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. Maria Michels (she/her) 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.

Madison Weis received her bachelor's degree in Psychology from Temple University and went on to obtain her master's degree in Clinical Social Work from Boston College. She has worked in outpatient, intensive outpatient, college counseling, and community mental health settings with children and adults. Madison's services include individual counseling and consulting. She specializes in treating individuals with trauma, depression, anxiety, life transitions, and interpersonal conflict. Having been a collegiate athlete, she also enjoys working with current and former athletes.

Madison's goal for her clients is to build resilience and strive for overall wellness. Madison uses each person’s individual strengths to empower individuals to evolve into the best version of themselves. She recognizes each person is unique and strives to create a warm, supportive therapeutic environment for client's to discover one’s value and worth. Madison is honored to walk alongside you as you present your story and explore the meaning of past experiences and current feelings.

Outside of work, Madison will find any excuse to be outside, explore new restaurants in Dallas and spend time with loved ones.