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Dr. Amy Geotzinger

Amy Goetzinger, Ph.D. is licensed as a Psychologist and certified as a Health Services Provider by the North Carolina Psychology Board. She earned her doctorate in Clinical Health Psychology from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and completed her psychology internship and post-doctoral fellowship at Duke University Medical Center. She is a faculty member at Duke University Medical Center in the Division of Medical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Dr. Goetzinger provides psychotherapy and psychological assessment for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. She utilizes an active, skills-based, problem and solution focused approach guided by theory and science. She has significant training and experience in the evaluation and treatment of Pediatric Developmental Disabilities, including Autism and Asperger’s Disorder, ADHD, Learning Disorders, OCD, and Mood and Anxiety Disorders.

Dr. Goetzinger also specializes in Health Psychology--an integrative field that recognizes the delicate connection between the mind and body. Using this framework, psychological counseling can serve as a platform to help individuals better manage stress, resolve relationship conflicts, work through occupational challenges, and/or learn more adaptive coping strategies. Individuals also can learn how to improve self-esteem and self-care behaviors, cope with chronic illness and pain, and make healthy lifestyle changes, such as quitting smoking, losing weight, and maintaining physical activity. Dr. Goetzinger is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Behavioral Medicine.  

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