phd Archives - Birmingham Maple Clinic

Jennifer Hanawalt, PhD, LLP

Child, adolescent and adult psychotherapy and assessment. Specializations include anxiety and mood disorders, trauma, grief, adjustment related issues, developmental disabilities, parenting work, and co-existing medical, physical, and mental health difficulties. Experience working with augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices for individuals with communication difficulties. Trained to provide ADOS evaluations. Cognitive behavioral and integrative orientation.

Linda Spoon Simonton, PhD

Individual and family psychotherapy and psychological evaluations with children, adolescents and adults. Areas of specialization include parent guidance, preschool and school age children and their parents, academic and school planning, mood and behavioral disorders, encopresis/fecal withholding, elective mutism and ADD/ADHD. Evaluation and ongoing case management also available.

Joanne Willen, PhD

Individual, couple, family and group psychotherapy with adolescents and adults. Areas of specialization include mood disorders, anxiety disorders, women’s issues, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and relationship problems. Psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral orientation.

Lawrence Schmidt, PhD, LLP

Individual, couple, family and group psychotherapy with children, adolescents and adults. Areas of specialization include holistic psychotherapy, addictions, specific problems of youth, adolescents and young adults, pain management, health issues, anxiety and depression, divorce and separation issues, ADD/ADHD, grief and loss issues, anger management and transpersonal psychology. Specialized groups for youth with conduct disorders.

Kristen Miller Beesley, PhD

Individual psychotherapy with adolescents and adults, psychological testing for individuals; school-aged children through adulthood. Areas of special interest include depression, anxiety, childhood traumas, relationship problems and adolescent and adult adjustment-related issues. Psychological assessment specialization including testing to determine IQ, academic functioning, personality and other emotional issues. Psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral orientation. Psychotherapy As a clinical … Read more

Paula Jorne, PhD, LPC

Psychotherapy with children, adults, couples and families. Special interest in depression, dissociative and anxiety disorders, sexual abuse, family violence, post-traumatic stress, sexual orientation, chronic pain and bipolar disorders. Psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral orientation. Group Therapy Coping with ADHD in Adulthood Parenting Your Aspberger’s Child