Adam T. Everson, Ph.D.

Professional Background

Adam T. Everson, Ph.D. is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology in the KUMC Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and a member of the Onco-Psychology Program at the University of Kansas Cancer Center, an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center.

Dr. Everson provides outpatient psychotherapy to support patients in coping with cancer-related distress and improving quality of life--from patients recently diagnosed to patients dealing with issues of survivorship. He also conducts psychological evaluations for patients pursing allogeneic and autologous stem cell transplants or chimeric-antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CAR-T).

Prior to joining the faculty at KU in 2024, Dr. Everson earned his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia, where his research and clinical work focused on health disparities among marginalized groups. He completed his pre-doctoral residency/internship in clinical health psychology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, where he worked with patients across primary care, trauma surgery, solid organ transplant, cancer, and physical rehabilitation setting. He then completed his post-doctoral fellowship in clinical health psychology with an emphasis in onco-psychology and palliative care also at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

• MA, Counseling Psychology , University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK
• PhD, Counseling Psychology , University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
• Internship, Clinical Health Psychology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
• Post Doctoral Fellowship, Clinical Health Psychology, Medical College of Wisconsin, MIlwaukee, wi

• Authorization to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology, PSYPACT
• Licensed Psychologist, State of Kansas
• Licensed Psychologist, State of Missouri
• Licensed Psychologist, State of Wisconsin

• Research Society on Alcoholism, Member, 2020 - Present
• American Psychological Association, Division 38, Health Psychology, Member, 2018 - Present

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• Miller Mary Beth, Freeman Lindsey K, Aranda Amaya, Shoemaker Sydney, Sisk Delaney, Rubi Sofia, Everson Adam T, Flores Lisa Y, Williams Michael S, Dorime-Williams Marjorie L, McCrae Christina S, Borsari Brian. 2023. Prevalence and correlates of alcohol-induced blackout in a diverse sample of veterans. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 47 (2), 395-405
• Miller Mary Beth, Monk J Kale, Flores Lisa Y, Everson Adam T, Martinez Leticia D, Massey Kenya, Blanke Elise M, Dorime-Williams Marjorie L, Williams Michael S, McCrae Christina S, Borsari Brian. 2023. Impact of discrimination and coping on veterans' willingness to seek treatment for physical and mental health problems. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 37 (2), 209-221
• Miller Mary Beth, Flores Lisa Y, Dorime-Williams Marjorie L, Williams Michael S, Martinez Leticia D, Freeman Lindsey K, Everson Adam T, Hall Nicole A, Monk J Kale, McCrae Christina S, Borsari Brian. 2022. Motives for and barriers to research participation among racially and ethnically diverse veterans. Military Medicine, 188 (7-8), e1540-a1546
• Miller Mary Beth, Curtis Ashley F, Hall Nicole A, Freeman Lindsey K, Everson Adam T, Martinez Leticia D, Park Chan Jeong, McCrae Christina S. 2022. Daily associations between modifiable sleep behaviors and nighttime sleep among young adult drinkers with insomnia. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 18 (3), 703-712
• Hall Nicole A, Everson Adam t, Billingsley Madison R, Miller Mary Beth. 2022. Moral injury, mental health and behavioural health outcomes: A systematic review of the literature. Journal of Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 29 (1), 92-110