Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Phil Eiseman is a licensed clinical psychologist. They completed their Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. They completed an APA-accredited doctoral internship at the Texas Tech University Counseling Center. Phil has worked in outpatient community clinics and multiple university counseling centers. They use an integrative approach to therapy that draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and multicultural approaches. At CAPS, Phil provides individual and group therapy, leads training seminars for interns and externs, and serves on the diversity committee. They are particularly interested in cultural identity development, with particular interest in sexual, gender, racial, and religious identity. They are also interested in running, board games, hiking, and playing guitar.
Phil centers their approach to supervision in Person-Centered and Multicultural theories, focusing on honoring and uplifting supervisees through recognizing the unique strengths, gifts, and perspectives provided by their individual experience and their cultural heritage. They aim to minimize hierarchical power dynamics through co-creating the norms and expectations of supervision with supervisees while clarifying how systemic expectations influence the supervisory relationship. Phil uses humor and a relaxed, conversational style to disrupt norms of professionalism that are rooted in White supremacy as opposed to the actual human needs of our clients and our colleagues, with the goal of creating a safe, collaborative environment for supervisees to ground their work in connectivity, humility, and curiosity as opposed to the fear of evaluation or failure.