Biography

Dr. Stevens is a Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Tulane School of Medicine. She specializes in treating disruptive behavior disorders and uses her experience with relationship-based assessment and interventions to treat the underlying causes of these issues. Dr. Stevens has extensive experience addressing the impact of trauma on children and their families in both clinical and school-based settings. Dr. Stevens is particularly interested in understanding risk and resiliency factors among youth exposed to chronic stress, and she emphasizes individual, family, and community strengths in her work. While at Tulane, Dr. Stevens has practiced in various community agencies including those that serve the needs of very young children. She also has experience working with adolescents with severe psychiatric conditions in the hospital and school setting.