ALEXANDER DANIEL KOHL, Ph.D., LPC, CCH, DCC Psychotherapist (LPC#009495)

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1 ALEXANDER DANIEL KOHL, Ph.D., LPC, CCH, DCC Psychtherapist (LPC#009495) dralexkhl@nrthmetrpsych.cm - CLINICAL SUMMARY: I prvide individual, cuples, and family therapy fr adlescents (ages 12+), adults, and the elderly. I take a clientcentered apprach using the bipsychscial methd and incrprate varius theretical rientatins, such as humanistic, emtin fcused, cgnitive and behaviral therapy, dialectical behaviral therapy, mindfulness, psychanalysis, and family systems. I wrk with a wide variety f ppulatins, but specialize in anxiety, depressin, substance use disrders, persnality disrders, lw self-esteem, life transitins, self-harm, and LGBTQ+ issues. EDUCATION Ph.D Clinical Psychlgy & Neurpsychlgy Gergia State University Cmpleted all clinical training and cursewrk Saybrk University Dctral Thesis: Understanding Mental Fatigue: A Grunded Thery Study M.S Behaviral & Neural Sciences Rutgers University Center fr Mlecular and Behaviral Neursciences UMDNJ (University f Medicine and Dentistry f New Jersey) Bimedical Sciences Master s Thesis: The Neural Crrelates f Cgnitive Fatigue in Traumatic Brain Injury using fmri B.A Drew University, Madisn, NJ Neurscience majr GPA 3.4 Drew Internatinal Seminar (2002) and Semester Abrad in Chile (2003) CERTIFICATIONS & ADVANCED TRAINING Certified Clinical Hypntherapist Distance Credentialed Cunselr Emtinally Fcused Cuples Therapy & Gttman Methd Emtinally Fcused Individual Therapy Neurtherapy & Bifeedback Techniques CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Nrth Metr Psychlgical Services 8/1/17 Current: Prvides individual and family therapy fr adlescents and adults experiencing varius mental health cncerns, including anxiety, depressin, addictin, biplar disrder, lss/grief, trauma, and ADHD/academic underachievement. Als utilizes neurtherapy and bifeedback training t help clients imprve md, regulate emtin, and alleviate symptms assciated with anxiety and depressin BetterHelp.cm 9/1/17 Current: Prvides nline distance therapy t dmestic (limited t the state f GA) and internatinal (when the cuntries rules and regulatins permit) clients. Online cunseling services cnsist f asynchrnus (messaging) and synchrnus (vide/phne) frms f cmmunicatin. 1

2 Gergia Ketamine Clinic 1/1/17 Current: Cntractr prviding psychlgical assessments fr ketamine infusin treatment fr depressive disrders and PTSD. DecisinPint Wellness Center Executive Clinical Directr 10/1/16 8/1/17: Respnsible fr verseeing and develping DecisinPint Wellness Center s Mental Wellness Membership Prgram thrugh tasks such as hiring, evaluating, scheduling, crdinating client services, and prviding supervisin. Cnducted all intake assessments and created custmized CarePlans fr all incming clients, as well as created c-ccurring treatment plans fr clients admitted t DecisinPint Wellness Center s intensive utpatient prgram fr substance use disrders. Direct client care included prviding individual, grup therapy, neurtherapy, and bifeedback services. Respnsibilities als included facilitating business develpment and imprving marketing strategies Alpharetta/Jhns Creek and Marietta Cunseling fr Children & Adults: 9/1/15 4/1/17: Individual, cuples, and family therapy fr adlescents and adults experiencing varius issues and disrders Addictin, depressin, anxiety, relatinship difficulties, cuples cunseling, LGBT issues/gender identity, schl difficulties/bullying, self-identity, lw self-esteem, life transitins, family and marital prblems, trauma, lss/grief, self-harm, specific phbias, OCD, traumatic brain injury & strke, dementia/alzheimer s Disease Alana Recvery Center: 11/1/16 1/1/17: Prvided individual therapy and led prcess, skills based, and meditatin grups fr clients with substance use disrders in an intensive utpatient setting Gergia State University Psychlgy Clinic: 8/15/09 9/15/14: Graduate Student: Psychtherapist fr children, adults, and families experiencing difficulties with depressin, anxiety, develpmental disabilities, autism, learning disrders, and rthpedic injuries Clinical hurs: 690 direct cntact & 900 supervisin Children s Healthcare f Atlanta Department f Neurpsychlgy: 5/15/12 8/1/12: Graduate Student: Cgnitive Remediatin fr children with neurlgical and develpmental disrders in bth an inpatient and utpatient setting in a children s hspital Shepherd Center 8/15/13 3/1/14: Graduate Student: Individual and grup therapy in an utpatient setting fr adlescents and adults with traumatic brain injury Caminar Latin Assessment Services: 5/15/12 12/15/12: Graduate Student: Cmprehensive interventin fr Latin families affected by dmestic vilence Gergia State University Reagent s Center fr Learning Disrders: 8/15/10 9/15/14: Graduate Student: Cnducting neurpsychlgical assessments n cllege students fr diagnstic and schl accmmdatin purpses 2

3 Gergia State University Department f Clinical Neurpsychlgy: 8/15/08 8/15/10: Graduate Student: Cnducted neurpsychlgical testing n adult survivrs f childhd brain tumr and Gergia State University undergraduates Children s Healthcare f Atlanta Department f Neurpsychlgy: 8/15/10 7/1/11: Graduate Student: External practicum cnducing neurpsychlgical assessments n children and adlescents in an utpatient setting Shepherd Center 8/15/13 3/1/14: Graduate Student: External practicum cnducting neurpsychlgical assessments fr adlescents and adults with traumatic brain injury Prfessinal Experience: Cntinuing Educatin Unit Presenter Apprved fr LPC, LCSW, LMFT, GACA, ADACBGA - Material presented fr the Gergia Addictin Cunselr s Assciatin, DecisinPint Wellness Center, and The Alchl and Drug Abuse Certificatin Bard f Gergia. The neurscience f addictin and neurtherapy/bifeedback fr relapse preventin This presentatin prvides a neurscientific understanding f hw each f the majr drug classes impact brain functining. The benefits f neurtherapy and bifeedback are als discussed The effects f mediatin n the brain and hw t incrprate neurtherapy/bifeedback int yur clinical practice This presentatin discusses the benefits f varius frms f meditatin n neurcgnitive functining. Practical applicatins t help prmte meditatin include audi-visual entrainment therapy and specific bifeedback devices t mnitr heart rate variability The neurscience f mental health disrders and hw interventins help t change the brain This presentatin prvides an understanding f basic brain structure and functining and the neurscience f the mst cmmn mental health disrders. Hw varius interventins help t prmte healthier brain functining thrugh altered neurnal activity and synaptic plasticity will then be discussed The neurscience f piid addictin and hw meditatin can help t rewire the brain This presentatin prvides an extensive verview f hw piid addictin impacts and changes specific brain regins and neurnal systems. The effects f mediatin and hw it can help t rewire the brain and help t prevent relapse are als discussed Wrkshps Mindfulness X Experiential curse dedicated t teaching mindfulness. This prgram was created by the Psitive Psychlgy Prgram and the Dutch Chamber f Cmmerce. Each grup is cmpsed f 8-12 persns experiencing a wide range f mental health cncerns, such as anxiety, depressin, PTSD, grief/lss, self-harm behavirs, and persnality disrders. This curse lasts eight weeks and is ffered intermittently thrughut the year. Kessler Medical Rehabilitatin Research and Educatin Center (KMRRC) - Labratry f Dr. Jhn DeLuca: 5/2/07 7/2/08: Master s Student: Research psitin aiding in neurpsychlgical evaluatins and fmri scans n patients with Traumatic Brain Injury and Multiple Sclersis 3

4 Rutgers University - Center fr Mlecular and Behaviral Neurscience - Labratry f Dr. April Benasich: 1/1/07 5/1/07: Master s Student: Tested auditry prcessing abilities f Specific Language Impaired Children using electrencephalgram/event-related ptential (EEG/ERP) Kessler Institute fr Rehabilitatin - Inpatient Therapy: Spring 2005: Vlunteer Psitin: Aided physical therapists with rehabilitative therapy fr Parkinsn s disease and Strke patients Physitherapy Assciates: : Physical Therapist Assistant: Prepared equipment fr physical/ccupatinal therapists and assisted in patient care Gergia Institute f Technlgy: 9/1/05 5/1/06: Research Assistant: Pairing ptical recrding with electrical stimulatin and recrding n multi electrde arrays (MEAs), calcium imaging f MEAs TEACHING EXPERIENCE Gergia State University: 1/15/12 12/15/13 Teaching Assistant: Instructed fur Advanced Research Methds curses fr undergraduate students. Taught statistical analysis and research methdlgy New Jersey Gvernr s Schl in the Sciences at Drew University: 7/15/06 8/12/06 Cunselr: Aided students in cnducting an independent research prject: Identificatin and Characterizatin f Entercccus spp. in Lcal Surface Waters AWARDS Teaching Assistant: Labratry fr Envirnmental Micrbilgy st place award General Research Divisin fr Graduate Students at the Annual Meeting f the Gergia Psychlgical Assciatin, Atlanta, GA 2005 The Nvartis Pharmaceuticals Award Outstanding Research in the Field f Neurscience: awarded t the premier neurscience student at Drew University 2005 Pster award at the Beta Beta Beta Bilgical Hnr Sciety Cnventin, Nrtheast District 2 RESEARCH Publicatins: 1. Khl, A. D. (2016). Understanding mental fatigue: A grunded thery study (Order N ). Available frm PrQuest Dissertatins & Theses Glbal. ( ). 2. Khl, A.D., Wylie, G.R., Genva, H.M., Hillary, F.G., DeLuca, J. (2009). The Neural Crrelates f Cgnitive Fatigue in Traumatic Brain Injury using Functinal MRI Brain Injury, 5: Wylie, G.R., Velbel, G.T., Khl, A.D., DeLuca, J., Pei, Y., Xu, Y., and Barbur R. (2009). Using C-variatins in the Hb Signal t Detect Visual Activatin: a Near Infrared Spectrscpy Study Neurimage 47(2):

5 Published Presentatins: 1. Khl, A.D., Wylie, G.R., Genva, H.M., Hillary, F.G., DeLuca, J. (2007, Octber). The Neural Crrelates f Fatigue in Traumatic Brain Injury. Presented at the Integrative Neurscience Minisympsium (Rutgers University, UMDNJ, New Jersey Institute f Technlgy). Rutgers University, NJ. 2. Jayakar, R., Khl, A.D., King, T., Mrris, R., & Krawiecki, N. Presence f Radiatin Impacts CVLT Perfrmance in Lng Term Survivrs f Childhd Brain Tumrs. Sympsia presented at the Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting f the Internatinal Neurpsychlgical Sciety, Bstn, MD. Final Prgram. Abstract published in the Jurnal f the Internatinal Neurpsychlgical Sciety Published Abstracts: 1. Khl, A.D, King, T.Z., Mrris, R., & Krawiecki, N. (2011, February). The Impact f Raditherapy n Recgnitin Memry False Psitive Errr Rates in Lng-Term Survivrs f Childhd Brain Tumrs. Pster sessin presented at the Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting f the Internatinal Neurpsychlgical Sciety, Bstn, MD. Final Prgram. Abstract published in the Jurnal f the Internatinal Neurpsychlgical Sciety. 2. Khl, A.D., Ivanisevic, M., King, T.Z., Mrris, R., Krawiecki, N. (2010, February). The Neurlgical Predictrs f Adaptive Functining in Lng Term Survivrs f Childhd Brain Tumrs. Presented at the Annual Meeting f the Gergia Psychlgical Assciatin, Atlanta, GA. 3. Khl, A.D., Wendell, J., King, T.Z., Mrris, R., Krawiecki, N. (2010, February). Prcessing speed mediates the relatinship between increased neurlgical events and academic achievement in adult survivrs f childhd brain tumrs. Pster sessin presented at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting f the Internatinal Neurpsychlgical Sciety, Acapulc, Mexic. Final Prgram. Abstract published in the Jurnal f the Internatinal Neurpsychlgical Sciety, Vlume 16, February 2010, pp i di: /S Als presented at: (2010, April) Brains & Behavir Spring Retreat, Atlanta, GA. 4. Khl, A.D., Wendell, J., King, T.Z., Mrris, R., Krawiecki, N. (2009, February). Neurlgical Predictrs f IQ in Adult Survivrs f Childhd Brain Tumr; an 18 year fllw up study. Presented at the Annual Meeting f the Gergia Psychlgical Assciatin, Atlanta, GA. Presentatin earned 1 st place award General Research Award fr Graduate Students. Als presented at: (2009, May) Brains & Behavir Spring Retreat, Atlanta, GA. 5. Khl, A.D., Papazglu, A., King, T.Z., Mrris, R., Krawiecki, N. (2009, February). Neurlgical Predictrs f Academic Achievement in Adult Survivrs f Childhd Brain Tumr. Pster sessin presented at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting f the Internatinal Neurpsychlgical Sciety, Atlanta, GA. Final Prgram. Abstract published in the Jurnal f the Internatinal Neurpsychlgical Sciety, Vlume 15, Supplement S1, February 2009, pp i-249. di: /s Khl, A.D., Wylie, G.R., Genva, H.M., Hillary, F.G., DeLuca, J. (2009, February). The Neural Crrelates f Mental Fatigue: A Cmparative Study Between Multiple Sclersis and Traumatic Brain Injury. Pster sessin presented at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting f the Internatinal Neurpsychlgical Sciety, Atlanta, GA. Final Prgram. Abstract published in the Jurnal f the Internatinal Neurpsychlgical Sciety, Vlume 15, Supplement S1, February 2009, pp i-249. di: /s Khl, A.D., Wylie, G.R., Genva, H.M., Hillary, F.G., DeLuca, J. (2008, April). The Neural Crrelates f Fatigue in Traumatic Brain Injury. [Abstract]. 15th Annual Cgnitive Neurscience Sciety Meeting. Jurnal f Cgnitive Neurscience (Supplement): Velbel, G.T., Lengenfelder, J., Wylie, G., Smith, A., Khl, A.D., Barbur, R.L., Pei, Y., and DeLuca, J. (2007, Nvember). Functinal Near Infrared Spectrscpy Study f the PASAT in Healthy Cntrls. 27 th Natinal Academy f Neurpsychlgy: Abstracts frm the 27th Annual Meeting, Scttsdale, Arizna, Nvember 14 18, 2007Arch Clin Neurpsychl (2007) 22(7): di: /j.acn Khl, A.D., McKittrick, C.R. (2005, April). The Crrelatin between Learning and Memry and Nitric Oxide/Superxide Dismutase f an Alzheimer s Disease Rat Mdel. Beta Beta Beta Bilgical Hnr Sciety Cnventin, Nrtheast District 2. Presentatin earned 3 rdt place award. 5