Alyce Getler, Psy.D.
Alyce Getler, Psy.D. is Assistant Clinical Professor, Harvard Medical School and Staff Psychologist at the Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA). At Cambridge Health Alliance she is chair of the Literature and Humanities Subcommittee of the Arts and Healthcare Steering Group. She has facilitated medical readers’ theater programs for residents, medical students, psychology interns, as well as faculty in psychiatry, nursing and medicine. She developed the “CHA Players” an interdisciplinary troupe of faculty and trainees interested in expanding the MRT program. As part of a year long fellowship program she studied the impact of medical readers’ theater on promoting empathy, broadening perspective and creating community among participants. Dr. Getler is a trained facilitator for the Literature and Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Healthcare program and has led seminars at Massachusetts General Hospital and Faulkner Hospital. She serves as the liaison for the CHA Literature & Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Health CareŽ