Dr. Ally Wade served as the Director of Mental Health Services for SMU Athletics for 6 years, and is currently a member of the Dallas Mavericks Wellness Team. She is also listed on the US Olympic and Paralympic (USOPC) Mental Health Registry. She received her Master's and Doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Texas Woman's University and completed her Pre-Doctoral Internship at the University of Oklahoma and her Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Southern Methodist University.

She maintains a relationship-based practice, providing a warm and safe space for her patients to pursue their own goals.

Dr. Wade's specialties are relationship issues, stress, trauma, anxiety disorders, life transitions, and body image and eating concerns. She works with clients from late adolescence through adulthood and, having been a collegiate athlete herself, she enjoys working with athletes in her private practice.

Outside of work, Dr. Wade and her husband keep busy chasing after their young kiddos. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, staying active, being outdoors, traveling when possible, and playing with her dog, Cylas.

Dr. Carter earned his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy at The State University at Buffalo, where he played collegiate basketball. Additionally, Dr. Carter earned his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at the University at Buffalo. He earned his Master's and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. As a part of his doctoral training, he completed a predoctoral internship focusing on forensic psychology at an inpatient hospital, having worked with a range of presenting concerns. Dr. Carter has worked in college counseling centers, with student-athletes and teams, at youth shelters, and community mental health, and has experience treating people across the lifespan, primarily working with adults and adolescents.

Dr. Carter practices from a psychodynamic approach while incorporating other pertinent interventions, when necessary, as tailored to each person. He operates from the perspective that each person's depth of individual functioning, past relationships, past incidents, and one's current life situation inform the decisions we make, how we engage with others, and how many stressors manifest. Dr. Carter emphasizes an exceptional clinical relationship, collaboration, raising insight, and empowerment to address life's obstacles.

Dr. Carter's primary focus areas are relationships with others and the self. Additionally, he has worked with personality disorders, complex trauma, schizophrenia, and various other conditions.

He enjoys reading, working out, eating exceptional donuts, and watching television when not practicing psychology.

Hannah Hwang has eight years of clinical experience, working all across the lifespan (children to seniors), though the majority of her work has been with adults who are going through major life transitions (i.e., emerging and middle adulthood). She has experience in all levels of care in a variety of settings (e.g., higher education spaces, schools, local mental health authorities (LMHAs), private practice, and hospitals) from leading psychoeducational and process groups, individual and family therapy, crisis respite, to inpatient psychiatric care, and conducting psychosocial assessments.

Hannah is primarily a relational cultural, person-centered, attachment-based, and trauma-informed therapist. Her passion lies in working with individuals who experience acculturative stressors, identity concerns, complex trauma, and neurodivergence. In short, she is a firm believer that we are not meant to go through life alone and that we thrive in community.

You may be a good fit to work with Hannah if you are interested in increasing your self-knowledge, creating more growth-fostering (i.e., authentic, mutually empathetic, and meaningfully deep) relationships, learning how to regulate your nervous system through mindfulness and grounding techniques, and are open to nonverbal forms of therapeutic interventions (e.g., expressive arts therapy).

In her free time, she loves spending time with her dog, Bean, cooking with her loved ones, and doing other crafts like ceramics! She is also passionate about community-building and runs a supper club in her free time with the mission to make psychoeducation and mental health resources demystified and accessible.

Dr. Koh earned his Bachelor's degree in psychology at the Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD), and completed both his Master's and doctoral studies at Loyola University Maryland (Baltimore, MD). He completed his graduate-level internship at University of Houston-Clear Lake Counseling Services (Houston, TX) and his postdoctoral fellowship at Southern Methodist University Counseling Services (Dallas, TX). Dr. Koh was granted licensure by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council in February of 2022, and currently provides psychotherapy services in private practice.

Dr. Koh specializes in treating stress, anxiety, depression, and relational trauma. He currently offers individual psychotherapy to adults, as well as older adolescents 16 years of age and above. With regards to a treatment approach, while Dr. Koh primarily relies on the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and often borrows from the interpersonal aspects of psychodynamic therapy, he also looks to other perspectives or modalities, so as to best address a client's needs.

During his free time, Dr. Koh enjoys going window-shopping with his spouse, attempting to learn the guitar, and fixing up his 2007 Ford Focus.

Nick Magera is a 5th year doctoral student with more than five years of experience working with clients. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Integrative Sciences with concentrations in Pre-Professional Health Sciences, Addictive Disorders and Recovery Studies, and Interdisciplinary Studies, as well as a minor in psychology, from Texas Tech University. He then went on to earn his Master’s in Kinesiology with emphasis in Sport Psychology at the University of North Texas, where he is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Counseling Psychology under the advisement of Dr. Trent Petrie. Nick has previously worked with Division I Athletes, as well as within collegiate student counseling and community mental health settings. Nick has experience treating adults who hold a variety of intersecting identities, with unique life experiences and presenting problems.

Mr. Magera’s areas of specialty include working with both performance and non-performance related stressors as well as anxiety, depression, romantic relationships, behavior modification, perfectionism, performance-related stressors, team development, recovering from injury, and life transitions.

Nick enjoys developing warm, non-judgmental, culturally sensitive relationships with clients within the safe space of therapy. Through the exploration of patterned ways of being (e.g., thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and interpersonal dynamics) as well as finding purpose/meaning and navigating through ‘stuck points’, Nick works with his clients to help them better understand, accept, and address challenges in their life.

Mr. Magera’s unique life experiences as a retired ice hockey player, as well as his training in sport and performance psychology, make him a great resource for performers (e.g., athletes, dancers, musicians, etc.), teams, and organizations looking to develop, enhance, and maintain their ability to perform at their peak potential. Nick works in concert with the client’s training cycle to enhance their ability to perform at their best by utilizing a variety of techniques such as: mental skills training; organizational needs analysis; team cohesion, culture, and connection development activities; leadership skills development; and comprehensive objectives mapping.

In his free time, Nick can be found playing pickle ball, hiking, watching sports, documentaries and movies, and loves listening to stand-up comedy. He enjoys spending time with loved ones, learning about cutting-edge techniques in psychology, and spending time in nature.

Dr. Maria Michels is a post-doctoral fellow supervised by Dr. Ally Wade. Dr. Michels earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin where she played collegiate soccer. Dr. Michels then went on to earn her Master’s and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology degrees from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. As part of her doctoral training, Dr. Michels completed her Pre-Doctoral Internship at Miami University where she worked with undergraduate and graduate students, and student-athletes. Dr. Michels has worked in college counseling, community mental health, and private practice settings and has experience treating individuals across the lifespan with varying presenting problems.

Dr. Michels primarily practices from cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal frameworks but is mindful of each person’s unique needs and will tailor sessions to provide the best fit. She strongly values relationships and strives to create a warm, genuine, non-judgmental, and compassionate space for her clients to explore their lives. Similarly, Dr. Michels recognizes and values intersectionality, and works hard to ensure a culturally sensitive approach. In sessions with Dr. Michels, you might expect to focus on how thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and relationship dynamics might be impacting current functioning and what could change to improve overall life satisfaction or enhance performance.

Dr. Michels’s specialty areas include anxiety disorders/perfectionism, athlete performance enhancement, adjustment concerns/life transitions, relationship issues, and body image and eating concerns.

In her free time, you can find Dr. Michels playing (or watching) soccer, crafting, eating tacos, and spending time with her partner and Australian Shepherd dog, Myla.

Dr. Lindsey Seefeldt obtained her Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Sociology, and Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Niagara University in Lewiston, NY. She then went on to obtain her Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from Medaille College in Buffalo, NY in 2021. While in training, she completed her Doctoral Internship at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Seefeldt then went on to complete her Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Counseling Services department at Southern Methodist University. Throughout her training she also worked with student athletes and enjoyed helping them navigate their unique challenges on and off the field; and continues to enjoy working with athletes today. Dr. Seefeldt has also worked in community mental health, inpatient, college counseling centers and substance use settings. She currently works both in private practice and within the Department of Wellness at SMU.

Dr. Seefeldt specializes in working with anxiety, depression, trauma, family of origin concerns, women’s concerns, LGBTQIA+ identities, romantic relationships and perfectionism. She enjoys spending time with the individuals she works with to hear their unique stories and would be grateful to be a part of your journey.

Dr. Seefeldt practices from an integrative perspective, but tends to gravitate towards cognitive behavioral therapy and psychodynamic therapy techniques the most. When working with individuals, she likes to think about ways their thoughts, feelings and behaviors may be impacting the outcomes that they may envision for themselves; as well as how past experiences and relationships may play a role in those outcomes. Overall, Dr. Seefeldt will tailor what she brings into the room to your unique experiences and needs. She feels as though the individuals she works with are the experts on their current situations, and that together we can help them reach their goals while being mindful and compassionate towards themselves!

In her free time she enjoys spending time with her family, running and working out, being in nature and listening to live music.