
Wyatt Evans, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School Medical School
Department Psychiatry
Biography
Education
Postdoctoral Fellowship
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Fort Hood, TX
Predoctoral Internship
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX
Graduate School
Palo Alto University, Clinical Psychology
Undergraduate School
University of Texas at Dallas, Psychology
Publications
Featured Publications
- Massed vs Intensive Outpatient Prolonged Exposure for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
- Peterson AL, Blount TH, Foa EB, Brown LA, McLean CP, Mintz J, Schobitz RP, DeBeer BR, Mignogna J, Fina BA, Evans WR, Synett S, Hall-Clark BN, Rentz TO, Schrader C, Yarvis JS, Dondanville KA, Hansen H, Jacoby VM, Lara-Ruiz J, Straud CL, Hale WJ, Shah D, Koch LM, Gerwell KM, Young-McCaughan S, Litz BT, Meyer EC, Blankenship AE, Williamson DE, Roache JD, Javors MA, Sharrieff AM, Niles BL, Keane TM, JAMA Netw Open 2023 Jan 6 1 e2249422
- Cultivating psychological flexibility to address religious and spiritual suffering in moral injury.
- Borges LM, Barnes SM, Farnsworth JK, Evans WR, Moon Z, Drescher KD, Walser RD, J Health Care Chaplain 2022 Feb 1-10
- LGB service members' relationship status, satisfaction, and wellbeing: A brief report.
- Savarese, E.N., Collazo, J., Evans, W.R., & Balsam, K.F. Armed Forces & Society 2022
- Launching a Competency-Based Training Program in Evidence-Based Treatments for PTSD: Supporting Veteran-Serving Mental Health Providers in Texas.
- Dondanville KA, Fina BA, Straud CL, Finley EP, Tyler H, Jacoby V, Blount TH, Moring JC, Pruiksma KE, Blankenship AE, Evans WR, Zaturenskaya M, Community Ment Health J 2021 07 57 5 910-919
- A trauma-focused intensive outpatient program integrating elements of exposure therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Program development and initial outcomes
- Ramirez, M.W., Woodworth, C.A., Evans, W.R., Grace, G.A., Schobitz, R.P., Gissendanner, R.D., Villareal, S.A., Howells, C.J., Jones, K.N., & Katko, N.J. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science 2021
- Moral injury and moral healing in Prolonged Exposure for combat-related PTSD: A case study
- Evans, W.R., Russell, L.H., Hall-Clark, B.N., Fina, B.A., Brown, L.A., Foa, E.B., & Peterson, A.L. for the Consortium to Alleviate PTSD Cognitive and Behavioral Practice 2021 28 2 210-223
- Temporary PTSD symptom increases among individuals receiving CPT in a hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial: Potential predictors and association with overall symptom change trajectory.
- Larsen SE, Mackintosh MA, La Bash H, Evans WR, Suvak MK, Shields N, Lane JEM, Sijercic I, Monson CM, Wiltsey Stirman S, Psychol Trauma 2020 Jan
- Predictors of moral struggles among veterans
- Wilt, J.A., Evans, W.R., Exline, J.J., Pargament, K.I., Fletcher, T.L., & Teng, E.J. Traumatology 2019 25 4 303-315
- Adjusting the timeframe of evidence-based therapies for PTSD: Massed treatments
- Wachen, J.S., Dondanville, K.A., Evans, W.R., Morris, K., & Cole, A. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry 2019 6 2 107-118
- Unit acceptance and psychological distress among LGB military service members: Preliminary findings from a national survey
- Evans, W.R., Rincon, C.M., Goldblum, P., Johnston, S.L., & Balsam, K.F. Military Behavioral Health 2019 7 2 170-176
Books
Featured Books
The Moral Injury Workbook: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills for Moving Beyond Shame, Anger, and Trauma to Reclaim Your Values
Evans, W.R., Walser, R.D., Drescher, K.D., & Farnsworth, J.K. (Ed.) (2020). Oakland, CA, New Harbinger Publications
Moral Injury and Psychological Mobility for Active-Duty Service Members and Veterans. In Foundational Mental Health Practices with Active-Duty Service Members and Veterans
Evans, W.R. (In Press). New York, NY, Routledge
Cognitive Processing Therapy for Moral Injury. In Addressing Moral Injury in Clinical Practice
Wachen, J.S., Evans, W.R., Jacoby, V.M., & Blankenship, A.E. (2020). Washington, DC, American Psychological Association
Hate Crimes Against LGB Persons. In Worldwide Perspectives on Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals: History, Culture, and Law
Balsam, K.F., Evans, W.R., & Tomita, K.K. (2019). Santa Barbara, CA, Praeger Press
Psychotherapy with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients: Theory and Practice. In Comprehensive Textbook of Psychotherapy
Goldblum, P., Pflum, S., Skinta, M., Evans, W.R., & Balsam, K.F. (2015). New York, NY, Oxford University Press
Health Disparities. In The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies
Balsam, K.F. & Evans, W.R. (2016). New York, NY, SAGE Publications
Honors & Awards
- Presidential Citation
APA Division 19 (Military Psychology) (2019) - Professional Development Grant
APA Division 19 (Military Psychology) (2018) - Overall Outstanding Student, PhD Program
Palo Alto University (2017) - Maya Atsina and William Froming Teaching Assistantship Award
Palo Alto University (2015) - Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Fellowship
Palo Alto University (2012-2015)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- American Board of Professional Psychology (2020)
- American Psychological Association (2011)
- Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (2015)
- Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (2016)
- International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (2015)