Our Team
Clinicians
Clinical Supervisors
Jolene Jacquart, PhD
Director of the Clinical Services and Training Center
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychology, UT-Austin
Dr. Jolene Jacquart, PhD is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist specializing in the treatment of anxiety, depression, and related concerns using evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and mindfulness-based interventions. She serves as a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Clinical Services and Training Center at the University of Texas at Austin, where she trains clinical psychology graduate students and supports clinical research. Dr. Jacquart completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and her predoctoral internship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Adult Psychiatry. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Exposure Therapy Consortium and serves on its Clinical Steering Committee, contributing to the advancement and implementation of evidence-based treatments. Dr. Jacquart is passionate about improving clinical training and the dissemination of evidence-based practices; bridging the gap between research and practice to enhance mental health care and training. In addition to her academic work, Dr. Jacquart owns and operates Manzanita Mind PLLC, a CBT focused psychotherapy practice.
Gena Gorlin, PhD
Associate Director of Clinical Training
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.
Stephen E. Finn, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychology, UT-Austin
Dr. Stephen Finn is a 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 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 passionate about clinical training is excited to be training as a supervisor in the Anxiety & Mood Clinic.
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Volunteer Clinical Assistants
The clinic will be accepting applications for the 2026-2027 academic year in February 2026. More details to come!
Clinical Supervisors
If you are interested in volunteering your time as a clinical supervisor, email the clinic at psychologyclinic@utexas.edu
We are looking to grow our supervisory capacity for assessment services: If this is your area of expertise consider joining us!