Ally Burr-Harris, PhD., Psychologist received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Her areas of specialty include adoption, parent-child attachment, trauma, loss or bereavement, and behavior problems. Ally utilizes family therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, EMDR, and trauma/attachment-focused therapy. She utilizes parent coaching in attachment skills and behavior management skills, collaborative problem-solving, story-telling and narrative work, play and art therapy, and individualized methods for building and mastering social, emotional, and behavioral skills.

Ally is a Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TRBI) provider. When adult issues are interfering with parenting, Ally provides individual, relationship-based, supportive therapy with adults. She also provides consultation and training to parents and professionals on topics related to adoption, attachment, trans-racial parenting, child abuse, and other forms of child trauma. Ally has worked in the child mental health field since 1988, and she has been a licensed psychologist since 2000. She has served on the Board of Adoption Mosaic, and she was previously the director of a child trauma program affiliated with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network