I am a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in individuals and families. My experience includes psychiatric hospitals, behavioral day schools, and mental health clinics, with training in psychodynamic psychotherapy, play therapy, trauma-focused CBT, DBT, attachment-focused family therapy, somatic processing, AEDP, CSRT, and DDP.
I also worked at an orphanage in Colombia, counseling children and parents preparing for adoption. With expertise in adoption, attachment, and family dynamics, I help parents and teens connect and support individuals through life’s major transitions.
My passion is helping people navigate life’s transitions and discover new ways of understanding and responding, even in difficult times. Growth happens through change and challenge. Therapy isn’t just for profound struggles—we all deserve support in life’s complex moments, from starting high school to retiring, becoming a parent, changing jobs, or beginning IVF. My goal is to foster meaningful shifts by slowing down, deepening self-knowledge, and cultivating self-compassion.
Elizabeth Studwell, Psy.D.
Senior Supervising Psychologist
“My passion is helping people reach their goals as they navigate life’s transitions and foster new ways of responding even in hard times. We all deserve support in life’s complex moments, whether starting school, retiring, changing jobs, or going through IVF. My goal is to support a meaningful shift by taking a deeper dive to increase self-knowledge, compassion & growth.”
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Experience
Education
M.A. and Psy.D. from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Clinical Psychology
as part of a specialized child and adolescent track with a neuroscience focus.
B.A. from Tulane University
with majors in Psychology, Philosophy, and Dance.
Advanced Clinical Training
– Training: Advanced Strategies using a Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Approach
– Training: A year long series of training from 2022-2023
Level 1 Training in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy
– Trainers: Daniel Hughes, Ph.D. and Courtney Rennicke, Ph.D.
– Training: A framework for therapy and parenting developmentally traumatized children
Level 2 Training in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy
– Trainer: Daniel Hughes, Ph.D.
– Training: In-depth training on attachment focused family therapy specifically designed for children with past traumatic experiences and struggles with attachment, trust, and loss
Level 1 Training in Theraplay- The Theraplay Institute
– Trainer: Rand Coleman, PhD
– Training: Introductory Theraplay and Marschak Interaction Method Training
Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Certification- (TF-CBT)
– Completed a 10 hour, on-line training course for Trauma Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
– Awarded February 2011 by Daniel W. Smith, PhD from Medical University of South Carolina- National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center; provided 10 continuing education hours
Human Rights Campaign Foundation
– Trainers: R. McHaelen and N. Clark
– Training: Working with LGBTQ Foster/Adoptive Parents and Youth in Care
Connecticut Trauma Focused-Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Conference
– Keynote speaker Judith A. Cohen, MD on TF-CBT for Youth with Complex Trauma
– Presenter: Carrie Epstein on Adoption and Implementation of TF-CBT: The Role of a Supervisor
– Presenter: Tim Kearney on Integrating Play Therapy Techniques into PRACTICE Components
Child Trauma Academy Teaching Series by Dr. Bruce Perry
– Completed a series of lectures on the Neurosequential Model of Trauma
– Weekly recorded teleconferences with visual representations and a case explanation
Advances in Neurogenomic Approaches to Developmental Disorders
– Technical Workshop-Neurogenomics and Neuroimaging of Developmental Disorders
– Integrating Medical and Behavioral approaches to Psychiatric Treatment
Presentations
Studwell, E. (2021) Panel presenter at Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Conference 2021, Zoom, International
Attachment and Identity in Interracial Adoption: How the Adoptee and Family are Impacted
Studwell, E. (2017). Researcher and Speaker at North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) 2017 Conference, Atlanta, GA
Impact of Complex Trauma on Learning and the Young Child
Adoption and Foster Families: Prevalence, Awareness, and Methods of Support
Paradigm Shift: Using Neuroimaging to Identify Pathology Related to Frontotemporal Abnormalities
Publications
– Studwell, E. (2012). Paradigm Shift: Using Neuroimaging to Identify Pathology Related to
Frontotemporal Abnormalities. PsychInfo, USA.
– Studwell, E., Hamilton, E., & Konopka, L. (2010). Correlations between psychometric and
neurometric tests: A qEEG study on pediatric patients. American Academy of Clinical
Neuroscience, Chicago Illinois.
– Hymer, J., Studwell, E., Poprawski, T., & Konopka, L. (2009). Biological Markers for Physically
Aggressive Children and Adolescents: Electrophysiological Study. International Symposium on
the Neurogenomics and Neuroimaging of Developmental Disorders, Dubrovnik Croatia.
– Studwell, E., Hymer, J., Poprawski, T., & Konopka, L. (2009). Focal Abnormalities in Pediatric
Biopolar Disorder: QEEG Study. International Symposium on the Neurogenomics and
Neuroimaging of Developmental Disorders, Dubrovnik Croatia.
Licensure
Specialization
- Supportive Therapy for Life Transitions (eg. IVF, retirement, school, moving etc.)
- Relationship Challenges
- Adoption Specialized Psychotherapy
- Family Consultations/Intensives for Adopted Children and Families
- Supportive Parent Coaching
- Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Anxiety and Depressive Disorders in Children and Adult
- Development in Identity: Children, Adolescents, Adults,and Adoptive/ Transracial Families
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