About Dr. Whittall
Professional Background
I am a clinical psychologist licensed in the states of Colorado (#3829) and New Mexico (#0111). I am authorized through PsyPACT to practice telepsychology in most other states in the United States. For details on which states are included in PsyPACT: https://psypact.site-ym.com/page/psypactmap
For my graduate training I attended the University of Denver, completing a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.) in 2011. Following completion of graduate school training I worked at Kaiser Permanente from 2011 to 2017 helping construct the KP Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics and Autism Program. I established Boulder Valley Psychotherapy in 2017 and has remained in full time private practice since then.
I live in Erie, Colorado with my son and geriatric (but still sprightly) Border Collie. In my spare time I enjoys playing DnD, reading nerdy books and running very slowly.
Interests and Interviews
For a number of years I provided therapeutic gaming groups using Dungeons and Dragons. Unfortunately I am not able to provide those at this time, but I remain a Big Nerd at heart and enjoy telling others about the super-powers of DnD for health and healing. If you'd like to see me talking about TGM work please see the sites below where I was fortunately to be interviewed and participate on panels discussing this work.
American Psychological Association Monitor, 2025: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2025/04-05/role-playing-games-therapy
Therapeutic Applied Geek & Gaming Summit 2021 Roll for Healing GM Roundtable: Myself and other TGMS discuss this work. https://event.taggsummit.org/talks/roll-for-healing-therapeutic-game-master-round-table/
PAX ONLINE 2020 Roll for Healing Panel Myself and other therapists discuss therapeutic RPG. https://youtu.be/KCq-uC0-YaQ