Gena Gorlin, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor, Psychology, UT-Austin

Dr. Gena Gorlin is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the psychological needs of ambitious, high-agency individuals. She also has expertise in the treatment of anxiety, depression, trauma, and related concerns using evidence-based treatments such as CBT, ACT, and DBT, integrated within an “agency via awareness” therapeutic framework.  Her research focuses on the cognitive and motivational factors that jointly fuel or undermine human agency and goal-striving. In addition to her academic and clinical work, she provides executive coaching to startup founders, writes a popular Substack newsletter, and has a forthcoming book with Penguin on the psychology of ambition.

Talya Leibowicz, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychology, UT-Austin

Dr. Talya Leibowicz is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of anxiety, trauma, and related concerns. She utilizes evidence-based treatments including ACT, CBT, and DBT to help clients navigate challenges, build resilience, and move towards their goals. She completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and her predoctoral internship at the UT-Austin Counseling and Mental Health Center. Dr. Leibowicz is also involved in clinical training and supervision and is passionate about helping therapists learn evidence-based techniques while also developing their unique therapeutic styles. She is also involved in clinical research with broad interests in anxiety and PTSD treatment, resilience, and first-responder populations.

Katherine Schaumberg, PhD

Assistant Professor, Psychology, UT-Austin

Dr. Katherine Schaumberg is a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in the assessment and treatment of eating disorders, eating and weight concerns, and related patterns of physical activity. Dr. Schaumberg’s clinical work emphasizes evidence-based, individually tailored approaches that consider the biological, psychological, and environmental factors that shape eating and activity behaviors. Dr. Schaumberg’s clinical and research interests focus on understanding why adaptive eating and physical activity patterns develop for some individuals while problematic patterns emerge or persist for others. She completed graduate training at the University at Albany–SUNY, followed by postdoctoral training at the Drexel University WELL Center and a T32 fellowship at the University of North Carolina Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders. This training included work focused on behavioral treatments, healthy weight management, and biological and genetic risk factors for eating disorders. Through the EMBARK Lab, Dr. Schaumberg studies how genetic and other individual risk factors can be integrated into biopsychosocial models of eating and activity behavior. A central goal of this work is to inform empirically supported, personalized approaches to treatment and improve mental health outcomes.

Alexandra Clark, PhD

Assistant Professor, Psychology, UT-Austin

Dr. Alexandra Clark is a licensed clinical neuropsychologist with expertise in neuropsychological assessment, cognitive aging, and the prevention of age-related cognitive decline. Her clinical work focuses on helping adults understand changes in cognition and everyday functioning and on promoting brain health through evidence-based education and intervention. She also supervises clinical psychology doctoral students in neuropsychological assessment and intervention. Dr. Clark received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Neuropsychology from the San Diego State University/University of California San Diego Joint Doctoral Program. She completed postdoctoral fellowships in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation and Alzheimer’s disease at the San Diego VA and UC San Diego. Her clinical experience includes neuropsychological assessment, brain and cardiovascular health education, and cognitive skills interventions designed to strengthen cognitive resilience and support everyday functioning. Dr. Clark directs the Mechanisms Underlying Neurocognitive Aging (MUNA) Lab, where her research examines how biological, behavioral, social, and environmental factors across the lifespan contribute to cognitive aging and risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Her work seeks to identify modifiable factors that can inform dementia prevention, promote healthy cognitive aging, and reduce disparities in brain health.

Stephen E. Finn, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor, Psychology, UT-Austin

Dr. Stephen Finn is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the integration of personality assessment and psychotherapy. Founder of the Center for Therapeutic Assessment, Austin, Texas, Dr. Finn is also Senior Researcher and Director of Training at the European Center for Therapeutic Assessment at Catholic University of Milan, Italy, and Director of Training at the Asian-Pacific Center for Therapeutic Assessment in Tokyo, Japan. He has published 100+ articles and chapters on psychological assessment, psychodiagnosis, and other topics in clinical psychology. He is the co-author of two recent books, Therapeutic Assessment with Adults and Therapeutic Assessment with Children, both published by Routledge in 2022. Dr. Finn is the recipient of the 2011 Bruno Klopfer Award from the Society of Personality Assessment for his distinguished lifetime contributions to the field of personality assessment. Among his other awards is the Carl Rogers Award for distinguished contributions to humanistic psychology, presented by Division 32 of the American Psychological Association in 2018.

Hannah Adams, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychology, UT-Austin

Dr. Hannah Adams is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of anxiety and mood disorders. Dr. Adams graduated from Kansas State University in 2019 with her B.S. in Human Development and Family Science and completed her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at the University of Kansas. Her clinical experiences include college counseling, community mental health, and adolescent intensive outpatient work. She most recently completed her doctoral internship at the Center for Anxiety in New York, where she worked with a broad range of anxiety disorders across the lifespan, as well as PTSD in 9/11 first responders. Her training has been in CBT, DBT, and Person-Centered Therapy, with a focus on Self-Compassion. Hannah is committed to providing empirically supported interventions to a wide range of diagnoses in order to increase patients’ autonomy and well-being in the face of anxiety, trauma, grief, and other life stressors. Hannah is also passionate about clinical training and supporting clinicians as they develop their clinical skills.