Dr. Anderson (she/hers/ella) is a clinical rehabilitation psychologist in Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital – University Campus and Behavioral Medicine. She is a board-certified clinical psychologist and graduated in 2017 with her doctorate in clinical psychology from Pacific University near Portland, Ore.

Anderson completed her health service psychology internship and post-doctoral residency supervised experience at Michigan State University Counseling & Psychiatric Services, where she was trained in multiple evidence-based approaches, multiculturalism, integrated health care, administration and program development, dialectical behavior therapy, and psychological assessment.

From 2018-2021, she created and directed a program at Michigan State University focusing on crisis intervention and treatment of patients with severe and persistent mental illnesses, which often included chronic health conditions and high-risk clinical issues.

Anderson joined Brooks Rehabilitation in 2021, where she follows patients to provide psychotherapy and treatment team consultation through the Brain Injury Day Treatment Program and the Spinal Cord Injury & Related Disorders Day Treatment Program. Anderson also provides outpatient psychological evaluation and treatment, with a focus on adjustment to medical conditions and addressing behaviors that deter functional improvement, reaching independence and meeting rehabilitation treatment goals.