Dr. Rebekah Travis, Psy.D., HSP
Dr. Travis is a licensed child and family clinical psychologist, with specialized training in the assessment, evidence-based intervention, and research of individuals with autism spectrum disorders and other areas of neurodiversity, including gifted intelligence, executive functioning differences, and anxiety. As an adult sibling of an individual with autism, Dr. Travis is personally invested in increasing individual, family, community, and societal support and advocacy for all neurodiverse individuals.
Therapy:
Dr. Travis’s clinical interests include the following: early identification, assessment, and effective therapeutic interventions for children, adolescents, and adults with autism spectrum disorders and other forms of neurodiversity; identifying and improving psychosocial barriers to mental health treatment; family behavioral therapy including Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT); treatment of trauma (Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy); AutPlay (autism play therapy); and providing supportive psychotherapy for individuals with gender identity diversity.
Assessment:
Dr. Travis has specialized training in assessment across the lifespan for areas of neurodiversity and is research reliable on both the ADOS-2 and the ADI-2, the two gold standard measures for assessing autism spectrum disorders. In addition, Dr. Travis is trained in psychoeducational, neurodevelopmental, clinical, personality, and vocational assessment.
Professional:
Dr. Travis received her undergraduate degree in English and Psychology from Vanderbilt University, graduating with High Honors in Psychology. She then pursued her Masters of Social Work degree from the University of Kentucky with a concentration in Mental Health. She completed her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Florida Institute of Technology, with a concentration in Child and Family Clinical Psychology. Dr. Travis’ subsequent training includes a pre-doctoral internship at the Tulsa Center for Child Psychology followed by a postdoctoral research/clinical fellowship in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Disabilities at Vanderbilt Kennedy Center/Vanderbilt University Medical Center Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine. Dr. Travis was then a faculty member of UT Southwestern as part of the Department of Psychiatry in the Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, where she was an active member of the early childhood and school-age assessment team, clinical psychologist with the Autism BrainNet international research project, author on several autism treatment research projects, and active supervisor of clinical psychology graduate students. For the past three years, Dr. Travis maintained a thriving group private practice in Plano, TX, where she worked with neurodiverse clients in the LGBTQ community, received additional training in AutPlay, and continued to supervise and train new providers and students.
Personal:
Dr. Travis grew up in Murray, KY and attended both her undergraduate degree and postdoctoral training in Nashville. She is thrilled to be returning “home” to Green Hills Family Psych and the mid-South! Dr. Travis is an independent contributor for Getty Images providing travel and landscape photography, and also enjoys reading, live music, and “adventuring” in her spare time, whether indoors at a new museum or outdoors, hiking or strolling in a botanical garden.