Heidi Hawkins, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist in North Carolina. She provides mental health services to a wide range of culturally diverse, adult clients. Her specialty areas include chronic pain management, grief/loss, depression, anxiety, and marriage/couples therapy. Her treatment approach is integrative and incorporates aspects of the following modalities: Cognitive-Behavior, Humanistic, Process-Experiential, and Motivational Interviewing.

She is a graduate of the doctoral program in clinical psychology at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. While a graduate student at BGSU, she was trained to conduct psychological evaluations, provide individual and couples psychotherapy, and facilitate various therapy groups for individuals suffering from depression and chronic pain.

While on internship at the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in Roanoke, Virginia, she provided problem-focused assessments, treatment plan formulation, individual and couples psychotherapy for outpatients and inpatients with emotional distress related to physical health conditions including cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. She also conducted smoking cessation groups, functioned as a multidisciplinary team member of an intensive, inpatient treatment program for post-traumatic stress, and provided consultative services to local non-profit organizations.

She enjoys conducting seminars on a variety of wellness topics. "It's an honor to collaborate with clients to help them develop a full awareness of their strengths and abilities." She is a member of the North Carolina Psychological Association (NCPA).

EDUCATION
University of Chicago, (Chicago, IL) - B.A. (June 1997) (Honors in Psychology)
Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH) - M.A. in Clinical Psychology (December 1999)
Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH) - Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (August 2002)

EXPERIENCE
Dr. Hawkins has worked in a variety of treatment settings including university counselingcenters, chronic pain management centers, inpatient hospital settings, correctional facilities, psychiatry departments at medical colleges, non-profit organizations, and outpatient private practice.

PRESENTATIONS
She has conducted several on-site stress and anger management workshops for staff designed to improve organizational productivity, employee well-being, and employee health and safety. She has also conducted several psychoeducational outreach workshops at the university level on topics including effective communication, managing chronic pain, healthy relationships, stress management, and self-esteem.