Rebecca Allen, PhD, ARNP

I am a clinical psychologist and psychiatric nurse practitioner, with a primary specialty area in treating children and adolescent mental health disorders.

Masters and PhD in Clinical Psychology from St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO.  Graduated in 1984

Masters in Nursing from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA.  Graduated in 2005.

Teaching Areas: Undergraduate mental health in nursing, PMHNP psychopathology course/seminar, chair/committee member for graduate DNP projects.  Will start teaching new PMHNP trauma course in Fall 2021.

Current Practice: Work in Neurobehavioral Medicine Department, Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, Tacoma, WA, one day a week.  Practice consists of providing second opinion psychiatric evaluations and providing psychiatric consultation to primary care.  Also precept PLU PMHNP students in this setting.