Dr. Laura Palmer established the practice in 1997.  The primary practice location is at 37 Kings Road, Ste. 102, Madison, NJ.   Drs. Palmer & Dunn provide pediatric, adolescent, adult, and older adult neuropsychological and psychological services at this primary location.  Dr. Palmer also established a clinical services and training collaboration with Winchester Gardens, a Springpoint Community, in 1997.  There she is joined by Dr. Peggy Farrelly and Jessica Torgovnik, M.S.Ed., where the team provides a range of clinical and research programs and services for residents and their families. 

Clinical and Administrative Staff at 37 Kings Road, Ste. 102, Madison, NJ

Laura Palmer, Ph.D., MSCP, C-AAIS, ABPP  is a board certified psychologist with over 35 years of experience in clinical work, research, consulting and training in pediatric, adolescent, and adult psychology and neuropsychology.  She has clinical and teaching experience across a variety of settings including hospital, school and private practice.  She has been involved in the training of Doctoral level Counseling Psychology students for over 25 years.  Find out more about Dr. Palmer here.

Adriana Dunn, Ph.D., LMFT is a licensed psychologist and Marriage and Family Therapist with over 30 years experience in providing psychological services and evaluations to children, adolescents, adults, couples and families across a variety of settings including schools, hospitals, out-patient and private practice.  Dr. Dunn has also been actively involved in teaching, research and supervision of graduate students in psychology and marriage and family therapy. Dr. Dunn is a native Spanish speaker. Find out more about Dr. Dunn here.

Ms. Lorraine Amato is our capable and essential office manager.  If you have a question about billing or administrative matters, please leave Ms. Amato a voicemail message and she will respond to your call as soon as possible.  Please note, Ms. Amato is in the office on Mondays.

Winchester Gardens Psychological Services, Maplewood, NJ

Dr. Peggy Farrelly is a counseling psychologist and a member of the psychological services team at Winchester Gardens.  Her work with residents and their families includes individual psychotherapy, support groups, and consultation with community staff.

Jessica Torgovnik, M.S.Ed. is the Dorothy D. Palmer Clinical Fellow with the psychological services team at Winchester Gardens, where she contributes to clinical programming and services for residents.

Our Therapy Dogs

Bonne Prince Harry is our certified therapy dog.  Harry works with Dr. Palmer at  the Madison office as well as Winchester Gardens, a Springpoint Community! Find out more about Bonne Prince Harry here and check out his Facebook page here.

Falyn is also a certified therapy dog, working alongside Dr. Palmer and Harry with residents at Winchester Gardens.

Sir Augustus Drew is the newest member of the team and is currently a therapy dog in training.