Dr. Kelly Shea is a Clinical Psychologist in the Outpatient Mental Health Clinic at Connecticut Children's. Dr. Shea's clinical interests include identity exploration, mood disorders and adjustment to chronic illness. In her free time, Dr. Shea enjoys reading and spending time outdoors with her dogs.

Education

University of Hartford

Sinclair, S. J., Cowie, K. D., Shea, K. L., Shea, K. E., Carroll, A. L., & Sinclair C. C. (In Press) Violent Politics: A Psychology of Fear. In M. Yalch, M. Taylor, L. Brown, A. Merari, & B. Bongar (Eds.), The Psychology of Terrorism. Oxford University Press.

Sinclair, S. J., Haggerty, G., Cowie, K. D., Shea, K. E., & Shea, K. L. (2026). Proclaiming a psychological assessment tool is “reliable, valid, and ethical” doth not make it so: A reply to Stein et al. (2026) and Jenkins (2026). Psychological Assessment, 38(3), 253–265. doi: 10.1037/pas0001451

Cowie, K. D., Shea, K. E., Wu, J. L., & Sinclair, S. J. (2025). Operationalizing informed consent in psychological assessment: Ethical issues and considerations. Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry. doi: 10.1981/EHPP-2025-0011.

Sinclair, S. J., Carpenter, K. E., Cowie, K. D., AhnAllen, C. G., & Haggerty, G. (2023). A critical review of the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale–Global and Thematic Apperception Test in clinical practice and research: Psychometric limitations and ethical implications. Psychological Assessment, 35(9), 778 - 790. doi: 10.1037/pas0001263

Olezeski, C. L., Boulware, S. D., Carpenter, K., Patel, A. D., & Weinzimer, S. A. (2021). Trans youth are under siege. Centerline Magazine, 4(2), 28-29

Locations Where I See Patients

Connecticut Children’s Specialty Care Center – Hartford (85 Seymour St.)

85 Seymour Street
Hartford, CT06106
United States