Amineh Abbas, PhD

Amineh Abbas, Ph.D. was born and raised in Knoxville, TN. She graduated magna cum laude from Louisiana State University in 2006 with her Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a minor in Anthropology. In Louisiana, she worked in two psychological research labs, one engaging in clinical research and one focusing on cognitive research. This experience, along with working in the LSU Psychological Services Center, helped solidify her future career goals of being a Clinical Psychologist. She also served as Editor-in Chief of the delta undergraduate journal, LSU’s creative writing literary journal. In 2007, she enrolled at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. While at the University of Tennessee, she was the Time Series Research Co-Coordinator for three years. She was a graduate student therapist at the UT Psychological Clinic and a Clinical Psychologist Associate at River Valley Health, formerly Cherokee Health Systems (North Knox and Center City locations). She was also a student representative of the Appalachian Psychoanalytic Society (APS) and has been active in that organization as well as Division 39/SPPP over the years. She received her Master of Arts in Psychology in 2011 from the University of Tennessee. She went on internship at the Southern Louisiana Internship Consortium which included placements at the LSU Student Health Center (Baton Rouge, LA) and Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System (ELMHS-Jackson, LA)-Forensic Division including the Admissions Special Security Area (ASSA) with rotations in Forensic Assessment and Forensic Treatment. After which she graduated with her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in Dec. 2014. She received a postdoctoral position at River Valley Health in Nov. 2014 and has been a Licensed Clinical Psychologist at River Valley Health since Dec. 2015. She practices at both the 5th Street and Center City locations.