About Dr. Graham Garwood

I am a Boston area Licensed Clinical Psychologist whose current focus is on providing individual therapy to adults and young adults. While individual therapy is my current focus, my professional experiences include provision of couples, family, and group therapy as well as psychological and forensic assessment and evaluation work.

In addition to holding a doctorate degree in clinical psychology, I have engaged in specialized study in the areas of 1) understanding individuals within their social environment (psychoanalysis fellowship) and 2) understanding complex family relationship dynamics (certificate in child and family forensic issues). I bring this education and my previous work experiences (e.g., inpatient substance use treatment, psychological evaluation, community mental health, juvenile detention) to my present job of helping my clients achieve their goals in therapy. In working with Boston area individuals, couples, and families, the types of therapy I use include psychodynamic therapy, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and therapy informed by attachment theory. Please see below for further information about my professional experiences. 

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Education, Credentials, Memberships, Titles Held

  • Doctor of Psychology, Chicago School of Professional Psychology

  • Massachusetts Psychologist License # 10944

  • Credentialed Health Service Psychologist (HSP)

  • Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, Chicago School of Professional Psychology

  • Fellowship Program in Psychoanalysis, Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis

  • Certificate in Child and Family Forensics Issues, Center of Excellence for Children, Families, and the Law, William James College

  • Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Michigan State University

  • Member, American Psychological Association (APA)

  • Member, APA Division 39: Psychoanalysis

  • Member, Massachusetts Psychological Association (MPA)

Publications, Presentations/Speeches, Awards/Recognition, Public Appearances

  • Expert Witness in Mock Trial Exercises, Harvard Law School, 2018

  • Expert Consultant to Judges, Attorneys, Probation Officers, and Court Staff during Federal Judicial Conference, Harvard Law School, 2018

  • Psychotropic Medication, New Life Community Church training, Chicago, IL, 2017

  • Children and Psychiatric Hospitalization, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (CVLS), Chicago, IL, 2017

  • Garwood, G. (2017). Towards a more complete comprehension of behavioral problems in African American adolescent males: Racism, trauma, and Parental mis-attunement. (10258040, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago). ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.

  • Team Service Award, Community Partnerships, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and the Illinois Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). (2016).

  • Colloquium: Chokshi, S., Garwood, G., Sandler, E., & Wells, B. (2013). The Long-term Impact of Perceived Racial Discrimination on Physical and Mental Health. 

  • Woodhouse, P. S., Grogan, C., Garwood, G. T., et al. (2009). Study of the roles of handedness and lateralized attention as they apply to picking up and holding infants. Poster presented at the TENNET Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.