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CenterPlace Health Welcomes Clinical Psychologist Bart Hodgens, PhD Contact Name: Kari Ellingstad Contact Email: kari.ellingstad@centerplacehealth.org Contact Phone Number: 941.539.3949 PRESS RELEASE CenterPlace Health Welcomes Clinical Psychologist J. Bart Hodgens, PhD CenterPlace Health is excited to welcome Licensed Clinical Psychologist J. Bart Hodgens, PhD. He provides general psychological services with an emphasis on diagnostic evaluation (including autism spectrum disorder), parent education, and behavioral interventions. Dr. Hodgens received his doctoral degree at Auburn University with a research focus on social adjustment of adolescents and completed his internship and postdoctoral training at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He spent 10 years at the Children’s Hospital of Alabama in the Adolescent Medicine Division, serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics. In 1998, he joined the Civitan International Research Center's Sparks Clinics at UAB, where he directed research, clinical training, treatment programs, and interdisciplinary evaluation clinics for children and adolescents. During that time, he also directed the Summer Treatment Program, an 8-week intensive therapy program for children with behavior disorders provided in a summer camp setting. Dr. Hodgens was honored to receive the McNulty Civitan Scientist Award in 2005 for his research on the biological basis of subtypes of ADHD utilizing fMRI imaging. In 2011, he moved to the Sarasota/Bradenton area, joining Centerstone of Florida, a comprehensive mental health provider for the area. Dr. Hodgens directed their Diagnostic Clinic and provided clinical training and supervision to their students, interns, and residents. Before joining CenterPlace, Dr. Hodgens was on staff at MCR Health, where he provided general psychological services with an emphasis on autism evaluation and behavioral interventions. His wife, Dr. Kameron Partridge Hodgens, is the executive director of The Glasser Schoenbaum Human Services Center in Sarasota. They have a 5-year old daughter, Evelyn, who enjoys taking up all their available free time. Dr. Hodgens is accepting new patients at CenterPlace Health’s Ringling Health Center. For more information, visit www.centerplacehealth.org or call 941.529.0200. --------------------------------- Photo Link: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5604247e3c3a7d8a3a810f/t/5f19fbbcc3de01293c69d622/1595538379647/Bart+Hodgens.jpg