Abigail Gewirtz, Ph.D.

Foundation Professor, Director, Reach Institute, Arizona State University

Dr. Abigail Gewirtz is a child psychologist, mother of four, leading expert on helping families cope with trauma and the author of When the World Feels Like a Scary Place: Essential Conversations for Anxious Parents and Worried Children (Workman, 2020). She is a Foundation Professor in the Psychology Department and the Director of the Reach Institute at Arizona State University. Dr. Gewirtz has worked as a clinician, researcher, program developer, and trainer of providers and is the author of more than 100 publications. Dr. Gewirtz and her team developed and rigorously tested the After Deployment Adaptive Parenting Tools (ADAPT) program for military families in four randomized control trials. In 2024, she was honored with the Military Child Education Coalition Mary M. Keller Award for Distinguished Contributions to Science.