Meaghan Devlin, M.Ed, BCBA, LBA

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Meaghan earned a B.A. in Early Childhood and Elementary Education from the University of Portland in Portland, Oregon, a Masters of Education in Special Education and Applied Behavior Analysis from Texas A&M University, and is a current doctoral student studying Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University. Meaghan has experience as a teacher abroad and in the US, in both general and special education positions. Through these experiences she saw the need for teachers to be as effective as possible for the benefit of their students and themselves. Her scholarly efforts include supporting pre-service and in-service teachers to use evidence-based strategies in an effort to close the research-to-practice gap. She seeks to do so by teaching, researching, and implementing best practices in teacher preparation and in-service support. Meaghan holds teaching licenses in Early Childhood and Elementary Education (early childhood through sixth grade), special education (early childhood through twelfth grade), and behavior analysis in the state of Texas. She recently served as an intern with the Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs. Meaghan was also a 2023 recipient of the Texas A&M University Association of Former Students Distinguished Graduate Student Award for Teaching for her work in the undergraduate special education program.

As a Board Certified Behavior Analysis and educator, Meaghan seeks to affirm and support neurodiverse individuals to reach their fullest potential by designing and implementing effective behavioral and learning programs with the collaboration of families and school personnel. Meaghan works with families, school personnel, and other clinicians to design behavioral and learning programs that are individualized and encourage development through the use of self-management strategies. Meaghan’s varied experiences in clinical and school settings have prepared her to effectively support clients in developing a variety of skills such as academic and pre-academic skills, social skills, time management, task completion, goal setting, organization, planning, study skills, emotional regulation, and other adaptive skills.

In addition to working with individual clients on learning and behavioral goals, Meaghan can provide training and coaching for school personnel in supporting individuals with learning differences through inclusive, evidence-based strategies for behavior and learning. She can also provide families support and feedbac through the school Individualized Education Program (IEP) and/or Admission, Review, Dismissal (ARD) meeting process.

Melissa M. Gonzalez, Psy.D.

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Dr. Gonzalez moved to Houston from Atlanta, Georgia in 2013 and joined the Tarnow Center for Self-Management. She believes that as a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team, she has the opportunity to provide her clients with a thorough assessment and a comprehensive treatment plan, specifically designed to meet individual needs. Dr. Gonzalez’s clinical experiences have been extensive and broad-based, including clients of all ages ranging from ten months to 89 years old from diverse backgrounds with a variety of presenting problems and diagnoses. Her training and education have emphasized the treatment of trauma, eating disorders, and ADHD, as well as other, more severe, emotional and behavioral disorders. She has experience with various treatment modalities including play therapy, family therapy, individual therapy, and group therapy. Working with adolescent girls and women who struggle with emotional disorders, trauma, self-harm, disordered eating, poor self-worth, relational problems, attachment issues, boundary violations, sexuality, or parenting roles is both her specialty and her passion. Dr. Gonzalez often employs an eclectic individual treatment approach that begins with the development of skills drawn from DBT and CBT, providing some alleviation of the emotional pain that draws individuals into treatment. She then utilizes a relational, psychodynamic approach to explore life experiences while fostering the development of insight into unhealthy, maladaptive patterns.

Dr. Gonzalez received both her Master of Arts and Doctor of Psychology degrees in Clinical Psychology from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Gonzalez completed an APA-approved, pre-doctoral internship at the Allendale Association just north of Chicago, Illinois. While at the Allendale Association, Dr. Gonzalez provided individual, group, and family therapy within a residential treatment facility for youth with severe emotional and behavioral disorders, many of whom had histories of abuse or neglect. She also provided individual, group, and family therapies to youth enrolled in an intensive, psychoeducational, day treatment program and to adults, adolescents, and children in an outpatient clinic. Dr. Gonzalez completed her post-doctoral fellowship at Positive Outcomes Psychological Services, a private practice in Athens, Georgia. During this fellowship, she sharpened her assessment skills, completing comprehensive psychological evaluations for children, adolescents, and adults while also providing psychotherapy. Dr. Gonzalez completed her undergraduate education, earning a Bachelor of Science in both Biology and Psychology, at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia.