Christopher Ahnallen

Dr. AhnAllen the Co-Director of Psychology and Director of Psychology Education at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital. His clinical care is within both the Inpatient Psychiatry unit at BWFH where he provides psychological assessments, group psychotherapy and individual psychotherapy. He also serves as the Human Rights Officer for the Inpatient Psychiatry unit. Dr. AhnAllen also provides outpatient services within the Gender Diversity Clinic, a partner with the BWH Transgender Program across multiple medical specialties. Within this clinic, he provides readiness for surgery evaluations as well as individual psychotherapy. As an educator, he serves as the Training Director for our BWH Psychology Internship Training Program for doctoral-level psychology residents in training. He also direct the psychology externship program within Inpatient Psychiatry and Outpatient Psychiatry/Pain Management. Dr. AhnAllen regularly provides clinical supervision to trainees across the psychology and psychiatry training programs.

Clinical Interests

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Cross-Cultural Psychiatry
• Evidence-Based Psychotherapy
• Gender-Related Issues / GLBT
• Health Psychology
• LGBT Health
• Schizophrenia
• Substance Abuse

Education

• Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Boston (2001 — 2006)
• BA Bates College (1995 — 1999)