Our Mission

Our mission is to help students (or prospective students) identify interests in the mental health fields, understand differences between professions (e.g., psychology, social work, counseling, psychiatry), recognize educational and training requirements at the undergraduate and graduate levels for different mental health professions, and prepare application materials for graduate training and a career in the mental health professions. 

  

Our Business

Calvert Partners, PLLC was started by James D. Calvert, Ph.D. in 2007. We began by providing continuing education to mental health professionals and working with organizations to assess the effectiveness of their programs. In addition to operating Calvert Partners, Dr. Calvert continued providing mental health services to clients and teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. While teaching in psychology, counseling, and social work programs, students regularly sought out his expertise in mental health training because he had been both a clinician and an academician. As more students sought out his advice on graduate school and careers in mental health counseling, Dr. Calvert began focusing more on academic advising and coaching for students interested in pursuing graduate training and careers in mental health services. Academic advising and coaching has since become the primary focus of Calvert Partners.

Who We Are

Principal: 

James D. Calvert, Ph.D., MSCP - Jim is the president of Calvert Partners, PLLC.  He is a licensed clinical psychologist and senior lecturer at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. He has spent over 30 years in healthcare as a psychologist, program director, training director, clinical director, and executive director at community mental health agencies, hospitals, and private practices. For 10 years, he was the training director at two APA-accredited doctoral internships in clinical psychology and two postdoctoral fellowships in clinical child psychology. He has taught at eight universities in doctoral programs in clinical psychology and Master's programs in both counseling and social work. He has been on committees to select graduate students, interns, and postdoctoral fellows. Jim obtained his bachelor's degree from Clemson University and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Louisiana State University.  He obtained a postdoctoral Master's degree in psychopharmacology from Fairleigh Dickinson University and was one of the first group of psychologists in the U.S. to be licensed as a prescribing psychologist. He is an accreditation site visitor for the American Psychological Association. He has been the Professional Continuing Education Director for APA Division 55 (Pharmacotherapy). He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in Divisions 55 (Pharmacotherapy), 53 (Child and Adolescent), and 43 (Couples and Family).

Consultants:

Terri Bauer, LCSW, LSOTP - Terri is on our advisory council for education and training.

Michaeleen Burns, Ph.D. - Micki is on our advisory council for education and training.

Caitlin Schraufnagel, Ph.D. - Caitlin is our senior member of the advisory council.