About Dr. David Knight
Professional History
I received my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Miami University in 1993 and served my internship at the Cincinnati Veteran’s Administration Medical Center where I did rotations on the General Psychiatry Unit, the Inpatient Chemical Dependency Unit and in the Emergency Room. I gained valuable experience in various forms of therapy and my work has continued to include the treatment of chemical dependency issues. I worked full time at the Community Mental Health Center in Lawrenceburg, Indiana for the following 10 years doing general outpatient psychotherapy and group work on the Inpatient Unit. While at CMHC I received training and qualified as a Treatment Provider for convicted sex offenders.
While a graduate student at Miami I took courses in the teaching of psychology and was awarded a one year Teaching Fellowship. After earning my Ph.D. I continued to teach as an adjunct faculty member. Each semester I conducted one or two classes in Abnormal Psychology, Psychopathology, Personality Theory or Psychotherapy. I taught for 30 years and I see that experience as an essential component of my career. As a practicing psychotherapist I was able to offer a different perspective to the students. Also, teaching informed and enhanced my work as a psychotherapist. By explaining my work to students, I found that I can think about it more clearly and thus practice it more effectively.
“Creating Pathways for Change”
I chose this motto for my practice because it reflects my beliefs regarding what psychotherapy is and what it does. Psycho-neurological research has shown that when we learn a skill, new pathways are formed through the nerves that make up our brains. This is true whether we are learning a new sport, a musical instrument or a new way of responding to stress. The more that a new, functional pathway is used, the more efficient it becomes and the easier it is to respond in that improved manner until the new response becomes automatic - literally built in. At that point it makes sense to say that you have become a different person.
I received my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Miami University in 1993 and served my internship at the Cincinnati Veteran’s Administration Medical Center where I did rotations on the General Psychiatry Unit, the Inpatient Chemical Dependency Unit and in the Emergency Room. I gained valuable experience in various forms of therapy and my work has continued to include the treatment of chemical dependency issues. I worked full time at the Community Mental Health Center in Lawrenceburg, Indiana for the following 10 years doing general outpatient psychotherapy and group work on the Inpatient Unit. While at CMHC I received training and qualified as a Treatment Provider for convicted sex offenders.
While a graduate student at Miami I took courses in the teaching of psychology and was awarded a one year Teaching Fellowship. After earning my Ph.D. I continued to teach as an adjunct faculty member. Each semester I conducted one or two classes in Abnormal Psychology, Psychopathology, Personality Theory or Psychotherapy. I taught for 30 years and I see that experience as an essential component of my career. As a practicing psychotherapist I was able to offer a different perspective to the students. Also, teaching informed and enhanced my work as a psychotherapist. By explaining my work to students, I found that I can think about it more clearly and thus practice it more effectively.
“Creating Pathways for Change”
I chose this motto for my practice because it reflects my beliefs regarding what psychotherapy is and what it does. Psycho-neurological research has shown that when we learn a skill, new pathways are formed through the nerves that make up our brains. This is true whether we are learning a new sport, a musical instrument or a new way of responding to stress. The more that a new, functional pathway is used, the more efficient it becomes and the easier it is to respond in that improved manner until the new response becomes automatic - literally built in. At that point it makes sense to say that you have become a different person.