M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Wright Institute
M.Sc. in research, University of Birmingham, U.K.
B.S. in Neuroscience and Psychology, Allegheny College
Clara Möller, M.Sc., M.A. (she/her) is a postdoctoral clinical scholar fellow at The Family Institute at Northwestern University. She is completing her Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology at the Wright Institute. Prior to joining The Family Institute, Ms. Möller completed her pre-doctoral APA-accredited internship at Carnegie Mellon University Counseling and Psychological Services in Pittsburgh, PA.
Ms. Möller's clinical training has included working with diverse individuals, couples and families across the life-span in various community mental health agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has experience supporting clients with identity development, emotion regulation, major life transitions, grief, attachment trauma, intergenerational trauma and childhood trauma. She is passionate about providing strength-based, trauma-informed care using an integrated narrative, feminist and relational therapy approach. She leads with curiosity about a client's context and how their intersectional identity, relationships and lived experience impact the struggles they face.
Ms. Möller also earned her master's degree in research at the University of Birmingham in England, which provided her with a strong foundation and understanding of how to critically examine and disseminate research. In keeping up with current research, Ms. Möller endeavors to provide innovative and informed therapy techniques to her clients.
Throughout Ms. Möller's training at the Wright Institute she has appreciated and cultivated a practice of cultural humility, genuine curiosity, and social justice. The Wright Institute leads with their values of training clinicians to society and she continuously works to exemplify these values of lifelong learning and social justice.
Outside of work, Ms. Möller enjoys spending time out in nature either going on long walks to explore new places or rollerblading. She also loves reading and finding community events. Lastly, she is studying the power of sound as a healing modality and has participated in multiple practitioner trainings for sound healing.
Member of the American Psychological Association
Petersen, J., Ona, P. Z., Blythe, M., Möller, C. M., & Twohig, M. (2022). Intensive outpatient acceptance and commitment therapy with exposure and response prevention for adolescents. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 23, 75–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2021.12.004
Williams, S. E., Quinton, M. L., Veldhuijzen van Zanten, J. J., Davies, J., Möller, C., Trotman, G. P., & Ginty, A. T. (2021). Mastery imagery ability is associated with positive anxiety and performance during psychological stress. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.568580
Trotman, G. P., Veldhuijzen van Zanten, J. J., Davies, J., Möller, C., Ginty, A. T., & Williams, S. E. (2019). Associations between heart rate, perceived heart rate, and anxiety during acute psychological stress. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 32(6), 711–727. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2019.1648794
Möller, C. M., Olsa, E. J., Ginty, A. T., Rapelje, A. L., Tindall, C. L., Holesh, L. A., Petersen, K.L., Conklin, S. M. (2017). Influence of acute multi-species and multi-strain probiotic supplementation on cardiovascular function and reactivity to psychological stress in young adults. Psychosomatic Medicine, 79(8): 914-919. doi:10.1097/psy.0000000000000489