Jane Gray, Ph.D.

Jane Simpson Gray is the director of clinical training for the School and Counseling Psychology doctoral programs and an assistant professor of practice in the Department of Educational Psychology at UT Austin. Gray received her doctorate in school psychology from UT Austin. She completed her doctoral psychology internship at the Children’s Hospital Boston and postdoctoral fellowship at Judge Baker Children’s Center, Harvard Medical School, where she studied the dissemination of evidence-based practice for children’s mental health and specialized in training mental health professionals in best practices. She has been with UT Austin since 2008, first as the director of Psychology Training for the Texas Child Study Center/Dell Children’s Medical Center and then as an affiliate of the Department of Educational Psychology. She joined the core faculty of the School and Counseling Psychology Ph.D. programs as director of clinical training in 2018.

Gray is a practicing psychologist trained in a variety of approaches to treat social, emotional, behavioral and health problems across the lifespan. In her role as a training director, she teaches clinically-focused courses and prepares students for psychology internship training. Gray’s interests include motivational interviewing, clinical interventions for childhood behavioral and internalizing disorders and pediatric health concerns, and preparing students for work in integrated settings with underserved populations.

Gray has developed and implemented individual and group interventions for a variety of childhood emotional, behavioral and health concerns. She has extensive experience as a clinical supervisor, training director, and trainer of evidence-based treatment protocols (e.g. cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing) for community providers. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers.

Gray has been awarded multiple training grants, including Graduate Psychology Education awards from the Health Resources and Services Administration, or HRSA. She is also a co-principal investigator and a training and clinical lead on additional HRSA awards that support the UT Integrated Behavioral Health Scholars program, a cross-campus collaborative that aims to train students in psychology, psychiatry, social work and nursing to provide evidence-based, culturally competent integrated care.