Debra Alvis, PhD

Debra Alvis, licensed psychologist, developed the Mind/Body Program at the University of Georgia, providing clinician training on the integration of contemplative approaches into psychotherapy. Her work as a professor at the University of Georgia included the supervision of health psychology doctoral students and co-leading a research team investigating mindfulness. She is a Mindfulness Meditation Teacher certified through Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield and is trained as a yoga therapist.

Dr. Alvis maintains a private practice and has more than 25 years of clinical experience in treating clients with a variety of conditions by combining mindfulness, somatic, and traditional psychotherapeutic approaches. Her personal contemplative practice of three decades further supports her presentations.

Debra lectures and leads retreats around the world. Her trainings has helped thousands of clinicians to integrate the richness of Mindfulness, neuroscience, and somatic psychotherapies with cognitive approaches for greater clinical effectiveness.