Dr. Atwood is the Director of JMU’s Counseling and Psychological Services and Interprofessional Services for Learning Assessment clinics and an Associate Professor in the Department of Graduate Psychology. Dr. Atwood received a doctorate in Clinical and School Psychology from James Madison University and is licensed as both a professional counselor and clinical psychologist in the state of Virginia. She is also credentialed Health Service Psychologist. Dr. Atwood has expertise in the areas of family separation and loss, attachment, complex trauma, PTSD, and primary care mental health integration.

Integrated primary care behavioral health, rural mental healthcare, attachment-based interventions with families experiencing separation and loss, and evidence-based trauma interventions.