Areas of Expertise: LGBTQIA+ Psychology, Community Mental Health, Addictions Counseling
Anissa Rivers, Psy.D. Director of Clinical Training Assistant Professor
Anissa Rivers, PsyD (she/her) graduated from Purdue University Northwest with MS in Counseling and completed her PsyD at Adler University. She is currently a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Illinois and Indiana with over 20 years of experience in community mental health settings. Her career began as a substance abuse counselor and evolved into roles as a clinical psychologist, with additional experience teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. For more than a decade, she was a clinical and assessment supervisor before assuming the role of Director of Training for an APA-accredited internship program, a position she held for the last six years. Her clinical experience focused on individuals with mental health, physical health and forensic concerns, co-occurring disorders, and a history of complex trauma in underserved treatment areas. Her research interests center on characteristics of empathy and absorption in individuals who engage in role- playing games as well as clinical and training applications of role-playing and collaborative storytelling.
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