Who We Are

Our office includes a psychologist, a psychiatrist, other mental health associates, and our administrative assistant. The clinical staff are all licensed in their professional areas and have advanced training well beyond that required by licensing boards to practice in their areas.

Marolyn Morford, Ph.D. (morford@ccad-pa.com):

Marolyn Morford is a clinical and developmental psychologist in practice in State College. She has over 25 years of experience working with individuals in a variety of contexts. She is past president of the Central Pennsylvania Psychological Association, a member of the American Psychological Association’s Division 53 (Clinical Child Psychology), Pennsylvania Psychological Association’s (PPA) Child Custody Task Force, as well as PPA’s Committees on Ethics, Continuing Education, the Practice-Research Network, and chair of PPA’s E-newsletter. She has testified before legislative committees on the effects of video games on children and on effectiveness research regarding drug and alcohol problems. She has also testified on custody and other child-related matters in several Pennsylvania counties (Allegheny, Blair, Bucks, Centre, Clinton, & Mifflin). She likes summarizing current research to schools, agencies, and groups to increase awareness of development, behavior, and emotional health needs of children and adults.

Psychologist, Clinical Director, National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology #50481. B.A., French Language & Literature, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of Chicago in Educational Psychology, Committee on Child Development. Predoctoral training at University of Chicago Hospitals Dept. of Child Psychiatry & Cook County Hospital, Chicago. Licensed psychologist in Pennsylvania (PS 8170-L).

John Boswell, M.D. (boswell@ccad-pa.com): Board Certified in General & Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist.
B.A., Guilford College, N.C., M.D., University of Virginia; Residency, University of Chicago; Dept. of Psychiatry. Additional 2 year Fellowship training in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Duke University. Having been in practice since 1986, he has a broad range of experience working in a variety of treatment settings, including inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, and residential treatment, and 9 years as director of a children's inpatient hospital unit working with the most severe kinds of disorders.