Holly T. Weldon, Ph.D.

About Me

Dr. Holly Weldon is a licensed clinical psychologist at the University of Rochester Medical Center, where she holds an appointment as a Senior Instructor in the Departments of Psychiatry, Surgery, and Orthopedics. Dr. Weldon specializes in communication coaching for surgical and orthopedic surgery r...

Dr. Holly Weldon is a licensed clinical psychologist at the University of Rochester Medical Center, where she holds an appointment as a Senior Instructor in the Departments of Psychiatry, Surgery, and Orthopedics. Dr. Weldon specializes in communication coaching for surgical and orthopedic surgery residents and conducts psychosocial transplant evaluations for living organ donors. She is passionate about integrating principles of psychology into physical health care, benefiting patients, their families, and the medical team. She earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Vermont and her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Rochester. In her free time, Dr. Weldon enjoys gardening, home improvement projects, and playing with her son.

Faculty Appointments

Senior Instructor - Department of Psychiatry, Psychology (SMD)

Senior Instructor - Department of Orthopaedics (SMD) - Joint

Senior Instructor - Department of Surgery, Surgery Education/Minimally Invasive (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Women's Health Psychology and Integrated Care (APA Accredited), University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Doctoral Internship in Pediatric Psychology (APA-Accredited), Lucille Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Department of Psychiatry, Stanford, CA 2020 - 2021

Education

PhD | University of Vermont. Clinical Psychology. 2021

BA | University of Rochester. Psychology. 2014

Publications

Journal Articles

How I do it: Meeting Milestones Through a Communication Coaching Program.

DeCaporale-Ryan L, Weldon H, Qi Y, Salloum R, McDaniel S

Journal of surgical education.. 2024 November 482 (1):103323. Epub 11/04/2024.

The chronic traumatic stress treatment (CTS-T): A resilience-focused, culturally responsive intervention for refugees and survivors of torture-including a mobile mental health application

Fondacaro, K. M.; Mazzula, E. C.; Weldon, H. T.

Torture Journal. 2021; 31(2): 110-125.

Addressing the Disparity in Refugee Mental Health Services: a Pilot Study of a Traumatic Stress Intervention Utilizing a Language-Free mHealth Application.

Mazzulla, E. C.; Fondacaro, K. M.; Weldon, H.; Dibble, M.; Price, M.

Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science. 2021; 6(5): 1-10.

Children's affective and arousal responses to live interparental conflict: Links with appraisals.

Weldon HT, Schermerhorn AC, Stickle TR

Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43).. 2019 August 33 (5):607-616. Epub 03/14/2019.

Positivity and negativity in interparental conflict: Links with children's evaluations and appraisals.

Schermerhorn, A.; Hudson, K.; Weldon, H.; Woolfolk, H.; Stickle, T.

Journal of Child and Family Studies. 2019; 28(7): 1914-1925.