Elizabeth Bard, PhD is a licensed psychologist and Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, in the Department of Pediatrics. She received her PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Oklahoma and completed her post-doctoral training program at the Center of Child Abuse and Neglect at OUHSC. Her primary clinical and research interests include the assessment and treatment of infants and children who have experienced child maltreatment. Elizabeth serves as the Co-Director of the A Better Chance Clinic, which serves infants and young children with prenatal exposure to substances and/or whose mothers are in substance abuse treatment. Further, she is the Co-Director of the Treatment Program for school-age children with Problematic Sexual Behavior (PSB). Dr. Bard has been trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT),she is a Level II Trainer in the Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) model, an evidence-based treatment for young children with disruptive behavior disorders. Further, she provides national training and consultation in the PSB-CBT school age model and in PCIT. Elizabeth is a certified therapist in Attachment Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC), which is an evidenced based treatment for infants who have experienced an early adversity. Currently, she is directing an infant mental health program, in partnership with OKDMHSA, to provide in-home prevention services to infants and their families, who have been impacted by substances.

Elizabeth Bard
Associate Professor
Center for Child Abuse & Neglect
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
EBard@OKAIMH.org