{"id":30,"date":"2025-01-14T17:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T17:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.la.utexas.edu\/psychology-clinic\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2026-05-19T18:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:00:36","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.la.utexas.edu\/psychology-clinic\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Clinicians<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Abby deSteiguer<\/p><\/div>

5th year doctoral student<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Olivia Brady<\/p><\/div>

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Garrett Ennis<\/p><\/div>

3rd year doctoral student<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Isabelle Gallagher, MA<\/p><\/div>

4th year doctoral student<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Grace Jumonville<\/p><\/div>

2nd year doctoral student<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kate Metcalfe, MA<\/p><\/div>

3rd year doctoral student<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jolene Jacquart, PhD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director of the Clinical Services and Training Center
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychology, UT-Austin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 also runs 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<\/a> 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gena Gorlin, PhD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associate Director of Clinical Training
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychology, UT-Austin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Gena Gorlin<\/a> 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<\/a>.  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<\/a>, and has a forthcoming book with Penguin on the psychology of ambition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jasper Smits, PhD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director, Anxiety & Health Behaviors Lab<\/a>
Professor, Psychology, UT-Austin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jasper Smits, Ph.D., is a professor of Psychology. His research program centers on developing and validating innovative intervention strategies for anxiety and related problems. His work spans basic studies on mechanisms of change and moderators of treatment response to clinical trials evaluating novel behavioral and pharmacological interventions. A key focus of his work is to improve the efficacy and reach of exposure therapy. To this end, Dr. Smits established the international Exposure Therapy Consortium<\/a>. His work also examines the interplay between anxiety vulnerability and health behaviors, particularly smoking, leading to specialized cessation treatments targeting anxiety sensitivity through exercise. Dr. Smits has published over 250 works and has been PI, Co-I, or mentor on grants totaling over $23 million from federal agencies such as the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the Department of Defense (DOD), alongside state and industry funding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talya Leibowicz, PhD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychology, UT-Austin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Stephen E. Finn, PhD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clinical Associate Professor, Psychology, UT-Austin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Edily Infante Santos<\/p><\/div>

Administrative Associate, Psychology Department<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mae Chlebos<\/p><\/div>

Clinical Assistant<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Join the Team<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Volunteer Clinical Assistants<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The clinic will be accepting applications for the 2026-2027 academic year in February 2026. More details to come!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clinical Supervisors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are interested in volunteering your time as a clinical supervisor, email the clinic at psychologyclinic@utexas.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are looking to grow our supervisory capacity for assessment services: If this is your area of expertise consider joining us!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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