Adria Williams, Ph.D

Military Behavioral Health Counselor

CDP

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Adria J. Williams, Ph.D., is a Military Behavioral Health Psychologist at the Center for
Deployment Psychology (CDP) with the Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences. Dr. Williams is a suicide prevention subject matter expert and trainer.
Dr. Williams earned her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from University of
Maryland College Park, and completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Baltimore VA
Medical Center, where she focused on delivering evidence-based treatments to
Veterans with PTSD, depression, and substance use disorders. She has also served at
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where she spent six years in the
Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic providing comprehensive psychological

assessments, individual and group therapy, and psychoeducational services to active-
duty service members and their families as well as retirees.

In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Williams has contributed to the education and
training of future mental health professionals by developing a didactic course syllabus
and teaching Psychiatry Residents at Walter Reed. Her approach emphasizes
evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive
Processing Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.