Meet Dr. Alex Bettis, PhD (she/her)
I am a licensed clinical psychologist in Tennessee offering both in person and virtual sessions for clients in the Nashville area. I also offer virtual sessions for clients living in other parts of Tennessee and in states with PSYPACT.
I was a full-time faculty member in the Psychiatry Department at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for the past four years, where I led studies on teen and family mental health using novel digital health approaches. I recently transitioned to a volunteer faculty role in order to pursue full-time clinical practice.
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I currently live in Nashville, Tennessee with my dog Fitz, and I enjoy spending my free time getting outside at one of Nashville's many great parks, playing tennis, going to Nashville Soccer Club games, and gardening.
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Professional Background and Training
I am passionate about providing evidence-based, compassionate mental health treatment for children, teens, and adults. I received my doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Vanderbilt University in 2018, where I trained in research methods and evidence-based assessment and therapy for a range of mental health problems, including anxiety, depression, trauma-related distress, and OCD. I completed a clinical residency in child mental health at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. During this residency, I trained in inpatient psychiatry, partial hospitalization programs, and outpatient therapy settings. After receiving my degree, I was awarded a National Institute of Mental Health clinical research training fellowship at Brown Medical School.
Following my fellowship, I joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where I served as the Director of the REST Lab and led multiple NIH-funded studies employing digital mental health approaches to study mental health. I have published over 50 peer-reviewed articles in child and family mental health, presented at national and international conferences, and led trainings in the hospital and community setting focused on evidence-based practices for assessing and managing mental health. I was selected as a 2019 NIMH Child Intervention, Prevention, and Services Fellow and a 2024 NIH mHealth Training Institute Scholar.