Dr. Karla Daniel

Dr. Karla Daniel is a Licensed Psychologist and Health Service Provider in Missouri. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Southwest Missouri State University (MSU). She then obtained Master and Doctorate Degrees in Clinical Psychology from Forest Institute of Professional Psychology in Springfield, Missouri. She has worked in private practice for 15 years providing individual, family, and couples counseling in addition to teaching college psychology courses for 10 years. In her practice, she worked with a wide range of clinical presentations, including mood and anxiety disorders, trauma, relationship distress, bereavement, as well as severe and persistent disorders such as schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. Dr. Daniel has also had extensive experience in providing care to hospitalized patients in an acute inpatient psychiatric facility offering individual therapy, group psychotherapy, and psychoeducation groups. She also has experience in working with medically hospitalized patients struggling with psychological distress related to their medical conditions. Among the most rewarding aspects of her career has been supervising students at various levels of education including master’s level psychology practicum students; doctoral-level interns and post-doctorate residents seeking licensure; master’s level professionals seeking licensure; and serving as psychotherapy proctor for Nurse Practitioner Students seeking their Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner degree. In her role at Cox Health, she will work with medically admitted patients, as well as supervise interns and post-doctorate residents who are a part of the National Psychology Training Consortium. She will be a primary supervisor for the acute medical rotation.

Dr. A.J. Whitmire

Dr. Whitmire’s education covers a broad range of disciplines. He earned a B.S. in Biology from Birmingham-Southern College, a M.Div. in the ministry from Duke University, a M.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and both an M.S. and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Whitmire’s career spans broad areas as well and includes several years as a cardiovascular perfusionist in open heart surgery, work as a medical librarian at a medical school, several years teaching and supervising doctoral students in clinical psychology at a school of professional psychology, some time as director of a training clinic that was part of a school of professional psychology, a short time in a large group private practice as a licensed psychologist, and many years practicing as an outpatient and inpatient adult psychologist. He has worked for the last 5 years as a psychologist on one of the two adult inpatient psychiatric units at Cox Health. Dr. Whitmire particularly enjoys clinical supervision and has supervised clinical psychology graduate students at all levels from beginning practicum students to psychological residents. In the past, he has functioned as the director of clinical training at another internship site within the NPTC. The challenges and rewards of working with the diversity of chronically mentally ill clients on an inpatient psychiatric unit as part of a treatment team create an ideal learning environment often difficult to find. It is within that environment that Dr. Whitmire finds a home applying the diversity of his education and experience in clinical practice in a local clinical scientist model of care.

Dr. Georgina Ashlock

Dr. Georgina Ashlock has been a licensed psychologist in the state of Missouri since 1994. She earned a B.S. in psychology from Southwest Missouri State University (MSU), a M.S. in clinical psychology from Illinois State University, and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from The Ohio University. Dr. Ashlock has spent her career working with underserved populations, primarily in inpatient settings. She retired from the Federal Bureau of Prisons after twenty-one years of service. Dr. Ashlock has provided group and individual psychotherapy at Coxhealth on inpatient units since 2015. She has experience working with a wide range of mental illness with adults utilizing an eclectic approach to psychotherapy, with a special interest in treating trauma. Dr. Ashlock taught undergraduate psychology courses for ten years. She has experience supervising and mentoring students, including post-doctoral residents, pre-doctoral interns, practicum students, nurse practitioners, and medical students.

Dr. Katharine Putnam

Dr. Putman has enjoyed training and supervising emerging psychologists for 18 years as a professor for the Graduate Programs at Fuller’s School of Psychology and Azusa Pacific University. Her specialties include child and adolescent psychology, trauma, community psychology and family systems. She additionally offered a small private practice for 15 years where she helped adults to heal from childhood trauma and to change relational patterns. Dr. Putman has also led teams of student to consult and lead workshops with mental health professionals in international settings, including Guatemala, El Salvador, and the Philippines. These teams consulted with aid organizations to support and train mental health practitioners, aid workers, and missionaries. She currently provides psychotherapy at the Outpatient Services Clinic at Cox Health in Springfield.