Specialty Areas: Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Candice Baugh, L.M.H.C., is an Instructor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, a clinician in the Autism Spectrum Disorders Clinical and Research Program and Program Coordinator for the Social Learning and Mentoring Program. She provides individual cognitive behavioral and acceptance and commitment therapy for children, adolescents, and young adults. Ms. Baugh also develops and conducts social cognition and mindfulness groups. Most recently, she developed and launched an ACT-based mentoring program for older adolescents and young adults.

Ms. Baugh received her B.A. in psychology magna cum laude with high honors from the University of Georgia. Ms. Baugh received her M.A. in clinical psychology from Georgia State University with a thesis focused on social skills training for HIV prevention. She is a recipient of the Mellon Tradition Award and a Tisch Academic and Talent Scholarship. She is a member of the American College of Counselors, the New York State Mental Health Counselors Association, the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science, and Phi Beta Kappa.

Ms. Baugh previously worked for YAI/NIPD's Manhattan Crisis Intervention Program and the Center for Specialty Therapy where she designed in-home behavioral programming for children with disabilities, provided individual and family psychotherapy, conducted parent training groups, and served as the administrative supervisor for clinicians working in residential settings. She also has experience providing psychotherapy at a university counseling center and serving as an emergency room crisis clinician.

Ms. Baugh taught an undergraduate course, The Psychology of Interpersonal Behavior, at Georgia State University. She also has been a guest speaker for the Autism Spectrum Disorders Seminar in the CAMS minor at NYU. Ms. Baugh developed the curriculum for the neurodevelopmental disabilities module of the postmasters certificate program in Disabilities at New York University, Silver School of Social Work. Ms. Baugh has presented clinical and intervention research for the New York State Association for Behavior Analysis and the American Psychological Association's annual conferences, as well as the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science's international conference. She also has conducted seminars throughout the NYC-metro area on social cognition, perspective taking, and mindfulness. She is particularly interested in the relationship between mindfulness and emotional regulation and the impact of perspective taking and psychological flexibility on mental health.