the struggle: Demistifying the early career process. Workshop held at the American Psychological Association Division 39 42nd Annual Spring Meeting, New York, NY.
  • Gurholt, C., Strupp-Levitsky, M., Madore, D., MacDougall, A., Hess, T., & Smothers, B. (2023, April). Emergining identity: Destruction and the creative struggle. Panel presentation at the American Psychological Association Division 39 42nd Annual Spring Meeting, New York, NY.
  • Baldauf, A. A., MacDougall, A. (Co-Chairs), Scholom, E., Bellinson, J., Moussa, R., & Conway, F. (2022, April). Psychoanalytically-oriented Supervision in child psychotherapy and professional development. Panel presentation at the American Psychological Association Division 39 41st Annual Spring Meeting, Chicago, IL.
  • MacDougall, A. (Chair), Myles, A., Nath, S. R., Thompson, A., Tran, Q., Moussa, R., & Gomez, S. (2021, March). Institutionalized racism across the various domains of psychoanalytic psychology. Panel presentation at the American Psychological Association Division 39 40th Annual Spring Meeting, New York, NY.
  • Baldauf, A. M., MacDougall, A. (Co-Chairs), Jones, A., Ramirez, L., Ching-Lan, R. L., & Hund, R. (2021, March). Deconstructing the psychoanalytic supervisory experience: A multigenerational conversation. Panel presentation at the American Psychological Association Division 39 40th Annual Spring Meeting, New York, NY.
  • MacDougall A., (Chair/presenter) Thompson, A., Captari, L., Ramirez, L., Shamji, J., Gordon, Brown, C. & Baldauf, A. M. (2019, April).Clinical Vignettes: Am I recognizing all voices of intersectionality? Panel presented at the American Psychological Association Division 39 39th Annual Spring Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
  • McWilliams, N., Bowen, M., MacDougall, A. Stewart, J., Ellenhorn, T (Chair)., Lazzari, C., & DeVincentis, R. (2018, June). Intergenerational/intersectional psychotherapy training: Progenitors and progeny conversing in integrating. Roundtable discussion presented at the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, New York, NY.
  • MacDougall, A., (Chair/presenter) Barsness, R., Watkins, E., Captari, L., Baldauf, A. M., &Farell, J. (2018, April). The birth of a therapist: Ghosts and guardians of development. Panel presented at the American Psychological Association Division 39 38th Annual Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA
  • Ellenhorn, T., & MacDougall, A. (2018, August). Experiential learning through dreams in clinical training: Safety, intimacy, and disclosure. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association 126th Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.
  • American Psychological Association Leadership Development Fellow- Division 39 (2020)
  • Academy Coordinator: American Board and Academy of Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Psychology
  • Co-Chair: APA Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (Division 39) Early Career Committee
  • Early Career Representative: Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Psychology and Psychoanalysis Specialty Council
  • American Board and Academy of Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Psychology
  • APA Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (Division 39)
  • American Psychological Association
  • National Register of Health Service Psychologists
  • Case Conference I & II