Dr. Skinner is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with over 28 years’ experience in a variety of settings with a number of patient populations. He is a graduate of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. There, he also completed an APA Approved Clinical Internship, gaining experience with children, adolescents, adult outpatients and inpatients, juvenile offenders, pain management, and in the Parkland Memorial Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Room. Following graduation, he participated in a research program involving substance abusers and PTSD at the Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center before moving to Terrell State Hospital. Initially working as a Ward Psychologist, he was promoted to become the Unit Chief Psychologist for the Acute Unit and, later, the Unit Director for the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Unit. Dr. Skinner also served as assistant to the Director of Psychology and as chair of the hospital Psychology Internship Committee, on several hospital committees, and as the hospital representative to the statewide Psychosocial Rehabilitation Committee. Seeking a change of pace, Dr. Skinner joined a consulting company to work with Seniors in Long Term Care. Now, he maintains a full-time private practice and also works with residents of Group Homes, in addition to supervising interns. His areas of practice include Adults, Seniors, Late Adolescents, Couples, and Family issues. Dr. Skinner has adopted a Pragmatic approach to psychotherapy, utilizing interventions that are most appropriate to the needs of a given patient.
As a licensed psychologist, Dr. Keehn has completed numerous clinical training hours under the direction of UTSW and Baylor Medical Center trained