Michael McClellan, Ph.D.

Dr. McClellan earned a bachelor's degree from Berea College in 1997, and a master's, educational specialist's, and doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kentucky in 2002, 2010, and 2014, respectively. He has been licensed to practice psychology independently in Kentucky since 2016.

During his graduate training, Dr. McClellan completed clinical rotations in community mental health; university counseling; and two, year-long clinical experiences in inpatient psychiatric hospitals where he developed a passion for working with individuals with severe mental illness.

Dr. McClellan's primary employment has been in academia where he has a combined total of 13 years of graduate teaching experience in APA-accredited, doctoral training programs in clinical and counseling psychology. He currently serves as a full-time, tenured, associate professor and a director of clinical training for an APA-accredited doctoral training program.

Dr. McClellan has taught numerous graduate courses in the areas of psychological testing as well as the diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders. He has also supervised hundreds of psychological evaluations performed by his graduate students.

Dr. McClellan is a forensic psychologist and opened his private practice, McClellan Psychological, in 2017. Through his practice, Dr. McClellan provides forensic psychological evaluations and serves as an expert witness on competency to stand trial, criminal responsibility, and sentence mitigation cases. He also provides clinical supervision services to master's- and doctoral-level clinicians who are licensed under the Board of Examiners of Psychology in Kentucky.