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ABOUT ME

I received my graduate education at Palo Alto University where I completed my clinical training at the Palo Alto VA and the National Center for PTSD. I then completed my internship at the Houston VA and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at UT Health San Antonio with the STRONG STAR Consortium and the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD at Fort Hood. I am licensed in the state of Texas and board certified in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology. Currently, I am in private practice (viritual) and a staff psychologist with the VA North Texas Health Care System. I was born and raised in a small town in North Texas before I moved to California for graduate school. I'm glad to be back home in Texas and to be serving folks in the DFW area struggling to overcome the pain and suffering that can follow life’s most significant stressors.

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EDUCATION

2012 - 2017

Doctor of Philosophy, Clinical Psychology

Palo Alto Univeristy, Palo Alto, CA

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2012 - 2015

Master of Science, Clinical Psychology

Palo Alto Univeristy, Palo Alto, CA

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2009 - 2012

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology

University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX

2016 - 2017

Clinical Internship 

Michael E. DeBakey VAMC, Houston, TX

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2017 - 2019

Postdoctoral Fellowship

UT Health San Antonio, Fort Hood, TX

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CURRENT POSITIONS

2019 - Present

Staff Psychologist

VA North Texas Health Care System, Plano, TX

2019 - Present

Adjunct Faculty, Psychology

University of North Texas, Denton, TX

2018 - Present

Adjunct Faculty, Social and Behavioral Science

Central Texas College, Killen, TX​

2022 - Present

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX​

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Posttraumtic Stress

Treatment of PTSD & Posttraumtic Growth

Military Combat and Operational Stress 

Prevention & Treatment

Moral Injury

Conceptualization & Intervention

Resilience in Military Service Members

Assessment & Interventions for Enhancement

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Clinical Research & Implementation

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