Clinical Team
Training: University at Albany (PhD Clinical Psychology), University of Rochester Medical Center (Internship), Albany Medical Center (Fellowship)
Dr. Elisabeth O’Rourke is the Site Director of MindWell Psychology’s Albany, NY location and a licensed clinical psychologist. She specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for children, adolescents, and emerging adults, addressing a wide range of mental health concerns.
Dr. O’Rourke has extensive experience supporting individuals and families navigating anxiety, phobias, depression, obsessive-compulsive and tic disorders, behavioral challenges, and executive functioning difficulties. She also has experience providing care to those managing co-occurring medical and mental health conditions (including Functional Neurological Disorder and PANS/PANDAS). She takes an individualized, strength-based approach, incorporating values exploration, mindfulness, and self-compassion strategies to help clients develop coping skills, increase self-awareness, and achieve meaningful goals.
Her clinical practice emphasizes collaboration and empowerment, ensuring that each client feels heard, understood, and supported throughout the therapeutic process.
Areas of Experience: Depression, Bipolar Disorder, and other Mood Disorders., Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders, ADHD, Disruptive Disorders (ODD, Conduct, etc.), Sleep Disorders, Personality Disorders, Neurocognitive Disorders, Somatic Symptom Disorders, Tic Disorders, Tourette's