Clinical Approach and Theoretical Orientation
I am a Clinical and Developmental Psychology PhD candidate with over five years of experience providing evidence-based therapeutic interventions to children, adolescents, adults, and families. I am especially interested in helping young people who are struggling with low mood, anxious feelings, and navigating big transitions and social relationships.
I take a collaborative approach with my clients, recognizing that my clients are experts in their lived experiences.
My theoretical orientation is firmly grounded in evidence-based cognitive and behavioral theory, and developmental science. Beginning with thorough assessments from multiple sources, my clients and I collaborate to develop a strong case conceptualization and treatment plan that will work for them, which we continuously update via routine outcome monitoring. As clients rarely present with a single disorder, my intervention approach targets key mechanisms underlying transdiagnostic features, often starting with the most impairing symptoms. While I largely take a CBT-based approach, I draw from other evidence-based therapeutic approaches (e.g., ACT) when appropriate.
Intervention Experience
Role
Setting
Intervention
Population
Individual and Family Therapist
Individual Therapist
Individual and Family Therapist
Individual Therapist
Individual Therapist
Certified Suicide and Crisis Phone Counselor
07/2023 - 07/2024
Oregon Health & Sciences University-Doernbacher Children's Hospital
10/2022 - 07/2023
University of Oregon Psychology Clinic
10/2022 - 07/2023
University of Oregon Psychology Clinic
10/2021 - 09/2022
Vista Counseling
12/2020 - 09/2021
University of Oregon Psychology Clinic
08/2017 - 05/2018
Alachua County Crisis Center
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Trauma Focused CBT, Habit Reversal Treatment (HRT); Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
CBT; CBT-ERP; and parent training
CBT
CBT; Psychodiagnostic assessments
Suicide and crisis assessment, intervention, and stabilization
Youth and families
Adolescents and adults
Youth and families
Adolescents
Adults
All ages
Assessment Experience
Role
Setting
Intervention
Population
Assessment Administrator
Clinical Interviewer and KSADS administrator
11/2022- 01/2024
Erik Sorensen, PhD
10/2019- 10/2021
University of Oregon Transitions in Adolescent Girls study
Administered neuropsychological, cognitive, psychodiagnostic, and IQ assessments WISC & WAIS
Conducted psychodiagnostic and cognitive assessments,
K-SADS and WASI-II
Department of Human Services- and Child Welfare-referred youth and families in community and residential settings
Adolescent girls
Assessments Administered
Adults
Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Disorders (SCID-5)
Diagnostic Interview for Anxiety, Mood, and OCD and Related Neuropsychiatric Disorders (DIAMOND)
Ruff Figural Fluency Test
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-4th Edition (WAIS-IV)
Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement-IV
Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities-IV
Wechsler Memory Scale-4th Edition (WMS-IV)
Trail Making Test A and B (TMT)
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
Stroop Color and Word Test (SCWT)
General Anxiety Disorder-7 Scale (GAD-7)
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)
Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)
Youth, Parents, and Families
Adaptive Behavior Assessment System, 3rd Edition (ABAS-3)
Brief Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning – Parent Version
Brief Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning – Parent
Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC)
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths Assessment (CANS)
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II)
Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)
Pediatric Anxiety Short Form v2.0 - Anxiety 8a (PROMIS)
Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression
Scale for Depression (CES-DC)
Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths Assessment (CANS)
Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (CY-BOCS-2)
Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS)
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 modified for Adolescents (PHQ-A)
Beck Youth Inventories, Second Edition (BYI-2)
Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED)
Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children, 2nd Edition (MASC-2)
Comprehensive Trail Making Test, 2nd Edition (CTMT2)
Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration, 6th Edition (BEERY VMI-6)
A Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment, 2nd Ed)
Neuropsychological Assessment Measures (NEPSY-II)
Ruff Figural Fluency Test (RFFT)
Delis Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS)
Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure (ROCF)
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, 5th Edition (PPVT-5)
Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II)
Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS)
BHS (Beck Hopelessness Scale)
MMPI-3 (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - 3)
PAI (Personality Assessment Inventory)
MMPI-2 (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - 2)
C-SSRS (Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale)
Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS)
Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)
Mind Over Mood Sleep Inventory
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - 3 (MMPI)