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Amanda Klingensmith, Ph.D

  • In-Person or Telehealth
  • All Ages (3+)
  • ADHD, Anxiety, Aggressive Behavior, Body Image Concerns, CBIT (Tics/Tourettes), I-CBT, Depression, DBT skills, Exposure Therapy, FND, Gender/Sexuality Concerns, Grief/Loss, OCD, Pain/Illness Management, Parent Coaching, PCIT, Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizure Disorder, Self-Esteem, Self- Harm, Sleep Issues, Suicidality, Toileting Concerns, Trauma
  • Individual, Couples and Family Therapy
  • Full Comprehensive Neuropsychological Evaluations
  • PSYPACT certified
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Background

Dr. Amanda has specialized training in treating a variety of anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and behavioral issues in children and teens, as well as couples and family therapy. She utilizes many empirically based interventions, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), behavioral parent training, and motivational interviewing. Dr. Amanda also specializes in Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT), a behavioral treatment for tics and Tourette’s, and I-CBT (Inference-based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy), a treatment approach to OCD).

Dr. Amanda has extensive experience conducting comprehensive psychological assessments that focus on providing accurate diagnoses and helpful recommendations for children with ADHD, dyslexia, learning disabilities, and a variety of other presenting difficulties. In addition, Dr. Amanda also supervises many of our therapists, including master’s level psychologists and practicum students.

Amanda earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Wayne State University, and earned her Master’s and Doctorate degrees in Clinical Psychology from Kent State University. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Indiana University School of Medicine, where she worked with patients across the lifespan in a variety of hospital and outpatient-based settings.

Dr. Amanda currently serves as the Professional Development Director of McCaskill Family Services and is responsible for providing and organizing training opportunities for our clinical staff.

Dr. Amanda practices under the PSYPACT credential, which allows her to provide telehealth services to the majority of the US states. For more information and to learn if the state you live in is compatible, please click the link below or reach out through the contact page.

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Conference Presentations

Kochendorfer, L., Cooke, J., Stuart-Parrigon, K., Movahed-Abtahi, M., Koehn, A.J., & Kerns, K.A. (2017, April) Parent-child attachment and children’s affective experiences and regulation of emotion: Meta-analytic evidence. Paper to be presented to the Society for Research in Child Development conference in Austin, Texas.

Koehn, A.J. & Kerns, K.A. (2015, August). Parent-child attachment and parenting behaviors in middle childhood and adolescence: A meta-analysis. Paper presented in symposium to the International Attachment Conference in New York, New York.

Kerns, K.A., Stuart, K., Coifman, K., van Dulmen, M., & Koehn, A.J. (2015, March) Pet Dogs: Does Their Presence Mitigate Preadolescents’ Emotional Responses to a Social Stressor? Poster presented to the Society for Research in Child Development conference in Philadephia, Pennsylvania.

Koehn, A. J., Mathews, B. L., & Kerns, K. A. (2014, March). Anxiety and emotional competence in childhood and adolescence: A meta-analysis. Poster presented to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America conference in Chicago, Illinois.

Williams, C., Koehn, A., Mathews, B., Siener, S., & Kerns, K. (2014, March). Safe haven and secure base functions of attachment with mothers and fathers: Relations with adolescents’ social development. Symposium presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence conference in Austin, Texas.

Kerns, K. A., Mathews, B. L., Koehn, A. J., & Siener, S. (2013, August). Assessing both safe haven and secure base support in parent-child relationships. Poster presented to the 6th International Attachment Conference in Pavia, Italy.

Koehn, A.J. & Kerns, K.A. (2013, April). The supervision partnership as a phase of attachment. Poster presented to the Society for Research in Child Development conference in Seattle, Washington.December 6, 2017

Publications
  • Koehn, A. J., & Kerns, K. A. (2022). Validating the supervision partnership as a phase of attachment. The
    Journal of Early Adolescence, 42(4), 482-513.
  • Cooke, J. E., Kochendorfer, L. B., Stuart-Parrigon, K. L., Koehn, A. J., & Kerns, K. A. (2019). Parent–child
    attachment and children’s experience and regulation of emotion: A meta-analytic review. Emotion, 19(6),
    1103.
  • Koehn, A.J. & Kerns, K.A. (2015). The supervision partnership as a phase of attachment. Journal of Early Adolescence.
  • Parrigon, K.S., Kerns, K.A., Abtahi, M.M., Koehn, A. (2015). Attachment and Emotion in Middle Childhood and Adolescence. Psychological Topics 24(1), 27-50.
  • Kerns, K. A., Mathews, B. L., Koehn, A. J., Williams, C.T. & Siener-Ciesla, S. (2015). Assessing both safe haven and secure base support in parent-child relationships in late middle childhood and early adolescence. Attachment and Human Development, 17(4), 337-353.
  • Mathews, B. L., Koehn, A. J., Movahed Abtahi, M., & Kerns, K. A. (2016). Emotional competence and anxiety in childhood and adolescence: A meta-analysic review. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review.
  • Kerns, K. A., Koehn, A. J., van Dulmen, M. H., Stuart-Parrigon, K. L., & Coifman, K. G. (2016). Preadolescents’ relationships with pet dogs: Relationship continuity and associations with adjustment. Applied Developmental Science, 1-14.
  • Cooke, J., Stuart-Parrigon, K.., Movahed-Abtahi, M., Koehn, A.J., & Kerns, K.A. (2016). Children’s emotion understanding and mother-child attachment: A meta-analysis. Emotion.
  • Kerns, K.A., Parrigon, K.S., Coifman, K.G., van Dulmen, M.H.M., Koehn, A. (2018). Pet dogs: Does their presence influence preadolescents’ emotional responses to a social stressor? Social Development..
  • Koehn, A.J. & Kerns, K.A. (2017). Parent-child attachment and parenting behaviors in middle childhood and adolescence: A meta-analytic review. Attachment and Human Development.

Meet Dr. Amanda Klingensmith

Dr. Amanda Klingensmith, a fully licensed psychologist at McCaskill Family Services, sees patients of a wide range of ages and with a wide variety of presenting problems, from young children up through adulthood.

Her specializations include:

  • Working with children and adolescents who have anxiety and depression.
  • Working with children and adolescents who have self-harm and suicidal thoughts.
  • Working with people who have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), tics, and Tourette’s.

Dr. Smith uses a wide variety of empirically supported treatments to tailor her approach to the client’s needs. She notes that if one treatment does not work, they will try something else.