Executive IIFC Director
Maite P. Mena
Psy.D.
Dr. Maite Mena has a Doctorate in Psychology and is a Research Assistant Professor at the SEHD, University of Miami. She was the recipient of a NIDA funded Diversity Grant that provided additional training on clinical research and evidence-based treatments. Her expertise includes study design, coordination and implementation within randomized clinical trials. Dr. Mena has contributed to the writing of treatment implementation manuals and standard operating procedures for recruiting, assessment, training of interventionists and intervention delivery. She has led the successful execution of three complex treatment protocols in the roles of co-investigator on two studies with Hispanic adolescents and their families and as Co-PI and project director in a randomized trial for substance-abusing adolescents and their families.
Dr. Mena has played a central role in making cultural adaptations to family-based treatment models, has worked on the integration of Motivational Interviewing into family based treatments, and has led efforts to measure treatment adherence/fidelity in complex interventions. A current Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant has led Dr. Mena to acquire expertise in the training and dissemination of Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT), an evidence based practice. As the Project Director for this SBIRT training grant, Dr. Mena has organized training events in classrooms (at UM and FIU), at healthcare practice sites (University of Miami Hospital, Saint John Bosco Clinic, and ConnectFamilias), and at regional trainings across Florida. Dr. Mena works collaboratively with a community organization which focuses on reducing health disparities in the Hispanic community. As a result of her work in the community, Dr. Mena received an award for Excellence in Partnership from the community organization in 2013.
Clinical Supervisors
All of our supervisors are licensed psychologists in the state of Florida.
Annie Khan
Psy.D.
Dr. Annie Khan completed her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at The Adler School of Professional Psychology. She is an adjunct faculty member of the Counseling program where she supervises student clinical work and teaches courses in the program. She works with a wide range of concerns such as: depression, anxiety, major life changes, and couples and familial issues.
In addition, Dr. Khan’s areas of focus include:
- Cultural Integration: As a Caribbean female Dr. Khan has an intimate understanding of the challenges faced by cultural minorities in society; adapting, integrating and succeeding in a different society, while maintaining one’s own cultural identity and the value it has.
- LGBTQ: Dr. Annie Khan considers herself an ally for the LGBTQ community. She has experience with the identity and family related challenges of coming out. Dr. Khan has also been trained in the field of couples counseling, and has developed her own unique understanding of the challenges faced by LGBT couples in particular.
Joan Muir
Ph.D.
Dr. Joan Muir is a Licensed Psychologist. She received her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Fordham University, completed her internship at Yale University School of Medicine and post-doctoral fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Dr. Muir began her career at the University of Miami School of Medicine developing new psychotherapies for drug using youth. For the last sixteen years, she has been the Executive Director of the Brief Strategic Family Therapy® (BSFT®) Institute. The BSFT model is an Evidence Based Model for families of drug using, delinquent youth. Dr. Muir developed the implementation program to disseminate the model in community agencies. Under her leadership, BSFT programs expanded to major cities in the USA and Europe, such as New York, Philadelphia and Stockholm as well as in many suburban and rural counties.
Dr. Muir’s stellar community service leadership roles include National Secretary of the Association of Black Psychologists (ABPsi) as well as Past President of the South Florida Chapter. Her passion is to keep families strong, engage fathers in therapy, resolve relationship conflict, and support work/life balance particularly for women in executive leadership roles. Dr. Muir has a thriving private practice in South Florida and also consults with organizations across the United States and in other countries.
Dr. Muir is an accomplished speaker who has inspired audiences in the United States as well in Brazil, Hong Kong, The Netherlands and Sweden. She has made media appearances on BBC, NBC, NPR, The Wall Street Journal and Millennium Magazine. Dr. Muir is the recipient of the 2021-2022 Marquis Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award.