With over 15 years experience as a clinician, and a graduate of the University of Kentucky, she is currently serving as a private practitioner working with children through young adults. Among her areas of expertise are treating anxiety disorders, depression, AD/HD, Aspergers, and learning disabilities.

When not in her office, Dr. Stone provides assessment services at the University of Kentucky, for the Center for Academic and Tutorial Services (CATS) which serves student athletes. Helping to identify learning differences, Dr. Stone develops a comprehensive plan directed at the academic achievement of these athletes.

In addition, Dr. Stone has presented at conferences and to general audiences on topics ranging from AD/HD treatment, depression in children and adolescents, self-mutilating behavior, differential diagnosis of preschool children, creating resiliency in children, and academic strategies for helping those with AD/HD. 

Dr. Stone is a practical, interactive, cognitive-behavioral therapist. Her treatment approach is to provide assessment and treatment planning to help clients and their families resolve current problems in addition to individual psychotherapy. She believes collaboration with teachers, pediatricians, and psychiatrists is crucial to the therapeutic process. She incorporates a blend of conventional and humanistic approaches, drawing upon a variety of styles and techniques to incorporate what will be most helpful for each client and family. With sensitivity, compassion, and enthusiasm, she works with each client and family to help them build on their strengths to identify and achieve goals.

Education
*B.A. in Psychology in 1991 from the University of Kentucky
*M.S. in Educational Psychology in 1993 from the University of Kentucky
*Ph.D. in Educational Psychology in 1999 from the University of Kentucky

Additional Training
*Dr. Stone completed her predoctoral internship at the University of Kentucky with rotations including Outpatient Psychiatry Services at UK, Human Development Institute, and AD/HD training grant.
*Mel Levine's  Clinican's Conference at UNC: Promoting Student Success

License
Licensed by the KY Board of Examiners of Psychology, #1249

Professional Activities and Memberships
American Psychological Assocation
Kentucky Association for Gifted Education
Kentucky Psychological Assocation
CHADD (National and Bluegrass chapters)
Professional Board for Bluegrass CHADD
Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Division 43 APA

Volunteer Work
Current Board Chair of Girls on the Run Lexington
Current Board Member of Girl's Rock
Past Professional Board Member of Bluegrass CHADD
Past SBDM member in FCPS
Past PTA Board member
Past Board member at Explorium

RECENT TRAININGS AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED

·         Riding the Wave: An Interactive Workshop on the Cognitive  Behavioral Treatment of Panic Disorders (12 hours) presented at the Sixth Biennial "Niagara in Miami" Conference on Evidence-Based Interventions for Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health Problems, Miami, FL (2011)

·         Emotional Brain Training, Lexington, Kentucky (6 hours) Kentucky Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Lexington, Kentucky (2011)

·         Dialectic Behavior Therapy  (12 hours) PESI, Louisville, Kentucky (2011)

·         The 20^th Annual Symposium on Kentucky’s Children Who are Gifted and Talented (6 hours) Shakertown, Kentucky (2010)

·         5^th Annual UC Davis Conference for Psychotic Disorders  (5.5)  UC Davis, Sacramento, CA (2010)

·         Reshaping Our Future: A Vision for Recovery, Research, Attitude, and Action (10 hours) National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA). Minneapolis, MN  (2009)

·         Evolution of Psychotherapy (24 hours) Milton H. Erickson Institute, (presenters – Beck, Bandura, Seligman, Barlow, Glasser, Linehan, Michenbaum, Burns, Hayes, Lerner, Pipher), Anaheim, California (2009)

·         Business-Related Ethical Concerns in the Practice of Psychology (9 hours) KPA, Louisville, Kentucky (2008)

·         Mindfulness Now (6 hours) by Shelly Young, Lexington, Kentucky (2006)

·         Promoting Student Success (18 hours) by Mel Levine, UNC at the All Kinds of Minds Institute (2003)