Application Deadline:
November 1, 2024Interview Notification Deadline:
December 6, 2024Interview Dates:
January 14, 15, & 16, 2025
(via video technology)Program Start Date
July 2025
Check with your primary site supervisor for your specific start date and information about orientation.
Training Directors
Rebecca Volino Robinson, Ph.D.
Training Director, Providence Family Medicine Center (PFMC)/Alaska Family Medicine Residency (AKFMR)
Rebecca Volino Robinson, Ph.D.
Training Director, Providence Family Medicine Center (PFMC)/Alaska Family Medicine Residency (AKFMR)
Rebecca.Robinson2@providence.org
Rebecca Volino Robinson is a licensed psychologist who earned her Ph.D. in clinical-community psychology at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She has over a decade of experience practicing in tribal health, refugee resettlement, and primary care settings in Alaska. In her current role, she serves as the Director of Behavioral Health at the Alaska Family Medicine Residency and the Training Director for the Alaska Psychology Internship Consortium. With gratitude, Dr. Robinson plays a vital role in shaping Alaska’s next generation of healthcare professionals.
Dr. Robinson’s clinical practice is focused on helping individuals lead fulfilling and meaningful lives. She specializes in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and is a therapeutic yoga teacher. Her approach integrates ACT with yoga-based practices—such as movement, breath, and focused attention—to assist her patients in achieving their health and wellness goals. Dr. Robinson particularly enjoys working with individuals dealing with acute and chronic stress, psychological trauma, addiction, chronic diseases like hypertension and diabetes, and those experiencing physical pain. As a passionate educator, Dr. Robinson welcomes the opportunity to train others interested in incorporating mind-body practices into their healthcare approach.
On a personal note, Dr. Robinson’s favorite food is dark chocolate. She finds joy in taking long walks in the Alaskan wilderness with her dog and husband, tending to houseplants, and traveling. She has visited all 50 United States and twelve countries and is working her way to each of the original “blue zones” worldwide. Her guiding principle is to “show up” to life with love, compassion, and a dash of humor, no matter what life presents.
Virginia (Ginny) Parret, Ph.D.
Associate Training Director, Providence Family Medicine Center (PFMC)/Alaska Family Medicine Residency (AKFMR)
Virginia (Ginny) Parret, Ph.D.
Associate Training Director, Providence Family Medicine Center (PFMC)/Alaska Family Medicine Residency (AKFMR)
Virginia.Parret@providence.org
Dr. Parret is a licensed clinical psychologist who has served as a Behavioral Health Faculty member at the Alaska Family Medicine Residency in Anchorage since July 2011. Dr. Parret is supervising clinical psychologist for Providence Family Medicine Center, primary care clinic which offers integrated behavioral health services. She also serves as faculty for the APA accredited – Alaska Psychology Internship Consortium (ak-pic.wiche.testing.brossgroup.com). Dr. Parret earned her doctoral degree from the University of Alaska (UAA-site) in Clinical-Community Psychology with an Emphasis in Indigenous and Rural Areas. She completed her dissertation titled: Meeting the Needs of Breast Cancer Survivors in Alaska: Survivors’ and Healthcare Providers’ Perspectives. Her clinical interests include health psychology, integrated behavioral health in primary care, and women’s health across the lifespan. She has a particular interest and passion for identifying and working with women and partners who experience perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) during prenatal and postpartum period. She enjoys the challenge of attempting to improve health through psychosocial interventions for diverse and underserved patient populations. She has completed the following additional trainings: Society for Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Behavioral Science Fellowship in 2014; Certificate in Primary Care Behavioral Health through the University of Massachusetts; and Certification in Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders through Postpartum Support International. One of Dr. Parret’s favorite aspects of her job is working with residents to teach behavioral health interventions to use with patients and supervise clinical psychology students who work to deliver integrated behavioral health services within the residency affiliated primary care clinic. Dr. Parret and her husband (both life-long Alaskans) enjoy spending time together doing outdoor activities, various home-improvement projects and chasing after their 2 young sons (Calder & Henrik) who keep them on their toes!
Consortium Faculty
Keri Boyd, Ph.D.
Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association (APIA)
Dr. Keri Boyd is a Licensed Psychologist born and raised in Alaska. She earned her doctoral degree from the UAF Clinical-Community Ph.D. program with a rural and Indigenous emphasis, and completed her pre-doctoral internship in Nome. Keri has worked in Community Mental Health, Tribal Health, Hospital, intensive outpatient, and educational settings in rural and urban communities throughout Alaska. She has experience providing individual and group psychotherapy with a variety of adults and teens across a range of clinical conditions including anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use, relational distress, and identity development. Her approach to treatment is collaborative and relational with grounding in short-term dynamic and existential psychotherapy. Her research interests are community-based and participatory research methodology and Alaska Native Successful Aging. Dr. Boyd has been with APIA since 2018 in a variety of roles and is currently providing direct care, supervision, and serves as a faculty member for AK-PIC and the Alaska Tribal Fellowship. She is passionate about living and working in Alaska and committed to supporting the health and well-being of all Alaskans. Outside of work she and her partner enjoy all things outdoors and spending time with family, friends, and pups.
Seth Green, Ph.D., ABPP
Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association (APIA)
Dr. Seth Green is a licensed clinical psychologist and a Commander in the United States Public Health Service. He has worked in this capacity in Texas, Georgia, and Alaska. He holds a Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Washington State University. Prior to joining APIA he worked with the Norton Sound Health Corporation in the Bering Straits region of Alaska for five years and before that with the Department of Defense with US Army Special Operations 75th Ranger Regiment and the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment as an embedded battalion psychologist for a number of years. He also served from 2014-2024 as the Training Co-Director of the Alaska Psychology Internship Consortium for psychology interns. In addition, he serves as an instructor at Ilisagvik College for behavioral health aide trainees.
Dianna Mohrmann, Psy.D.
Alaska Psychiatric Institute
Dianna Mohrmann is a licensed clinical psychologist and currently works as a forensic psychologist for the Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API), overseeing restoration treatment and conducting competency to stand trial evaluations. She earned her Psy.D. in clinical psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology and moved to Alaska in 2014 to complete her predoctoral internship at API. She completed her postdoctoral training at Anchorage Community Mental Health Services and at API. She has experience providing individual and group therapy as well as psychological assessments in a number of settings including inpatient hospitals, a partial hospitalization program, intensive outpatient, community mental health, and private practice. Prior to returning to API in 2023, Dr. Mohrmann worked as the clinical supervisor for the adult outpatient program at Alaska Behavioral Health. She has training and experience with both Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). Outside of work, Dr. Mohrmann enjoys spending time with her family and exploring Alaska.
Cultural Advisor
Iva GreyWolf, Ph.D.
President 2019-2021, Society of Indian Psychologists
Iva GreyWolf, PhD, has served in the field of behavioral health for over 40 years in rural and remote communities mostly with underserved indigenous people, much of that time in Alaska. She is a licensed clinical psychologist who is committed to serving the underserved and her special interest include complex trauma and addictions treatment. Dr. GreyWolf is Assiniboine and Anishinabe, roots in Montana and Wisconsin. She has been a cultural consultant/advisor to AKPIC since its inception in 2009. She is a trainer/consultant nationally and internationally on a variety of behavioral health issues such as complex trauma, co-occurring disorders, grief, clinical supervision and resilience. Dr. GreyWolf has served as a member and chair of the American Psychological Association Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs and as a member and chair of the APA Committee on Rural Health, as a commissioner on the Alaska Commission for Behavioral Health Certification and on the Alaska Board of Psychologists. GreyWolf is an APA fellow. She currently serves on CEMRRAT2, the APA Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment Retention and Training. Dr. GreyWolf is currently the president of the Society of Indian Psychologists. She and her husband reside in Oregon where they enjoy being Master Gardeners and Master Food Preservers. They have 10 children between them, multiple grandchildren, and one rescue cat.
Our Focus on Diversity
Alaska is a highly diverse state, and AK-PIC is committed to promoting diversity in its training program. We are invested in recruiting and retaining staff who represent culturally and individually diverse backgrounds. Diversity is a core emphasis of the training curriculum, and it is woven into every component of the internship, which creates a supportive learning and employment environment for our interns and staff.