Andrea Doyle, PhD, MSW

3701 Locust Walk, Caster Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6214
doylea@sp2.upenn.edu

Dr. Andrea Doyle recently completed her doctorate in social welfare at the University of Washington School of Social Work. She is a seasoned practitioner trained in dialectical behavioral therapy and psychodynamic approaches to clinical therapy. Her interest in dynamic processes in clinical encounters led to training in a variety of research methods, and she has incorporated chaos and catastrophe theory and the mathematics of change into her work. She also has experience in qualitative ethnographic methods. While at the University of Washington, she was a member of the treatment development team at the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinic in the Department of Psychology, a clinical research laboratory that brings together an integrated staff of clinicians, research methodologists and computer technician analysts. More recently, Dr. Doyle worked for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center evaluating counselor fidelity to a smoking cessation intervention targeted towards adolescents and based on cognitive behavioral and motivational interviewing techniques.

Dr. Doyle designed, implemented, and was part of the evaluation team for a psychoeducational adherence support group for disenfranchised low-income women with HIV as part of a larger National Institutes of Health and SAMSHA funded adherence to treatment intervention study. Additionally, she has clinical experience in the areas of trauma and substance abuse.

Dr. Doyle received a certification in sex therapy from the Canadian Centre for Clinical Sexology, completed the Individual Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program at the Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry at Jewish General Hospital of Montreal, completed the Group Psychotherapy Training Program at Montreal General Hospital, and received her Master of Social Work degree from McGill University. She has been a member of multiple professional associations, including the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT), the American Orthopsychiatric Association, Healthcare for the Homeless, and the International Society for Quality of Life.

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)