Dr. David McConville, PhD.

professional bio

My clinical training started in 1993 when I accepted a position working overnights at a children’s psychiatric hospital outside of Seattle Washington. Prior to that formative experience, I had enjoyed working with children in a range of capacities including as a summer camp counselor as well as a youth and high school soccer coach. Working at the hospital developed my interest in working with children and adolescents in the mental health field, and as my interests expanded, I pursued graduate studies in Counseling Psychology at Northwestern University, and later doctoral training in Clinical Psychology at the University of Virginia. Throughout my clinical work and training, I’ve maintained my specific interests in the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and their families.

Upon completion of my post-doctoral fellowship at Dartmouth Medical Center in 2005, I began working as a clinical psychologist at Bradley Hospital in East Providence, RI. I began my tenure at Bradley working on a partial program for young children (ages 6 and under) and their families. I have worked as well in the outpatient department at Bradley Hospital treating children and their families with a range of psychiatric conditions. Presently, I work on the Intensive Program for Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders as a staff psychologist, collaborating with a skilled team in the assessment and treatment of OCD and other related anxiety disorders. One common thread throughout my training and clinical work has been providing family therapy as either the primary, or adjunctive treatment for a range of mental health problems that are common among children and adolescents. At Bradley Hospital, I was the co-director of the family therapy training program where I taught the first year Fellows in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry a course on family therapy, and ran the family therapy training clinic for 5 years. I believe strongly that including families in therapy is a critical component to untapping family strengths, and disrupting negative patterns of behaving and interacting to promote real growth and change.