Presenter: Patti van Eys, PhD
Presenter Bio: Patti van Eys, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and, for the past 5 years, the Chief Clinical Officer of Omni Visions, Inc. where she oversaw the clinical integrity of therapeutic practice with foster children in Omni Visions homes and residential treatment centers. Formerly, she was the Clinical Manager of Behavioral Health Programs at BlueCare Tennessee (2012-2015) and before that, an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University from 1995 to 2012. She served as the clinical director of the Vanderbilt University Center of Excellence for Children in State Custody, a center that specializes in comprehensive psychological assessments and consultations for high risk, complex children and provides intensive training to behavioral health providers. In this role, Dr. van Eys was faculty in the Tennessee TF-CBT Learning Collaborative, training over 700 providers. She has trained extensively at the local, regional, and national level in the area of child maltreatment and child mental health issues. For the past 12 years, she has been an expert witness in capital (death row) cases about the damaging effects of early and chronic child maltreatment on the developing brain. Before coming to Nashville, Dr. van Eys was a provider at the National Children’s Advocacy Center in Huntsville, Alabama where she gained formative experience treating complex maltreatment trauma.

Dr. van Eys received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Bowling Green State University (Ohio) and completed her Clinical Internship at Harvard Medical School. She is a published author in the area of child maltreatment.