Patricia E Durning

Patricia E Durning, Ph.D.

Clinical Associate Professor

Department: Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
Business Phone: (352) 265-0294
Business Email: pdurning@phhp.ufl.edu

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Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

  1. CLP6946 – Advanced Practicum in Applied Medical Psychology

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  2. CLP6940 – Supervised Teaching

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  3. CLP6430 – Clinical Psychological Assessment

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  4. CLP6947 – Practicum in Intervention

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  5. CLP6943 – Core Practicum in Clinical Psychology

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  6. CLP3144 – Abnormal Psychology

    College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

  7. CLP7980 – Research for Doctoral Dissertation

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

Clinical Profile

Dr. Durning maintains a clinical practice at a University of Florida’s women’s health clinic, where she provides direct delivery of psychological assessment, psychotherapy, and consultation-liaison. As a member of the infertility group, she sees all couples preparing for in vitro fertilization as well as all individuals involved in third-party reproduction (i.e., oocyte donor candidates, recipients of donor sperm or oocytes, and gestational host surrogacy candidates and commissioning couples) for psychological consultation. In addition, she sees patients referred through obstetrics and gynecology for psychological assessment and treatment for a range of difficulties, including prenatal anxiety, post-partum depression, and more general psychological difficulties. In addition, Dr. Durning serves as the supervising psychologist to graduate students and pre-doctoral intern trainees conducting therapy with adults with a range of presenting problems.

Specialties

  • Psychology

Subspecialties

  • Clinical Health Psychology

Areas of Interest

  • Infertility
  • Women’s Health

Research Profile

Dr. Durning has been a collaborator on externally-funded research projects in health promotion, working as a data coordinator for two NIH-funded grants examining lifestyle intervention for obesity (PI: Michael G. Perri, Ph.D.). Dr. Durning has also been interested in gaining a better understanding of adjustment to medical conditions. To this end, she has participated in unfunded research in both infertility and psycho-oncology.

Publications

Academic Articles

Education

  1. Ph.D.

    University of Florida

  2. M.A.

    University of Florida

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 265-0294
Emails:
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100165
GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
GAINESVILLE FL 326100165