Pauline Prince, PhD, ABN
CVM Director of Psychological Services
MSU CVM Clinical Psychologist Pauline Prince offers a comprehensive service model for MSU CVM. This model includes:
- Evidence-based learning and teaching
- Collaborative decision making
- Therapeutic intervention
- Disability services
- Professional consultation
- Crisis prevention and intervention
- Trauma response
A board-certified neuropsychologist with nearly 40 years of experience working with students, Dr. Prince is committed to meeting the clinical and learning needs of MSU CVM students, faculty and staff. She specializes in providing therapeutic counseling services to those who have been diagnosed with anxiety and depression and can help them develop strategies to meet their individual needs to manage academics, as well as life stressors. In her work with students and school faculty and staff, Dr. Prince has served on trauma teams and participated in crisis response after student death from suicide, vehicle accidents, and other forms of trauma. She has also coordinated resources and staff to effectively respond to traumatic events. In addition, Dr. Prince has experience in working with students who self-harm, experience panic attacks, and develop health-related issues due to chronic stress.
For the past 40 years, Dr. Prince has grown her expertise in the evaluation of complex diagnostic cases. She understands the neuropsychological underpinnings of disabilities, functional implications for learning, social/emotional functioning, skill demonstration, and activities of daily living. In her work with students, families, and school staff, Dr. Prince has assisted in the development of academic success plans for educational disabilities, such as learning disabilities, ADHD, emotional conditions (to include anxiety and depression), and for Return to Learn protocols after a concussion. Concussion management is a complicated process, but quite critical to allow students to return to class, sport, and life.
Dr. Prince has worked with elite athletes, their parents, and coaches for over 30 years. She has a keen eye for details and can teach a wide variety of strategies to correct “bad habits,” which will allow for the implementation of self-initiated, game-time strategies for effective, consistent performance. Dr. Prince enjoys working with athletes to assist them in growing their skills (athletic, academic, and social/emotional) so that they can compete at the highest levels. Her neuropsychological evaluation/diagnostic skills have been employed by parents, coaches, teachers, and athletes to assist in the understanding of talented athletes with learning disabilities, ADHD, and/or the persistent effects of concussions. Neuropsychological evaluations produce real-time, effective strategies for the classroom and for athletic performances. This experience transferred easily to helping students, faculty, and staff at MSU CVM as they manage performance anxiety in the growth, development, and demonstration of their medical skills.
Dr. Prince understands the brain-behavior relationship; this knowledge allows her to assist the students that she serves, as well as school staff, to maximize the potential of students and schools. Dr. Prince can explain the data, the functional impact, and the strategies in a manner that is immediately useful to all parties involved. She is quite comfortable with staff training and public speaking.
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Dr. Prince may be reached at (662) 325-1125 or pjp40@msstate.edu.
Kristin Tew, PsyD
Staff Psychologist
Dr. Kristin Tew was born right here in Starkville, MS and grew up in Forest, MS. Dr. Tew attended the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS. She served as an officer in the US Air Force for 5 years. In 2012 she earned a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Counseling from The New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans. Dr. Tew earned her Doctorate in Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Xavier University in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Tew completed her APA Internship at Mississippi State University’s Student Counseling Services. She was the recipient of the BIAH Post-Doc Fellowship sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health at Mississippi State University’s College of Veterinary medicine. In addition to her three years of experience working with the veterinary medicine community, Dr. Tew has also worked in both inpatient and outpatient mental health settings, college counseling settings as well as in community mental health. Additionally, she has worked with individuals with intellectual disabilities, substance use and prevention, survivors of childhood trauma, individuals with combat PTSD, serious mental illness, and dual diagnosis. She has given presentations on suicide prevention and awareness to state and national members of the veterinary medicine community and has worked with MSU’s Department of Psychology on their suicide prevention and awareness grant. Dr. Tew has been on staff at CVM as a staff psychologist since June 2024. She has been married to her husband Ken for 26 years and they have served together in pastoral ministry for 25 years. She has 3 children, Elizabeth, Corban, and Joshua, who are all currently enrolled in 3 different colleges and 2 4-legged children, their 10-year-old lab, Rocky, and their 5-year-old goldendoodle, Mariposa, who is her daughter’s service dog. One of Dr. Tew’s favorite past times is watching her children compete and perform in their various activities and ringing her cowbell at MS State Football games.
Katie Holtcamp, PhD, LMSW
Staff Social Worker
Dr. Holtcamp joined our Wellness team as the Staff Social Worker January 1, 2024.
Dr. Holtcamp is a licensed therapist and holds a PhD in Animal Physiology from Mississippi State. She spent the past 7 years researching the physiological interaction between horses and humans when engaging in therapeutic services and investigating horses as a model for behaviors of natural addiction. She also serves as an equine therapist for numerous drug and alcohol treatment facilities in Mississippi and has facilitated professional development programs for mental health clinicians throughout the nation. Dr. Holtcamp brings a unique perspective to our team with the combination of knowledge in mental health and animal behavior. She is available to all students in the clinics, but primarily serves our House Officers.
