Chris Albright, PhD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Clinical Expertise
Dr. Chris Albright is a clinical psychologist specializing in evidence-based treatments for a range of psychological problems, with a particular expertise in treating emotion dysregulation, suicidality, personality disorders, mood disorders, and trauma for adolescents and young adults. He has worked in a range of clinical settings, including residential treatment programs, psychiatric inpatient units, intensive outpatient programs, and Veteran Affairs medical centers and specializes in working with patients with severe and complex clinical presentations. Dr. Albright also has extensive clinical experience in working with LGBTQ+ individuals and individuals with other intersecting marginalized identities and is deeply committed to integrating identity, values, and meaning-making with evidence-based interventions to deliver culturally-competent care.
Education
University of Miami, BS
San Diego State University (SDSU), MS
SDSU / UC San Diego Clinical Psychology, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine, Doctoral Internship
McLean Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Postdoctoral Fellowship
Training
Dr. Albright earned his PhD from the University of California San Diego. During his doctoral studies, his research and clinical work broadly focused on understanding and treating emotion dysregulation, suicidality, and borderline personality disorder among LGBTQ+ individuals. He completed his doctoral internship at Yale New Haven Hospital’s DBT program, where he received extensive training in the delivery of comprehensive DBT in an IOP setting among traditional aged youth and adults. He then completed his postdoctoral fellowship at McLean Hospital’s 3East adolescent residential DBT program, where he received additional training in the delivery of individual and family DBT for adolescents and young adults. Dr. Albright has completed formal training in DBT for adolescents (Dr. Alec Miller) and DBT Prolonged Exposure for trauma (Dr. Melanie Harned). He has clinical expertise in a broad range of CBT-based interventions, with extensive training in DBT, trauma-based interventions (cognitive processing therapy and prolonged exposure), CBT for anxiety and other exposure-based interventions, and motivational interviewing.
General Approach
Dr. Albright believes that a strong therapeutic relationship based on trust and genuine collaboration, coupled with the delivery of evidence-based treatment, is the best avenue for growth and change. He has warm and irreverent clinical approach, and he often uses humor and radical genuineness to help his clients build the life they want to live. Dr. Albright often integrates values and meaning-making into therapy, as he believes that introspection into what is truly important in one’s life is essential to building a life worth living. He also works actively to take a culturally-informed approach to therapy, with the belief it is deeply important to balance the delivery of gold-standard, evidence-based care with the wisdom that clients bring from their own lived experiences
About Dr. Albright
In his free time, Dr. Albright enjoys traveling, reading classic literature, running, and spending time in nature. He is currently training for the London marathon and working on building proficiency in Spanish and Arabic, in the hopes that he one day can use proficiency in these languages to experience more of the world through travel, literature, and human connection.
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