Mary Anne Messer
Resident in Psychology, Law Liaison
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Profile
Mary Anne joined UR CAPS in 2022 as a staff member and Law Liaison. She received her doctoral degree (Ph.D.) from Auburn University’s Counseling Psychology program and her Masters of Science (MS) degree from University of Southern Mississippi’s Counseling psychology program. Before joining UR, Mary Anne completed her pre-doctoral internship at Virginia Commonwealth University’s counseling center where she completed a concentration working with LGBTQIA+ students.Mary Anne is passionate about working with all university students and knows how stressful being a university student can be. She is a generalist but especially enjoys working with graduate students and the LGBTQIA+ community. Her areas of clinical interest include: attachment concerns, anxiety, depression, interpersonal relationships, and identity development. Mary Anne works from a psychodynamic approach, pulling heavily from the integrated Interpersonal Process approach.Mary Anne is currently working toward licensure, but when she is not studying for the licensure exam, she is working on a craft project or spending time with her friends and two dogs.