David Bauman, Psy.D.
Cascades Region

Dr. Bauman is a licensed psychologist and is the Behavioral Health Education Director at Community Health of Central Washington, where he also is a core faculty member of the family medicine residency.  He also practices as a behavioral health consultant at CHCW’s Central Washington Family Medicine clinic. Dr. Bauman is the Regional Training Director for the NPTC-Cascades and assists with overseeing the HealthPoint and CHCW doctoral internships. Dr. Bauman is passionate about the Primary Care Behavioral Health model/philosophy, as well as contextual behavioral approaches (e.g., Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and fACT) and the delivery of compassionate, evidence based medicine.

Dustin Brown, Psy.D. 
Central Region

Dr. Dustin Brown has a long history of work and training between the medical and behavioral health settings. He graduated from the School of Professional Psychology at Forest Institute with a doctorate in Clinical Psychology and certificate of specialization in Integrated Healthcare. During his training and practice in primary care psychology, Dr. Brown has worked within primary care offices, medical hospitals, and community health care locations while also participating in numerous program develop projects surrounding the intersection of behavioral health and medicine. In his current role as Vice President, Integration at Burrell Behavioral Health, Dr. Brown manages many medical team and multidisciplinary initiatives within the community mental health center as well as oversees all projects related to embedding behavioral health access within the agencies of community health partners across the state of Missouri and in northern Arkansas.

From the time he was licensed and as a partner of his previous private practice, Dr. Brown has been dedicated to supervising, training, and mentoring the next generation of psychologists. He has provided supervision to numerous doctoral level practicum students, doctoral interns, and provisionally licensed psychologists over the last nine years. In addition, he coordinates the training experiences of each Central Region intern of the National Psychology Training Consortium through his role as Regional Training Director. With a robust background in assessment psychology and years of practice in general psychotherapy, Dr. Brown enjoys taking an interpersonal approach to guiding and mentoring NPTC interns throughout the year-long program.

Angela King, Psy.D. 
Great Lakes Region (Interim)

Dr. King’s professional experience has involved a variety of clinical work, training of students at various levels of education, and administrative work. As a pre-doctoral intern, she was placed at a rural psychiatric hospital, which is an NPTC training site. While at this facility she gained experience working with severe mentally ill populations and within a multidisciplinary team. Following internship, she completed a post-doctoral residency at a private practice in a rural population which was located 45 minutes from the nearest large city. Following full licensure, Dr. King joined a private practice, which served communities throughout the state of Missouri. She has served as clinical supervisor for first-year practicum students, advanced practicum students, pre-doctoral interns, and post-doctoral residents. Dr. King served as the NPTC Regional Training Director for the Central Region from 2012-2017 helping to prepare and train nearly 100 pre-doctoral interns. Simultaneously, she continued to work as a licensed clinician and clinical supervisor within a private practice. She was an NHSC service provider from 2011-2017, providing services to rural and under-served populations within the private practice. In 2017 Dr. King transitioned from her role as Regional Training Director to the Director of Special Projects. She held this role for over five years before she accepted the position of Sr. Vice President, Clinical Operations in 2023. In her current role she oversees the day-to-day operations of the consortium and works closely with sites and interns on operational and training efficiencies.

Dr. King served as the Project Manager for the ABOUT Indiana BHWET Grant from 2017-current. This Grant focuses on specialized training of pre-doctoral interns in the areas of integrated behavioral health within underserved populations. Since its inception, this grant has assisted in training 24 interns in integrated and collaborative healthcare settings.

Warren Phillips, Ph.D.
Cy-Hawk Region

Warren Phillips, Ph.D. is a licensed Psychologist in Iowa and Minnesota and is the Chief Clinical Officer and Training Director for Central Iowa Psychological Services. He is a Past President of the Iowa Psychological Association and currently a co-chair of the Iowa Psychological Association’s Public Education Committee. He specializes in working with children, teens, and adults from a primarily Acceptance and Commitment Therapy perspective and has a passion for psychological assessment with children, teens, and adults. He is also a Teaching Professor at Iowa State University where he teaches undergraduate courses in Developmental Psychology and Graduate courses in Psychological Assessment.

Sierra Swing, Psy.D.
Pacific Region

Dr. Swing is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist. She provides psychotherapy for individuals and couples throughout the lifespan, as well as offers a breadth of experience in forensic, neuropsychological, parenting, and general psychological evaluations. She has extensive experience working with the consequences of adverse childhood experiences and trauma, as well as seeing clients who struggle with depression, anxiety, relationship problems, adjustment and life transitions, addictive behaviors, stress, chronic pain, health issues, dissociative disorders, and grief and loss. She offers an integrated and collaborative therapeutic approach pulling from multiple therapeutic modalities and empirically supported treatments. She also utilizes her Therapy Dog, Boomer, as a co-therapist in her practice. ​

Ta’janette Sconyers, Ph.D.
Diversity Equity and Inclusion Director

Dr. Ta’janette Sconyers is a licensed psychologist in private practice, based in St. Louis and licensed in Missouri, Illinois, and Virginia. She earned her doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology with a graduate minor in Multicultural Psychology from the University of Missouri. Dr. Sconyers has assumed many roles throughout her career including: consultant, researcher, adjunct professor, speaker, and therapist. She is most passionate about work that involves advocacy, collaboration, healing, and social justice. At NPTC, Dr. Sconyers is a newly appointed Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Dr. Sconyers endeavors to collaborate with all NPTC members to elevate and expand DEI efforts. She identifies as a learner who hopes to continually grow in her understanding of the varied and constantly evolving human experience. For office hours and more information, view this document.

Tosha Larson, Ph.D.
Central Region

Dr. Tosha Larson earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at University of Oklahoma. She has been employed with Compass Health Network since 2016. She currently serves as the Director of Outpatient Services for the Compass Health Nevada and El Dorado Springs Offices. She also works as the Director of Psychology at Compass Health. She has generalist training and experience in a variety of settings, including community mental health, university counseling, residential treatment, inpatient, and private practice. She is skilled with clinical supervision, psychological assessment, management, and leadership. She is passionate about issues of diversity, activism, and social justice. She is a member of the Accessibility and Inclusion Committee at Compass Health, which evaluates the organization’s level of cultural proficiency, provides training for all employees regarding the value of a diverse workforce, and works with diverse populations to reduce barriers to access service.

Aimee Dershowitz, Psy.D.
Great Lakes Region

Dr. Aimee Dershowitz is a licensed psychologist currently in private practice in Zionsville, Indiana. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Indianapolis with concentrations in Children and Adolescent Psychology and Health Psychology. Dr. Dershowitz values learning and teaching in the area of diversity, particularly as it relates to recognizing the aspects of diversity that can be frequently overlooked by the general population, and the intersectionality between those aspects and the more commonly recognized aspects of diversity. She fully believes that exposure to differences, and approaching those differences with humility to learn about them, is the responsibility of all psychologists. Diversity is an ever changing subject and learning in this area is never completed. Dr. Dershowitz is a lifelong learner and can’t wait to continue her exploration in Diversity and Inclusion.

Ianto West, Psy.D.
Cascades Region

Dr. A. Ianto West is a licensed psychologist practicing at HealthPoint Redmond in Washington state. As an integrated FQHC psychologist, Dr. West works with many immigrants and refugees. He also has a small group practice focusing on transgender care, trauma, and ADHD. He received his doctorate from Antioch University Seattle – a school with a long history of focusing on social justice. Prior to doctoral study, he worked for nonprofits focusing on crisis services for LGBTQ youth. He has additional experience working for homeless outreach, advocacy, and sexual health education. He has been active with transgender consultation and advocacy organizations over the past decade. Dr. West values decolonizing research methodologies and evidence-based diversity training. He has been a member of the NPTC Diversity Committee since 2020.

Toni Ripper
Operations Manager

Ms. Ripper joined NPTC as the Operations Coordinator in 2018. She is currently working towards her master’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. She was promoted to Operations Manager in August 2023, where she helps oversee the day-to-day operations of the consortium across all regions, including intern/supervisor data, monthly didactic and continuing education program, and the Match process. She also assists with the coordination of consortium data tracking and reporting as well as compliance with regulatory bodies.

Mallory Richardson
Communications and Intern Relations Coordinator

Mallory earned her master’s degree in Technical and Professional Writing from Missouri State University in August 2019. She joined the NPTC team in August 2021 to manage social media and marketing content, assist with data collection, further efforts for alumni relations, distribute newsletters, and maintain NPTC’s website. Mallory enjoys attending conferences to tell people about the opportunities to connect with NPTC. Connect with Mallory on LinkedIn.

Amber Bartley
Administrative Assistant

Amber joined NPTC in May of 2023 after serving eight years as a public school teacher. She has a Master’s degree in Educational Technology from Lesley University. As “the Hub,” Amber supports the administrative staff, NPTC executives, and the hundreds of supervisors, interns, and alumni in various administrative tasks. In addition to answering emails, scheduling meetings, and updating records, she also assists with invoicing and financials.

Daria Cook
Operations Support

Daria earned a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Missouri State University in 2022. She joined the NPTC team in January 2024 as the Operations Support, where she assists with the day-to-day operations of the consortium, timesheet management, data tracking and reporting, and updating schools/sites with the interns’ progress.

Ember Carroll
Training Support

Ember earned their bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Missouri State University in December of 2018 and a master’s degree in Library and Information Science with Archives Concentration from Emporia State University in 2021. After working as a writer and developer to improve the policies and procedures of non-profit organizations, Ember joined the team to assist with training and support.