Dr. Mary C. Reissinger, Psychologist

Dr. Mary C. Reissinger is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in the state of Texas. Before joining Counseling Connections for Change, she worked as an Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

She earned her Doctor of Psychology degree from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology in Chicago and finished residency with the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ APA-accredited internship program at Federal Medical Center, Carswell, in Fort Worth, Texas. Dr. Reissinger completed her Postdoctoral Psychology Fellowship with Baylor College of Medicine which focused solely on the advocacy, research, and treatment of victims and survivors of human trafficking. This specialized fellowship program is the first of its kind in the nation and as the first Fellow accepted into the program, Dr. Reissinger helped develop its associated clinic, research database, and ongoing healthcare provider training workshops.

She is specialized in the fields of Clinical Health and Forensic Psychology, is certified in Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD, and trained in multiple evidence-based interventions to treat Trauma and Stress-related Disorders. Recently, Dr. Reissinger published in the APA Journal addressing vicarious traumatization while caring for victims of trafficking and authored a book chapter on improving the identification of human trafficking victimization in adolescents.

Currently, Dr. Reissinger also provides direct care service for Refuge for Women and the Elijah Rising Restoration Program, sits on the Board of Directors for Redeemed Ministries as the Psychologist over Standards of Care, and is a chairperson for the City of Houston’s Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force.