Irene G. Powch, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, OHSU
Staff Psychologist, Portland VA Mental Health Division

1986, A.B., Biology with Honors, Brown University
1991, M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of Kansas
1995, Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Kansas
1994-95, Predoctoral Internship, Clinical Psychology,
Seattle VA Medical Center
1995-96, Postdoctoral Fellowship, PTSD, Pacific
Center for PTSD/VA National Center for PTSD

Clinical and Research Interests:

Irene Powch, Ph.D., is a staff psychologist for the Posttraumatic Stress Disorders Clinical Team (PCT) and assistant professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at OHSU Dr. Powch completed her Ph.D. at the University of Kansas in 1995, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Pacific Center for PTSD/VA National Center for PTSD in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1996. Her clinical work focuses on the assessment and treatment of PTSD related to war trauma, sexual trauma, and childhood trauma. She integrates object relational/attachment, emotion focused/gestalt, cognitive-behavioral, and feminist/social learning approaches in her work. Dr. Powch is Principal Investigator for several PTSD-related research projects and the Site Principal Investigator for National Center research on PTSD treatments for women veterans. Her adventures include climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, tracking hyenas in the Masai Mara and gorillas in Rwanda, and climbing/snowboarding down several of our local mountains.

Memberships:
American Psychological Association
International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies

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