Dr. Maryann Hetrick is a licensed psychologist who received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. As a graduate student, Dr. Hetrick was awarded the Carmen Miller Michael Award for outstanding leadership and dedication to the community, as well as The Dissertation Award by The Dallas Psychological Association for her research on family functioning and eating disorders in children and adolescents.
Prior to joining Dr. Housson’s private practice, Dr. Hetrick worked at the Shelton School and Evaluation Center in Dallas where she served as a research coordinator and the Associate Director of Research. While at Shelton, Dr. Hetrick oversaw parent training groups and ran attention training groups for preschool children who had a diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
Dr. Hetrick is an expert in evaluation of children with learning, attention, and emotional and behavioral difficulties. She is also one of few psychologists within the Dallas community who offers a comprehensive psychological evaluation for adolescents and adults which yields information regarding cognition, coping skills, thought processes, self-perception, and interpersonal relationships to assist with accurate diagnosis and treatment planning. Additionally, Dr. Hetrick offers counseling services and uses cognitive-behavioral therapy techniques, an empirically validated treatment modality, to address symptoms of anxiety and depression.
Dr. Hetrick loves to spend time at home with her husband, two young sons, and Persian cats. In addition to exploring the world through the eyes of her rambunctious children and attempting to keep up with their fast pace, Dr. Hetrick enjoys crafting, scrapbooking, and reading in her leisure time.