About Dr. Guerra-Watson

Education and Training

Antonia Guerra-Watson, PhD is a psychologist licensed for independent practice in the state of Texas. She earned her undergraduate degree in psychology with high honors from the University of Texas at Austin. She obtained her master and doctoral degrees in counseling psychology from the University of Notre Dame.

Dr. Guerra-Watson has received training in child, family, group, and adult therapy and in psychological testing for adults and children. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Child and Family Guidance Center in Dallas and postdoctoral internship at the Dallas Metropolitan Consortium in Psychology. Dr. Guerra-Watson has completed both level one and two training courses in EMDR and training in hypnosis.

Experience

Dr. Guerra-Watson has been in private practice in the DFW area since 2003. She also served as staff psychologist at the University of Texas at Dallas and at Galaxy Counseling Center in Garland, TX. She has conducted individual, family, couples, play, and group therapy as well as psychological evaluations. She is the former director of training for the UTD Counseling Center and for the APA accredited Dallas Metropolitan Consortium in Psychology pre-doctoral psychology internship.

Her counseling expertise includes work with trauma and abuse survivors, treatment of anxiety and panic, depression, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and substance abuse recovery. She has experience in psychological and career testing including personality, ADHD, learning disability, career, and cognitive ability testing. She has presented workshops on topics including the Myers-Briggs, study and time management skills, concentration and attention, and stress management. She conducted and/or presented research in the areas of co-parenting, career development in college students, childhood obesity, and attachment in children and adults. She is experienced in the supervision and training of graduate psychology students.