Geneva Swager, Psy.D. (she/her), is a Postdoctoral Fellow who specializes in working with children, adolescents, young adults, and their families. Her extensive training across clinical and educational settings has prepared her to provide individualized and comprehensive psychological services. Dr. Swager provides individual, group, and family therapy, as well as caregiver consultation, to support the unique needs of each client and family. She also conducts comprehensive psychological and psychoeducational evaluations to better understand each client’s social-emotional, behavioral, learning, and neurodevelopmental functioning, highlight their unique strengths and needs, clarify diagnoses, and guide individualized treatment recommendations.
Dr. Swager is deeply committed to supporting youth as they navigate emotional, behavioral, and social challenges through compassionate, individualized, and strengths-based care. She believes meaningful change begins with a strong therapeutic relationship and strives to create a safe and accepting environment where clients feel understood, supported, and comfortable exploring their authentic selves. Dr. Swager values meeting clients and families where they are and working collaboratively to develop meaningful goals that reflect their unique needs, strengths, and values.
Dr. Swager’s approach is grounded in person-centered, Humanistic, and Adlerian principles, with an emphasis on empathy, authenticity, collaboration, unconditional positive regard, and building upon each client’s unique strengths. She is trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and integrates these approaches to meet each client’s developmental needs, goals, and individual circumstances. Her clinical interests include anxiety, depression, ADHD, autism, emotional regulation, executive functioning, social communication, trauma, and school-related challenges.
Drawing from her experience in educational settings, Dr. Swager is also familiar with how emotional, behavioral, and neurodevelopmental concerns can impact school functioning and the IEP and Section 504 processes. She is especially passionate about providing neurodiversity-affirming care and helping clients better understand themselves, recognize their strengths, and feel more confident navigating challenges in ways that work for them.
Dr. Swager earned her Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology from Adler University, with an emphasis in Child and Adolescent Psychology. She completed her predoctoral internship at New Connections Academy, a therapeutic day school serving students ages 6–22 with autism and co-occurring emotional, behavioral, and mental health concerns. During her training, she gained experience providing therapy, psychological assessment, crisis intervention, risk assessment, caregiver consultation, and multidisciplinary collaboration across school, hospital, community mental health, and outpatient settings. She also received specialized training in autism assessment and intervention through the Autism Assessment, Research, Treatment, and Services Center at Rush University Medical Center.