Dr. Golden teaches the first-year students in Behavioral Medicine, as this is her
primary area of interest. In particular, as a licensed psychologist, Dr. Golden’s
clinical and scholarly work includes nonpharmacological pain management, somatization
disorder and psychology in primary care.
As the former director of the Center for Brief Therapy (the training site for the
Psychology Department), Dr. Golden has expanded services from our on-campus training
site to the PCOM neighborhood Healthcare Centers and other sites. In keeping with
the mission of PCOM, the Healthcare Centers offer service to people around the city
who otherwise may not receive them.
In addition to the neighborhood Healthcare Centers, the psychology students work in
Geriatrics, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and in Philadelphia Senior Centers. Psychology
students have the opportunity to work with medical students, medical residents and
family medicine physicians to offer behavioral health care to a wide variety of populations.
In addition to direct service, the psychology students under Dr. Golden's supervision
offer in-service training to other social service agencies, schools and churches.
As a member of the American Psychological Association and the Pennsylvania Psychological
Association, Dr. Golden presents at annual conventions with PCOM students. These presentations
have included topics of psychology and primary care, psychology and chronic medical
illness, chronic and acute pain management, and psychology in urban healthcare settings.
In her leisure time, Dr. Golden enjoys spending time with family at the Jersey shore,
golfing, and traveling. You also may see her in the half-price ticket line in Times
Square.
Dr. Golden received her PsyD in clinical psychology from Loyola College in Baltimore and completed an APA approved internship at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and a post-doctoral fellowship at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
