CBT Toolbox for Children and Adolescents

Dr. Lisa Weed Phifer is a trauma-informed social emotional specialist, school psychologist and author. Additionally, she holds certification as an Evergreen Certified Child & Adolescent CBT Clinician (CBT-CA) and Certified Youth Mental Health Specialist (CYMHS. Dr. Phifer is the author of the newly released, the CBT Toolbox for Young Adults. She is also the lead author of the CBT Toolbox for Children and Adolescents, Trauma-Informed Social Emotional Toolbox, and the Parenting Toolbox.
Dr. Phifer has expertise in developing the social emotional capacities of children and empowering service providers to reframe challenging issues with a trauma informed approach. Her work has also been published in the School Mental Health Journal and both editions of the book Supporting and Educating Traumatized Students (Rossen, 2020). She has created and facilitated virtual professional training programs to increase educator’s awareness off trauma on social, emotional and educational growth.
Dr. Phifer holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Neuroscience and Psychology from Allegheny College, a Masters in Educational Psychology from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, and earned her Doctorate of Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Family comes first. She enjoys time with her husband, daughter and her doodles Midas and Hobart. Her other interests include singing in the car, football Sundays, baking with her daughter, spending time at the lake in the summer and traveling.
Follow Dr. Phifer on Twitter @drweedphif