Aijah K B. Goodwin, PhD

Indiana University of Pennsylvania, BA, Psychology/Honors Track, 2014

Louisiana State University, MA, Psychology, 2019

Florida State University Multidisciplinary Center (MDC), APA-accredited Predoctoral Internship, 2020-2021

Louisiana State University, Ph.D., School Psychology, 2021

Cultural responsiveness, Mental health help-seeking, Adolescent mental health, Internalizing disorders, School mental health,

Goodwin, A. K. B., Adams, M. A., Wu, E., Baker, E., Roulston, C. A., & Simenec, T. (2026). Bridging Culture, Context, and Technology: Redefining the Help-Seeking Model for Black Adolescents with Internalizing Concerns. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2026.2613380

Goodwin, A. K. B., Adams, M. A., James, N., Knox, J., & Nefferdorf, B. (2025). A Narrative Review of Mental Health Help-Seeking and Service Utilization Models For Black Internalizing Adolescents. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-07878-w

Goodwin, A. K. B., Chen, G. L., & Long, A. C. J. (2021). Mental health, well‐being, and help‐seeking in schools among black adolescents: The role of discrimination in high‐achieving academic settings. Psychology in the Schools, 58(9), 1690–1707. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22523 

I am a licensed psychologist with specialized expertise in child and adolescent mental health across outpatient, school-based, and multidisciplinary clinical settings. I currently provide individual therapy to youth (ages 10–18) in a UMMS child and adolescent outpatient psychiatry clinic, delivering evidence-based treatments including Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for trauma-related disorders, mood disorders, and behavioral concerns. I also collaborate closely with interdisciplinary teams of psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and counselors, as well as provide supervision and training to psychology and psychiatry trainees.

I have extensive training in individual therapy, group therapy, parent management, crisis response, culturally responsive care, and strengths-based interventions. I am skilled in psychoeducational and comprehensive psychological assessment across preschool through young adult populations, functional behavioral assessments, and multidisciplinary consultation. I am also experienced in MTSS implementation, IEP participation, behavioral intervention planning, and school based prevention and early intervention delivery.