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Richard Enander, Ph.D., ABPP

Dr. Enander is a licensed clinical psychologist who helps clients understand the connection between early life events and their current struggles, and enjoys helping others reach their full potential.

Richard Enander
  • Dr. Enander is a licensed clinical psychologist who works with adults and adolescents across a spectrum of mental health problems. He specializes in long-term therapy, wherein he meets with patients multiple times per week. Some of the issues his clients struggle with include: anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, personality disorders, trauma, and psychosis. He helps his clients understand the connections between their symptoms and underlying issues, and enjoys helping them reach their full potential.

  • Dr. Enander received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the APA accredited Ph.D. program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. He also graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine with a masters degree in Biomedical Sciences. He completed his undergraduate coursework at Brandeis University, majoring in Psychology, Biochemistry, and Biology while minoring in Philosophy.

  • Dr. Enander has worked across a broad range of clinical settings. He conducted assessments, individual therapy, and group therapy at the inpatient psychiatric unit at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. He has also provided therapy at the University of Arlington's Counseling and Psychological Services Center and has spent time at Children's Medical Center of Dallas working with children and adolescents. Additionally, Dr. Enander has provided individual therapy at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Parkland Hospital, and the Henry Wade Juvenile Detention Center. He has also conducted research at Baylor University Medical Center and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

     

    Dr. Enander is board certified in Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Psychology and serves as Director of Training for DTA, where he oversees the recruitment and comprehensive training of postdoctoral fellows. He is Past-President of the Dallas Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology and served as Chair of the Education and Training Committee for the Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Specialty Council. He is President-Elect for Section IV of Division 39 of the APA. He is a member of the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (Division 39 of the APA), the International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, the Neuropsychoanalysis Association, and the National Latinx Psychological Association. He has been a guest expert on One Life Radio and has been featured in local magazines.

     

    You can browse his consent form prior to your first session here.

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