Education and Background
Dr. Mitchell currently lives with his wife and daughter in Frisco,
Texas. He began his local practice in June 2006 and currently
has offices in North Dallas and Grapevine, Texas.
In addition to private practice, he enjoys his position as an adjunct
faculty member at Dallas Theological Seminary in the counseling
department.
Prior to the move to Frisco in 2006, Dr. Mitchell was an active duty
officer and a psychologist in the United States Navy from 2002 to 2006.
While in the Navy, Dr. Mitchell served as a psychologist at The National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland
for two years and then transferred to the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), an aircraft carrier stationed
in Everett, Washington for the remainder of his service. He enjoyed a variety of experiences
including training at a world-class hospital in NNMC and two deployments
on board the USS Abraham Lincoln.
Education
- Biola University
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology
August 2003
- Biola University
M.A. Clinical Psychology
May 2001
- Dallas Theological Seminary
M.A. Counseling
August 1999
- Texas A & M University
B.S. Genetics
May 1996
License
- Licensed Clinical Psychologist, State of Texas
March 2006 to Present
- Licensed Clinical Psychologist, State of Alabama
March 2004 to November 2006
Employment History
- Licensed Clinical Psychologist - Independent Practice
Dallas, Texas and Grapevine, Texas
June 2006 to Present
Offer a variety of services for a wide array of reported difficulties in an outpatient mental healthcare setting. Specialize in psychotherapy services for adolescents and young adults, individual psychotherapy for all ages and psychological testing. Perform several other services including couples / marital psychotherapy, mediation and consultation services.
- United States Navy - USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
Ship's Psychologist / Medical Department
Stationed in Everett, Washington
May 2004 to May 2006
Assigned as the psychologist onboard one of the 12 aircraft carriers in the US Navy. Completed 2-year tour consisting of numerous underway periods and 2 western Pacific deployments, including humanitarian assistance / disaster relief for the Indonesian victims of the December 2004 tsunami. Responsible for the mental health needs of the ship's crew (3,300 personnel) and accompanying air wing (2,200 personnel) and destroyer squadron (1,000 personnel). Provided individual and group counseling, crisis management and a wide variety of psychological assessments. Advised command regarding mental health issues including suicide, suitability for continued service, fitness for duty, eligibility for security clearances, and organizational ways to better manage personnel issue. Also, supervised the ship's Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program (SARP) where we offered prevention programs, substance abuse screenings, and three levels of treatment.
- United States Navy - National Naval Medical Center
Staff Psychologist / Behavioral Healthcare Clinic
Bethesda, MD 20889
July 2003 to May 2004
Assigned as an adult outpatient psychologist and provided a variety of psychological services to active duty military personnel, dependants, reservists, and civilians employed with the Department of Defense. Offered individual, group, family, and marital counseling. Produced full psychological reports based on various psychological tests, including the MMPI-2, MCMI-III, PAI, TAT, and the Rorschach for fitness for duty evaluations, security clearance evaluation and assessments for special duties. Also, established a means for the provision of psychological services to more remote medical clinics via bi-weekly commuting and video conferencing. Finally, sat as the only junior member of the Navy's internship selection committee, responsible for interviewing and evaluating applicants during the selection process.
Pre-Doctoral Employment History
- United States Navy - National Naval Medical Center
Psychology Intern / Behavioral Healthcare Clinic
Bethesda, MD 20889
June 2002 to July 2003
The internship consisted of three, four month major rotations in (1) assessment, (2) adult outpatient, and (3) behavioral medicine. An additional minor rotation, three weeks in length, in adult inpatient treatment at the Washington, DC Veteran's Administration Hospital was also part of the internship year.
- Los Angeles County - University of Southern California Medical
Center General Hospital
Psychology Extern / Adult Outpatient / Consultation Liaison Psychiatric Services
Los Angeles CA 90033
September 2001 to May 2002
The adult outpatient clinic services a wide variety of patients from East Los Angeles and surrounding communities. The office works as consultants to the Consultation and Liaison Services who provide psychiatric consultation for medical patients on the inpatient unit, in outpatient facilities, and in the prison ward of the General Hospital. The primary task for Psychology Clerks consists of designing appropriate test batteries considering the referral question(s), patient's intelligence level, reading ability, cultural background, and location of the patient. A clinical interview and initial screening measures are administered to further clarify the appropriateness of certain measures, a final test battery is agreed upon and the patient is administered the tests. Ultimately, a full psychological report is issued to the attending physician that includes patient's background history, behavioral observations, test results, and a summary and recommendations for treatment. The fifteen hour per week commitment includes the before mentioned assessment procedures, individual and group supervision, report writing, biweekly multi-disciplinary case consultation meetings with psychiatrists and psychiatry residents and weekly training seminars with topics including a variety of assessment procedure and assessment with varying population.
- Biola Counseling Center (BCC), Biola University
Whittier Hills Baptist Church, Whittier, CA (in conjunction with BCC)
Staff Therapist
La Mirada, CA 90639
June 2000 to June 2001
Biola Counseling Center is a university counseling center that seeks to meet a variety of therapeutic, assessment, and psychoeducational needs for students, faculty, and staff at Biola University and the local community. The 20 hours per week commitment includes 8-10 hours of individual therapy, and several hours each of measurement and assessment, integrative report writing, and interpretation, intake assessment, and two hours of clinical supervision.
- Whittier City School District, Hoover Elementary School
School Counselor
Whittier, CA 90601
February 2000 to June 2000
Performed many routine functions of a school counselor as an assistant to Ms. Boewe. These duties included individual and group therapy, measurement and assessment, interpretation and report writing, classroom observation, and consultation with teachers, staff, and parents. These duties typically culminated with the planning, organization, and leadership of Individual Education Program (IEP) meetings, Student Study Team (SST) meetings, and individual consultation meetings with the school psychologist, school principal, resource specialist, speech and language therapists, teachers, parents.
- Rosemead School of Psychology
Biola University
Biola Counseling Center (BCC)
La Mirada, CA 90639
September 1999 to December 1999
As part of a prepracticum exercise, treated one client weekly for twelve weeks with an emphasis placed on building the therapist's empathy skills. In addition, observed classmate's counseling sessions one hour per week for twelve weeks. Immediately following each session was 30 minutes of feedback and discussion with a supervising teaching assistant and classmate. Received thirty hours of group supervision. Training focused on the development of empathy skills.
- Christian Counseling Associates
500 N Central Expressway, Suite 261
Plano, TX 75074
January 1999 to August 1999
Provided individual, couple, and family counseling. Presented cases and formulated treatment plans for all clients. Received one hour of individual and one hour of group supervision weekly. Also, performed administrative duties including filing of bills, maintenance of accounts, phone intakes, assessment of symptomatology, and assignment of clients to clinicians.
Teaching Experience
- Adjunct Faculty - Dallas Theological Seminar
Practicum I and II
September 2006 to Present
On-campus supervision of Masters-level counseling students at Dallas Theological Seminary
- Professor of Psychology - Central Texas College
Navy College PACE / Introduction to Psychology
November 2004 to February 2005
Taught Introduction to Psychology for two classes of students while on the 2004/2005 western Pacific deployment onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). Students were all members of the crew and the embarked air wing who were afforded the opportunity to gain college credits during their free time.
- Teaching Assistantship - Rosemead School of Psychology
Professor: Chris Grace, PhD
Social Psychology
Undergraduate/Graduate level
February 2002 to May 2002
September 2000 to December 2000
Responsible for grading of papers and exams performed by students and teaching duties during the absence of the professor. Topics of lectures given include group effects and forgiveness.
- Teaching Assistantship - Rosemead School of Psychology
Professor: Chris Grace, PhD
Introduction to Psychology
Undergraduate level
February 2000 to May 2000
Led discussion groups for several different lab sections and graded weekly papers for 14 students. Discussions consisted of topics including the different specialties within psychology, history of psychology and psychology's integration with individual faith.
Research - Dissertation
- Topic
Determining specific factors that may contribute to the seeking of forgiveness by an offender from his victim. Specific factors studied are constructive and destructive guilt, empathy, and perceived seriousness of offense.
- Status
Completed January 2003
Professional Associations
- Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS)
February 2005 to Present
- American Psychological Association (APA)
May 2000 to December 2005