Dr. Phillips is a licensed psychologist in Pennsylvania, and is board certified in Clinical Psychology. Her clinical interests include couple therapy, mood and anxiety disorders, life transitions, and seeing individuals and families who have a loved one with serious mental illness, addiction, and/or criminal justice system involvement. Dr. Phillips enjoys service to the profession; notably, she chairs Pennsylvania Psychological Association’s Public Education Committee, serves on Society for Clinical Psychology’s (Division 12) Training and Education Committee, and is the current president of American Board of Clinical Psychology and Clinical Psychology Specialty Council. She serves as representative to Council of Specialties for Clinical Psychology.
Psy.D., Chestnut Hill College; M.Ed., Temple University; B.A., Albright College.
Theories of Psychotherapy
Historical Foundations of Psychology
Professional Affiliations:
American Board of Professional Psychology (Board Certified, Clinical Psychology)
American Psychological Association (APA)
American Psychological Association Society for Clinical Psychology (Division 12)
Pennsylvania Psychological Association (PPA)
Teaching and training in psychology, interprofessional education, and telesupervision
Community integration and stigma
Clinical psychology practice and self-care
Engelmann, J. M., Phillips, L. A., Swanchak, L. E., & Ciesielski, A. (2021). Implementation of an interprofessional education case study during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A report. Journal of Allied Health, 50(4), 269-276.
Phillips, L. A., Thompson, T., Edelman, S., & Ruiz, T. U. (2021). Independent Mental Health Providers’ Experience in Initial Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Practice Innovations, 6(4), 209-220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pri0000153
Phillips, L. A., Logan, J. N., & Mather, D. B. (2021). COVID-19 and beyond: Telesupervision training within the supervision competency. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 15(4), 284–289. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000362
Cano-Gomez, I., Best, D., Beckwith, M., Phillips, L. A., Hamilton, P., & Sloan, J. (2019). Stigma related to health conditions and offending behaviours: Social distance among students of health and social sciences. Stigma and Health, 5(1), 38- 52. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000165
