Dr. Clyde is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a licensed psychologist at the outpatient Center for Pediatric Psychiatry at Children’s Health/Children’s Medical Center Dallas, where she has been employed for 10 years. She is board certified in clinical child and adolescent psychology and the primary supervisor for the Outpatient Concentration of the psychology postdoctoral fellowship position at Children’s Health. Dr. Clyde provides comprehensive evaluations for children up to age five with behavioral, social, emotional, developmental and attachment difficulties through the Early Childhood Mental Health Clinic (ECMHC), which she developed in 2013. She also provides psychological evaluations for school-aged children (ages six to 18) and specializes in complex diagnostic differentials, including psychosis, Bipolar Disorder, trauma-based symptoms and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Dr. Clyde earned her PhD in Medical/Clinical Psychology at the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) in August 2010. She completed her predoctoral internship at Florida State University (FSU), where she trained in the public school system and conducted ASD and complex attention-related assessments. During her postdoctoral fellowship at Children’s Medical Center Dallas from 2010-2011, as well as her first year as a faculty member, Dr. Clyde provided treatment and conducted ASD-specific evaluations through the Crystal Charity Ball Autism Project. Her research interests include clinical presentation differences and appropriate assessment techniques for preschool-aged children, especially those with a history of trauma.