Norristown Resident Honored by Albright College

Reading, PA (09/29/2021) — Lindsay Phillips, Psy.D., of Norristown, Pa., has earned Albright College's Distinguished Alumni Award for outstanding service and accomplishment.

An Albright College class of 2000 graduate, Phillips is a member of the psychology faculty at Marywood University, teaching undergraduate through doctoral students. She has a particular passion for supporting student research and training clinicians, and has written and presented numerous publications on teaching psychology, training psychologists and other clinical topics. A licensed psychologist in Pennsylvania, Phillips is board certified in clinical psychology, maintaining a private practice in addition to her work in education.

After graduating summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Albright, Phillips earned a master's degree in counseling psychology from Temple University and a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Chestnut Hill College.

She worked her way through graduate school by providing mental health services in community agencies and jails, while remaining linked to Albright by teaching in the School of Professional Studies, starting as an adjunct in 2003, and teaching full-time in the Applied Psychology program from 2006 to 2018.

Earning a Judy E. Hall Early Career Psychologist Award from the National Register of Health Service Psychologists and a Teaching Resource Prize from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Phillips shares her knowledge by serving on several regional boards and committees. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, she has devoted a portion of her private practice time to frontline and healthcare workers. And among other volunteer opportunities, she provides free consultation to organizations that promote successful re-entry from prison to society.

Named a top national college by Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education and U.S. News & World Report, Albright College (founded 1856) is home to a diverse community of learners cultivating integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience. The college's flexible curriculum encourages students to combine and cross majors to create individualized academic programs. Close faculty mentorship and numerous experiential learning options create opportunities for Albright graduates to exceed their own expectations. Located in Reading, Pa., Albright is home to undergraduate students, adult learners and graduate students.

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Lindsay Phillips, Psy.D. accepts her Albright College Distinguished Alumni Award during a Homecoming ceremony, Sept. 26.