Credentials:  Dr. Goodwin has been a licensed psychotherapist for more than fifteen years. With two Masters degrees and a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology, she works as a therapist, professor, and researcher. Dr. Goodwin is licensed at the Masters and Doctoral level with additional Board Certification in Addiction.  She keeps her teaching skills fresh by work with undergraduate and graduate students in psychology.  She currently conducts research in the area of health psychology including an emphasis on sleep and parents of children with chronic conditions.

Specialities:  Dr. Goodwin often sees people at a place in life marked by rough or uncharted territory .  She believes that each person has unique abilities to reach out, refuel, and regain an even footing in life.  Dr. Goodwin works with individuals, couples and families.  She see adolescents and adults for treatment targeted at the whole person.  This often means working with individuals affected by medical diagnosis, physical, emotional and occupational stress, as well as a wide continuum of psychological disorders.  Specialty areas include mood disorders, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress.  In addition, she is skilled in group work, including groups for adult transitions, parents of children affected by chronic illness (medical or psychological), divorce recovery, and eating disorders.

Education: Dr. Goodwin has a Bachelors Degree with Honors from UNC-Chapel Hill and a Masters Degree from University of Alabama.  Doctoral Training includes Fielding University and an APA Internship with Yale University faculty.  Professional experience includes inpatient and outpatient psychiatry, addiction treatment, and private practice.

Directions to Matthews Office

The FMRT Group

300 East John St., Suite 138

Matthews, NC 28105

Voicemail, (704) 375-5354 Ext. 405

Direct Line, (704) 221-3172

The office is directly across from the Matthews Post Office with parking behind the building.  It is one mile from I-485.

  

From North Charlotte: Take I-485 toward Matthews.  Take Exit 52 toward Matthews.  At the bottom of the ramp, turn RIGHT onto East John St.  Go approximately one mile.  Get in the left turning lane.    Turn LEFT onto Park Square Place.  At the stop sign turn RIGHT into the parking area.  Suite 138.

 

From South Charlotte or Gastonia: Take I-485 toward Matthews.  Take Exit 52 toward Matthews.  At the bottom of the ramp, turn LEFT onto East John St.  Go approximately one mile.  Get in the left turning lane.    Turn LEFT onto Park Square Place.  At the stop sign turn RIGHT into the parking area.  Suite 138.

 

From Monroe, Wadesboro:  Take Hwy 74 to I-485.  Take I-485 going south toward Pineville.  Take the first exit, Exit 52 toward Matthews.  At the bottom of the ramp, turn RIGHT onto East John St.  Go approximately one mile.  Get in the left turning lane.    Turn LEFT onto Park Square Place.  At the stop sign turn RIGHT into the parking area. Suite 138.