Background Information and Training

Hello.  I am a licensed psychologist in the state of Georgia who provides individual therapy services to children, adolescents, and adults.  I specialize in research supported treatment of emotional and behavioral disorders such as anxiety, depression, and ADHD.   Additional areas of interest include anger management, peer relationships/social skills, parent-child relationships, and self-esteem.  I also enjoy working directly with parents as a parenting coach, providing empirically supported interventions including Parent Management Training (PMT) and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT).  

I am also well trained to provide psychoeducational evaluations in order to document learning disabilities and other factors that negatively impact learning.  During my graduate training, I worked in the Clarke County school system as well as a large urban-suburban school district in Houston, Texas.  I worked for five years as the supervising psychologist in the School Psychology Clinic at The University of Georgia.  Thus, I am well versed in academic-based recommendations, modifications, and strategies to improve school performance, and I enjoy consulting with parents and teachers regarding the best way to meet the academic needs of children.  

I earned my Ph.D. from The University of Georgia, where I held a part-time assistant professor position in the department of Educational Psychology. I taught several sections of doctoral level courses (Social and Emotional Assessment of Children and Adolescents; Individual Intervention) and provided clinical supervision to advanced graduate students conducting assessments in the School Psychology Clinic at UGA.  I also supervised advanced doctoral level practicum students in the administration of assessments and provision of therapy services in my private practice.  

I am member of national and local organizations including the American Psychological Association (APA), Georgia Psychological Association (GPA), and Athens Area Psychological Association (AAPA).

In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my husband and two children, traveling, hiking, reading, and sewing.