Garrett Pollert, Ph.D.

Garrett Pollert, Ph.D.

Clinical Psychologist
he/him/his
garrettpollert@junipermh.com
405-356-6045

Therapy is a process of collaboration to help reduce pain and suffering.  As a clinical psychologist, I am compassionate, empathetic, and provide a safe space free of judgment so we can work together to meet your goals.  We are all unique, and we all need treatment tailored to our specific circumstances.  As such, I provide therapy that is evidence-based and shown to work by rigorous research studies.  You and I would use these therapies as a guide that we would then tailor to your needs, so you not only get the effectiveness of the treatment, but the care and concern that will help foster the change you’re seeking.  In this spirit, people I work with are much more than diagnoses – and I don’t see myself as specializing in one diagnosis or another, instead I specialize in helping people to change repetitive, problematic behavior and thinking that is unique to that person.  Areas in which I’ve helped people in the past include obsessive thoughts and rituals, binge eating, over/under eating, hair pulling, skin picking, social anxiety, avoidance and procrastination, rumination with low mood, and trauma responses.  Many of these are related to diagnoses (as you’ll see below), but each are their own difficulties that need to be considered and treated specifically for the individual experiencing them.

I have been in private practice for several years, and have provided therapy to clients for the past 10-15 years.  In my former life, I was a professor at a few universities who conducted research on problematic eating and difficulties with self-control.  I also worked as a clinic director who ran a psychology training clinic and trained future psychologists on how to conduct good, ethical, and effective therapy.

Areas of Specialization:

• Eating Disorders (Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder, problematic/emotional eating)
• Anxiety (e.g., generalized, social)
• Depression
• Trauma
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Body-focused repetitive behaviors (e.g., trichotillomania, excoriation disorder)

Treatments Offered:

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• Cognitive Behavior Therapy
• Cognitive Behavior Therapy – Enhanced (CBT-E, for eating disorders)
• Cognitive Processing Therapy
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder
• Exposure based therapies (e.g., Exposure and Response Prevention)
• ACT-Enhanced Behavior Therapy (A-EBT) for Body-focused repetitive behaviors

States licensed to practice:

• Utah
• Oklahoma
• All PSYPACT participating states

Accepts clients who are:

• Adults (18+)

Education:

Bachelor of Arts (BS): Psychology, North Dakota State University
Master of Science (MA): Clinical Psychology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): Clinical Psychology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Doctoral Internship: Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, North Little Rock, AR

Academic Experience:

Curriculum Vitae