Boulder Institute for Psychotherapy and Research

Training Program Clinicians

The following clinicians are currently participating in the training program.

Cynthia Divino, Ph.D.

Cynthia is a clinical psychologist in private practice, a clinical supervisor for the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the Acting Executive Director of the Boulder Institute for Psychotherapy and Research. She co-teaches the yearlong Psychotherapy Seminar for BIPR Interns and Postdoctoral Students. Dr. Divino also serves on the Training Committee and Research Committee for BIPR. In the past, she has presented both small group seminars and large group presentations for BIPR. Dr. Divino has served as the Assistant Director of the Child and Family Treatment Center of Children’s Hospital of San Francisco and as Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. With co-authors Michael Freedman, Ph.D. and Samuel Rosenberg, Ph.D., she has published a book, Living Well With Asthma. Dr. Divino has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology (awarded June 1979) from the University of Utah and a Ph.D. from the California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley (awarded January 1997). Her research interests are in the area of Affect Tolerance and Modulation, Trauma, and Bipolar Disorder.

Priscilla Dann-Courtney, Ph.D.

Priscilla received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Colorado (1991). She treats both adolescents and adults experiencing a wide variety of problems with a specialty in eating disorders. A private practitioner, she supervises University of Colorado graduate psychology students and is a guest lecturer at the University and for the BIPR seminar series.

Mark Grassman, L.C.S.W.

Mark received his MSW from the University of Denver and post-master’s certificates in adult psychotherapy (Smith College) and child psychotherapy (Colorado Center for Psychoanalytic Studies). A clinical supervisor for the BIPR Training Program, he provides treatment for children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. Trained in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapy, he also incorporates the use of EMDR in his treatment method.

Mary Sue Moore, Ph.D.

Mary is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist and educator in Colorado. She has taught and participated in a variety of clinical research projects in the U.S., U.K., and Australia over the past 25 years. Her research has focused on attachment theory and the impact of trauma on the developing brain. From 1986 to 1988, Mary Sue undertook a Fulbright Research Fellowship in London, where she worked with John Bowlby at the Tavistock Clinic. Moving to Boulder in 1989, she worked as a clinician and consultant at the Mental Health Center of Boulder County while continuing her teaching and research in England. In 1999, she helped found BIPR, where she is pursuing long-standing educational, research and clinical training interests. She is also completing a book for the Analytic Press, Reflections of Self, on the impact of trauma in children’s drawings.

Rosemary Wrzos, MEd, LPC

Rosemary has 39 years of experience as an educator, counselor and psychotherapist. After receiving her MEd. in Counseling from Northeastern University, she continued her studies at the Smith College School for Social Work, The Colorado Society for Psychology and Psychoanalysis and most recently, the EMDR Institute. She has worked in a wide variety of educational and therapeutic settings in Massachusetts, Minnesota and Colorado. Ms. Wrzos has taught at Northeastern University, and has presented on trauma, attachment and infant brain development to diverse audiences, including teachers, child protection workers and clinicians. Ms. Wrzos holds both the Certification and the Approved Consultant designations from the EMDR International Association. She is currently in private practice in Boulder, specializing in the treatment of trauma, while providing consultation to EMDR professionals.

Cara Luneau, MA, LPC

Cara is in private practice in Boulder providing treatment to adults, adolescents, and families. She has presented on Dialectical Behavior Therapy and on Clinical Applications of Mindfulness for the BIPR seminar and Front Porch Lecture series, the Mental Health Center of Boulder County, Children’s Hospital of Denver, the American University of Paris, the Paris Society for Psychology and Medicine, and for numerous professional and parent organizations. From 1990-1998, Cara served as adjunct faculty in Naropa University’s graduate psychology program. Her background includes 23 years as a clinician with Boulder County’s child welfare department, extensive Buddhist studies, and training with the EMDR Institute on the effective treatment of trauma.