Dr. Pilar Tucker

Dr. Pilar Tucker is a current clinical psychology postdoctoral fellow at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She works across three departments within the hopsital, including the College Mental Health Program, the Psychology Training Program, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office. In addition to treating patients with various clinical presentations, she has also devoted her time to research and program evaluation and implementation. She has developed and implemented the first year-long multicultural training program for McLean Hospital's pre-doctoral clinical psychology interns. Dr. Tucker received her Bachelors from Spelman College, her Masters in Counseling from Boston University’s School of Medicine, and her Psy.D from William James College. Dr. Tucker is a clinician, educator, and entrepreneur. She has taught numerous undergraduate and graduate courses at William James College, Boston University School of Medicine, and Harvard University. Dr. Tucker is the founder of Empower Our Crown Foundation, Inc, a non-profit organization, where she has worked as a consultant building and facilitating mental health, DEI, and leadership development curricula, trainings, and programing for academic institutions, hospitals, and other organizations across the globe. Pilar and her team have successfully developed trauma-informed and strength-based curricula for marginalized youth and young adults to have access to culturally responsive mental health resources and professional development training opportunities. Dr. Tucker's scholarship examines the effects of complex and racial trauma on the leadership styles of Black women in leadership positions. Her dedication to building inclusive systems, commitment to education, and relentless pursuits to build diverse and psychologically competent leaders, has allowed Pilar to be a dynamic change agent.

Lynne-Marie Shea, PhD

Lynne-Marie Shea, PhD completed her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Suffolk University in May of 2023. Prior to pursuing a degree in Clinical Psychology, Lynne worked as a victim advocate for survivors of homicide victims and victims of violent crime and later as the Director of Victim Services at the Nonviolence Institute in Providence, RI. As program director, Lynne developed training curriculum for delivering trauma-informed, person-centered services to victims of community violence regardless of their background other other justice-system involvement. During her clinical training, Lynne worked as an emergency room assessor and a co-responder with the Providence Police Department. She completed her clinical internship at McLean Hospital's Behavioral Health Partial Program and her Postdoctoral fellowship with McLean Hospital's Diversity Equity and Inclusion Office (DEIO) and College Mental Health Program. Lynne currently works in the Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction Treatment Program (ADATP) outpatient clinic as a staff psychologist. Lynne's clinical training includes specializations in evidence-based treatments for PTSD and other trauma related disorders, mentalization based therapy (MBT) for treatment of personality disorders, provision of multiculturally responsive services, college mental health, and provision of clinical services to first responders. Lynne's early research centered around service-learning and the influence of scaffolded mentoring for service-learners on civic identity development. She has also published on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on teaching pedagogy and practices. Her most recent research, including her dissertation, has focused on the impact of class identity on therapy engagement and outcomes. Lynne also received a presidential award from McLean Hospital to fund research examining the DEIO's creation and dissemination of resources to support and facilitate diversity equity and inclusion initiatives and programing throughout the McLean hospital system. This access and utilization study is currently being conducted with results anticipated for this spring.