Finding Your Way Psychological Services’ goal for counseling is simple: it is for you to become more mentally healthy and a more whole person who is able to enjoy life at your best. We use an approach grounded in research that puts you first and we work with you to create a treatment plan that you agree with. We also believe you can develop skills to better manage mental health concerns and sometimes need guidance and someone to come alongside you and help you find your way in the complexity of life’s issues.
Education
Dr. Bradley McConnell earned his doctorate and master’s degree in clinical psychology at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon and a postdoctoral master’s degree in clinical psychopharmacology from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey. He earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology with honors from Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, California. He completed an APA-accredited internship at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. During his internship, Dr. McConnell provided counseling to a diverse group of undergraduate and graduate students, ranging from student athletes to international students. He completed his postdoctoral residency at Catawba State Hospital, located near Roanoke, Virginia.
Dr. Courtney McConnell earned her doctoral and master’s degrees from George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon and her undergraduate degree in psychology from Western Washington University in Bellingham. Her experience is quite varied and she has worked in primary care, community mental health, private practice, and university counseling centers. Dr. McConnell completed her APPIC-accredited internship at Radford University in Roanoke, Virginia and her internship was affiliated with the Carilion Clinic.
Counseling Experience
Dr. McConnell brings a variety of experiences that enable him to address a wide variety of concerns that people may have when coming for counseling. He has worked in both rural and urban settings providing services in community mental health, correctional settings, state-hospitals, university counseling centers and the Veterans Health Administration. In these settings, Dr. McConnell helped clients dealing with depression, stress, relational problems, post-traumatic stress disorder, and chronic pain. He gained post-doctoral experience working as a counselor in a geriatric medical practice, which focused on assessment and treatment dementia and also worked in an inpatient state hospital setting in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Dr. McConnell is excited to be running his own practice, Finding Your Way Psychological Services., Inc., which provides counseling and testing to Alaskans from all walks of life.
Areas Of Specialty
Dr. McConnell also performs extensive psychological testing including personality assessment and IQ testing, memory impairments, fitness-for-duty evaluations, learning disability evaluations with ADA recommendations, ADHD evaluations, pre-surgical bariatric evaluations, immigration evaluations (including hardship/cancellation, political asylum, and N-648 evaluations).
