Provider
Amy S. House, PhD
Psychology
About Amy S. House, PhD
Dr. Amy House completed her PhD in clinical psychology at the University of Georgia in 1996. She completed internship and postdoctoral fellowship training at Augusta University and has been on the faculty since that time. Dr. House's clinical and teaching interests focus broadly on the psychology of women, and more specifically on the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder related to sexual trauma and intimate partner violence, as well as the treatment of borderline personality disorder, and depression in pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Dr. House is a cognitive-behavioral therapist and heads the CBT training program for psychology and psychiatry residents in the department as well as a specialty clinical program in dialectical behavior therapy. Dr. House's research interests have focused on the impact of trauma on mental and physical health outcomes. More recently, she has become interested in issues of stigma and prejudice and is involved in research on reducing mental health stigma among medical professionals.
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Clinical Interests
Women's mental health
posttraumatic stress disorder
recovery from sexual trauma -
Research Interests
Reducing mental illness stigma
Improving physician-patient communication -
Specialties
Psychology
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Language(s)
English
