About Dr. Fatter (she/her)
My Approach to Therapy
I honor the courage that it takes to begin therapy. If we were to work together, our therapy would involve focusing on how to relate to yourself differently, learning new skills, and learning ways to live a more fulfilling and meaningful life.
Our first few sessions are spent getting to know each other to make sure that I am the right fit to help you meet your goals and needs. We will collaboratively work together to best make an individualized plan for treatment.
I integrate a variety of approaches in therapy to best meet your unique needs and goals. I primarily use internal family systems (IFS) in my approach to therapy as a certified IFS therapist. If appropriate, I also use mindfulness-based interventions, cognitive-processing therapy (CPT), and eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). I am certified in EMDR and am an EMDRIA approved consultant in training.
I am a licensed psychologist in private practice in McKinney, Texas. Texas Psychologist License #36337. In total, I have over 10 years of experience providing therapeutic services in a variety of settings including university counseling centers, a hospital inpatient clinic, and outpatient clinics. I also teach webinars for tzkseminars to provide continuing education for therapists and psychologists worldwide. I have completed the Learning to Lead training by Challenging Racism to facilitate dialogues on racism and facilitate trainings on race socialization.
Work Experience
Formal Training
Post Doctoral Fellowship
Mindfulness & Meditation Experience
For almost two decades, I have studied both Buddhist and Taoist meditation traditions and have professionally published on mindfulness. I have served as an ad-doc reviewer with expertise in the area of mindfulness from 2011-2013 for the Journal of Counseling Psychology, European Journal of Counseling Psychologist, Psychotherapy and the Mindfulness Journal. I have taught mindfulness meditation at the Southern Methodist University, the University of Colorado at Boulder, The Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Tennessee Knoxville.
I honor the courage that it takes to begin therapy. If we were to work together, our therapy would involve focusing on how to relate to yourself differently, learning new skills, and learning ways to live a more fulfilling and meaningful life.
Our first few sessions are spent getting to know each other to make sure that I am the right fit to help you meet your goals and needs. We will collaboratively work together to best make an individualized plan for treatment.
I integrate a variety of approaches in therapy to best meet your unique needs and goals. I primarily use internal family systems (IFS) in my approach to therapy as a certified IFS therapist. If appropriate, I also use mindfulness-based interventions, cognitive-processing therapy (CPT), and eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). I am certified in EMDR and am an EMDRIA approved consultant in training.
I am a licensed psychologist in private practice in McKinney, Texas. Texas Psychologist License #36337. In total, I have over 10 years of experience providing therapeutic services in a variety of settings including university counseling centers, a hospital inpatient clinic, and outpatient clinics. I also teach webinars for tzkseminars to provide continuing education for therapists and psychologists worldwide. I have completed the Learning to Lead training by Challenging Racism to facilitate dialogues on racism and facilitate trainings on race socialization.
Work Experience
- Private Practice in McKinney, TX (former private practice in Boulder, Colorado).
- Webinar Instructor, TZK Seminars on trauma treatment offering continuing education live and on demand webinars for fellow therapists.
- I am the former Military Sexual Trauma Coordinator at the Fort Worth Veteran Affairs Outpatient clinic.
Formal Training
- Masters of Arts in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa University.
- Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Counseling Psychology from the Pennsylvania State University.
Post Doctoral Fellowship
- Post-doctoral fellowship in Clinical Psychology at the Trauma Center, an affiliate of the Boston University School of Medicine, under the supervision of Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, MD. During my postdoctoral fellowship, I completed a nine-month training program in Traumatic Stress Studies, managed a pilot study on using neurofeedback to help treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and also counseled patients with complex PTSD.
Mindfulness & Meditation Experience
For almost two decades, I have studied both Buddhist and Taoist meditation traditions and have professionally published on mindfulness. I have served as an ad-doc reviewer with expertise in the area of mindfulness from 2011-2013 for the Journal of Counseling Psychology, European Journal of Counseling Psychologist, Psychotherapy and the Mindfulness Journal. I have taught mindfulness meditation at the Southern Methodist University, the University of Colorado at Boulder, The Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Tennessee Knoxville.
Professional Affliations |
Collin County Psychological Association, Member.
Texas Psychological Association, Member. EMDR International Association (EMDRIA), Full Member. American Psychological Association, Full Member. |
Publications |
Zhuang, X., Fatter, D. M. & Grossenbacher, P. G. (2016). Exploring the lived experience of meditation instructors through tranpsersonal lens. Kaklauskas, F., Hoffman, L., Clements, C. & Hocoy, D. (Eds.) Shadows and Light: Philosophy, Practice, and Pedagogy of Contemporary Transpersonal Counseling. University Professors’ Press.
Fatter, D. M. & Hayes, J. A. (2013). What facilitates countertransference management? The roles of therapist meditation, mindfulness, and self-differentiation. Psychotherapy Research, 23(5), 502-13. Davis, D. M. & Hayes, J. A. (2012). What are the benefits of mindfulness? Continuing Education, APA Monitor, July-August issue. Davis, D. M. & Hayes, J. A. (2011). What are the benefits of mindfulness? A practice review of psychotherapy-related research. Psychotherapy, 48(2), 198-208. Davis, D. M. (2010). Mindfulness and supervision: What psychotherapists need to know. Psychotherapy Bulletin, 45(1), 9-17. |
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Presentations
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Fatter, D. (2020). "A Self-Inquiry on Race Socialization and Internalized Whiteness for White Therapists" Presented online for the Texas Psychological Association Conference, hosted online, November 2020.
Fatter, D. (2016). “Utilizing Phase-Oriented Treatment & Adjunctive Interventions to Regulate Arousal in Trauma Treatment” Presented at the Collin County Psychological Association, Allen, TX. Fatter, D. (2014). “Military Sexual Trauma”. Presented at the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault Conference, Dallas, TX. Grossenbacher, P. G., Gravesz, K. A., Davis, D. (2012). “Cultivating Concord through Inter- Viewing: A New Method for Inter-Lineage Contact”. Presented at the International Association of Buddhist Universities Conference, Ayutthaya, Thailand. Davis, D. (2011). “Regulating Your Arousal by Breathing: Training in Heart Rate Variability,” Presented as part of the Professional Development Series on Complex Trauma, Trauma Center, Brookline, MA. Davis, D., Bingham, J., Marks, M. & Daly, K. (2011). “Bridging the Gap: A Needs Assessment of UT Student Veterans and Student Affairs Services.” Presented to the Vice Chancellor and the Department of Student Affairs, Professional Development Series, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. Diyankova, I., Daly, K. & Davis, D. (2011). “Introducing stress and wellness clinic to increase college student success and well-being.” Presented at the 2011 American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Conference, Baltimore, MD. Bingham, J., Marks, M., Bartsch, M., Briscoe, C., Davis, D., & Daly, K. (2011). iConsult: Assessing the Needs of Student Veterans. Presented at the 2011 National Outreach Conference for Counseling Centers, Park City, UT. Hayes, J.A., & Davis, D. (2011). Therapist mindfulness, meditation experience, and differentiation of self as predictors of countertransference management qualities. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Bern, Switzerland. Vinca, M., Hayes, J. A. & Davis, D. (2007). “Cultivating therapist qualities known to be efficacious for clients: Is mindfulness the way?” Presented at Mid-Atlantic Regional Group Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (MASPR), New York City, NY. |