Decatur Behavior Therapy

Ryan C. Hackett, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and founder of Decatur Behavior Therapy. He is excited to offer offer affordable, efficient, evidence-based outpatient therapy to kids and adults facing a range of issues, including: Neurodevelopmental disorders Mood disorders Anxiety disorders Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders Trauma and stressor-related disorders Elimination problems Sleep problems Eating problems Disruptive, impulse-control, and conduct problems Substance use and addictive disorders Personality disorders Ryan makes care accessible by providing an honors-system sliding scale ($130–$200/50-minute session; $150–$225/90-minute intake). Just tell him what you can afford along the scale and that's what you pay, no questions asked. Superbills are provided so you can seek out-of-network reimbursement with your insurance. Ryan offers individual therapy, parent/caregiver coaching, executive functioning enhancement, and care coordination. His approach draws from behavior therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and exposure with response prevention (E/RP). He is comfortable addressing treatment-resistant depression/anxiety via collaborative care with colleagues in interventional psychiatry. He most frequently treats patients with some combination of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, and depression. Ryan offers sessions either in-person in his office in downtown Decatur or via telehealth anywhere in Georgia. Sessions are available during normal business hours as well some evenings and weekends. Ryan completed his undergraduate training at Harvard College in 2009 with a concentration in sociology. From 2009–2013, Ryan served as a teacher at The Community School in Decatur, GA, a private school for adolescents and young adults with developmental disabilities. He also worked as a research assistant on two NIH-funded studies examining (a) the sequelae of prenatal exposure to psychotropic medications; and (b) the incremental validity of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised. From 2013–2019, Ryan completed his doctorate in clinical psychology at Emory University. His research focused on (a) the psychometric properties of parenting and psychopathology measures used in the Georgia Twin Study; and (b) the relationship between sensitivity to reinforcement rate and attention problems among a community and clinic sample of young adults. As a graduate student, Ryan was trained to deliver evidence-based care across a wide range of populations and settings in accordance with the clinical science model of training (https://www.pcsas.org/). Ryan provided assessment and therapy services at the Emory Psychological Center, Grady Behavioral Health Outpatient Center and the Grady Nia Project. Ryan’s predoctoral training culminated in a two-year internship at the Emory Child and Adolescent Mood Program, an outpatient psychiatry clinic for kids with anxiety and depression. From 2019–2020, Ryan continued his training as a postdoctoral resident at the Emory Neurodevelopment and Exposure Clinic (ENEC). ENEC serves children with varying combinations of neurodevelopmental disorders, adverse childhood experiences, and teratogenic exposures. It is one of three specialty centers nationwide for patients with fetal alcohol syndrome. In this role, Ryan provided assessment, consultation, and intervention services as part of an interprofessional team consisting of psychologists, psychiatrists, an education specialist, and a developmental behavioral pediatrician. From 2020–2022, Ryan completed an additional postdoctoral residency at The Clinic at Virtually Better (VBI), an outpatient clinic in Decatur, GA focused on delivering virtual-reality enhanced exposure therapy to kids and adults with anxiety and trauma. He earned his license to practice psychology in Georgia in July, 2022. He is excited to launch an independent practice in downtown Decatur alongside colleagues from VBI (https://www.pateandculppsychological.com/). Please contact Ryan to determine if his services would meet your needs. Care starts with a free phone screening. If Ryan is not a good fit, he'll happily point you in the right direction.