Douglas Sanders

Dr. Sanders Received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from St John’s University, with special emphasis in child and family studies.  He also holds master’s degrees in counseling/community psychology (from Marist College) and in clinical psychology (also from St. John’s University). Dr. Sanders received his undergraduate degree in Psychology from Marist College.

In addition to serving as professor of psychology here at SUNY Orange, he is also a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with Rockland Psychiatric Center’s Middletown Mental Health Clinic, where he provides assessment and treatment for a diagnostically diverse population.  

In addition to his teaching here at SUNY Orange, Dr. Sanders has also taught at the Graduate level at Marist College including courses ranging from personality theory, to intellectual and personality assessment, to intervention courses including Multimodal Therapy.  He has also taught the behavior medicine course for the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine.  He has also performed training in various venues in Motivational Interviewing, Geriatric Psychiatry, and Disaster Mental Health.  Dr. Sanders has been involved in a range of research and clinical interests, including the psychosocial sequalae of MS affliction, cognitive deficits associated with Schizophrenia and their remediation, as well as disaster mental health in the geriatric population.