Deirdre A. Caplin, PhD, MS

Deirdre Caplin, MS, PhD completed a Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from Purdue University School of Science, her PhD in Clinical Child Psychology from Ohio University, and her clinical internship in Pediatric Psychology at the University of Louisville Medical Center. She has been with the Department of Pediatrics Since 2001 and joined the Division of Behavioral Health in 2009. Dr. Caplin serves as an Associate Program Director in the Pediatric Residency Program. Her research interests mirror her administrative efforts in resident education, including curriculum development and the role of learning styles, emotional regulation and wellness in resident performance. With her colleagues in Pediatric Behavioral Health, she has developed a program to train providers in communication with children and families, in order to inform clinical care around medically unexplained physical symptoms and somatic symptom disorders. Dr. Caplin’s clinical practice is focused on the evaluation and treatment of medically ill children and adolescents. She is trained in cognitive-behavioral therapy, clinical pediatric hypnosis, biofeedback and relaxation, and behavioral approaches, with a specific focus on functional improvement, the management of anxiety, disease management issues, management of chronic fatigue and chronic pain, somatic symptom and associated disorders.