Leila Forbes, PhD

 
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Leila@findyourbase.com

CLINICAL FOCUS

  • Chronic Illness / Chronic Pain / Tinnitus

  • Sleep Disorders / Insomnia

  • Trauma / Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

  • Depression / Grief / Loss

  • Life Transitions

  • Stress / Anxiety / Professional Burnout

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

AGES SEEN

  • Adults / Adolescents (15 and up)

LOCATION

  • Licensed in North Carolina

  • PSYPACT: approved to offer Telepsychology to all PSYPACT states (click here to see if your state is included)

EDUCATION

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Health Psychology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC

  • Master of Arts in Psychology, Eastern Carolina University, Greenville, NC

  • Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

TRAINING

  • University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s Counseling and Psychological Services Center, Charlotte, NC

  • Forensic Evaluations Unit: Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, NC

  • W.G. Hefner VA Medical Center, Salisbury, NC

  • Carolinas Medical Center: Neurology, Concord, NC

  • Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), Ft. Bragg, NC

SPECIALIZED TRAINING

  • Cognitive Processing Therapy, Department of Veterans Affairs training program

  • Motivational Interviewing, Daymark Recovery Services

  • Dialectic Behavioral Therapy Skills, Behavioral Tech

PUBLICATIONS

  • Forbes, L., & Johnson, S.K. (2022). Online mindfulness intervention for inflammatory bowel disease patients: adherence and efficacy. Frontiers in Psychology, 12: doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.70989

  • Gutierrez, D.G., Forbes, L., & Johnson, S.K. (2018). Physical and psychological predictors of adherence to a mindfulness program for college students. Journal of American College Health.

  • Klaric, J. S., Forbes, L., & Finkel, A. G. (2018), Painful craniofacial/cervical surface area and continuous headache after military concussion: a morphometric retrospective cohort study. Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, 58: 1457-1464.

  • Forbes, L., Gutierrez, D.G., & Johnson, S.K. (2017). Investigating adherence to an online introductory mindfulness program. Mindfulness, 8(4), 1-12.

 PRESENTATION TOPICS

  • Cognitive Processing Therapy for Veterans

  • Foundations of Sleep

  • Mindfulness-Based Treatment for Chronic Illness

  • Women’s Health

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