Dayna Watson completed her Ph.D. in Counseling and Counselor Education from the University of Florida. She has extensive experience and training in clinical supervision and mental health counseling, specializing in counseling children, adolescents, and young adults.
Dayna's clinical areas of focus include play therapy techniques and creative interventions with children and adolescents, group therapy with young children, and cognitive therapy. Her research interests include issues of social class and poverty in mental health counseling, community-school collaboration, and counseling student development.
On our podcast, Dayna builds on the work of Nealy et al (2018) to share the 8 Rs for a trauma-informed gym.
Currently, Dayna is a UAB Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Studies.
