Regan Stewart PhD

Biography

Dr. Regan Stewart is an Associate Professor, bilingual (English/Spanish) licensed Clinical Psychologist, and Director of the Telehealth Outreach Program for Traumatic Stress in the Mental Health Disparities Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina. She received a B.A. in Spanish and an M.A. in Early Childhood Education from the College of Charleston. She received an M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Mississippi. She completed a Pre-Doctoral Internship with the Charleston Consortium Clinical Psychology Internship Program at MUSC and Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Mental Health Disparities Program at MUSC. Dr. Stewart’s research focuses on 1) addressing mental health disparities among underserved youth through innovative service delivery models, particularly telehealth and 2) the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based trauma-focused interventions in low resourced environments within the United States and globally. Dr. Stewart is the director of the Telehealth Outreach Program for Traumatic Stress, a program focused on 1) utilizing telehealth technology to increase access to trauma-focused treatment for underserved children across South Carolina and 2) providing education, training, and technical assistance in telehealth best practices for child traumatic stress treatment across the U.S. (program funded through SAMHSA, HRSA, MUSC Center for Telehealth, and South Carolina Telehealth Alliance). Dr. Stewart also co-directs the Puerto Rico Mental Health Awareness Training Project, a SAMHSA-funded project aimed at bringing evidence-based, trauma and disaster-informed mental health awareness training to mental health and non-mental health professionals (e.g., teachers, parents, community members) in Puerto Rico with a specific focus on disaster preparedness and response. Dr. Stewart is a nationally recognized expert in telehealth delivery of trauma-focused interventions for children and adolescents. She led the development of a training curriculum for telehealth delivery of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and has trained organizations across the U.S. in this work. She and her team have authored several seminal publications about the implementation and dissemination of in-person and telehealth delivery of TF-CBT in the U.S. and Latin America. Dr. Stewart is also co-author of the first Spanish language telemental health textbook published in 2022. She also has a particular interest in school-based implementation of trauma-focused interventions. Dr. Stewart has significant experience in providing school-based mental health treatment and worked as a teacher in public schools in South Carolina for a number of years before returning to graduate school to pursue her Ph.D. in clinical psychology. Thus, she has a distinct understanding of the school context and is uniquely positioned to implement school-based programs. Dr. Stewart’s research, clinical, and mentorship efforts focus on addressing mental health disparities among trauma-exposed youth and increasing access to evidence-based trauma-focused treatment. She is committed to changing the world, one child at a time.