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Timothy J. Avery, PsyD

Timothy J. Avery, PsyD

Portrait of Timothy J. Avery, PsyD

Clinical Psychologist

Dissemination and Training Division

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Education

  • Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences & VA Palo Alto Health Care System, War Related Illness and Injury Study Center, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2017-2019
  • McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond, VA, Internship, 2017
  • PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium, Palo Alto University, Clinical Psychology, PsyD, 2017
  • United States Naval Academy, B.S., 2003

Expertise and Interests

  • Mindfulness for PTSD and Related Disorders
  • Evidence-based treatment for PTSD and Comorbid Physical Conditions
  • Military & Veteran Culture
  • Posttraumatic Growth

Membership in Professional Societies

  • Association for Contextual and Behavioral Science
  • American Psychological Association
  • APA Trauma Division (Division 56)

Selected Publications

Avery, T.J., Schulz-Heik, R.J., Friedman, M., Mahoney, L., Ahmed, N., & Bayley, P.J. (2020). Clinical yoga program utilization in a large health care system. Psychological Services, 10.1037/ser0000420. Advance online publications. http://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000420

LaRocca, M.A., & Avery, T.J. (2020). Combat Experiences Link With Posttraumatic Growth Among Veterans Across Conflicts. The Journal of Mental and Nervous Disease, 208(6): 445-451.

Zhang, Y., Avery, T.J., Vakhtin, A.A., Mathersul, D.C., Tranvinh, E., Wintermark, M., ... Furst, A.J. (2020). Brainstem Atrophy in Gulf War Illness. Neurotoxicology, 78, 71-89.

Avery, T.J., Blasey, C., Rosen, C., & Bayley, P. (2018). Psychological Flexibility and Set-Shifting Among Veterans Participating in a Yoga Program: A Pilot Study. Military Medicine, 183(11-12), e359-e363.

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