Brent Ferm

Brent (Rick) Ferm is a Part-Time Faculty member and licensed psychologist in the USF Clinical Psychology PsyD program. He holds a PhD from Northwestern University and a BS from UC Berkeley. His roles include teaching courses on Professional Ethics, Clinical Supervision, and Attachment Theory, and he co-chairs the SPEE/DCQE Committee.

Education:

• PhD in Clinical Psychology, Northwestern University, 1991
• BS in Psychology, UC Berkeley, 1980

Research focuses on clinical competency training, attachment-based interventions, and psychodynamic psychotherapy. He has 20 years of experience at the VA Northern California Health Care System and UC Davis School of Medicine, where he trained psychiatry residents. His 2021 publication introduced a standardized patient evaluation model for psychology programs.

Awards include two Residents’ Outstanding Volunteer Clinical Faculty Awards from UC Davis and Phi Beta Kappa.

Advising and grants: Supervises the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis’ training program and contributed to USF’s clinical competency exam. No grants explicitly mentioned.

Labs/teams: Involved with the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program.