Our Providers in Alphabetical Order

Note: Each clinician at ACCT is an independent practitioner.  In compliance with the federal No Surprises Act, your clinician will supply you with a Good Faith Estimate agreement, tailored to his/her policies at the start of treatment.
​Charlie Davidson, Ph.D.
Dr. Davidson is our most recent associate and a director of Training at our Center. He has numerous publications and conducts research as a Post Doctoral Fellow at Emory University. He is currently providing psychotherapy on Saturdays at our Center.
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Mark Gilson, Ph.D.
Dr. Gilson is the founder of the Atlanta Center, established in 1985. He is former faculty, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School's Center for Cognitive Therapy under the direction of Aaron T. Beck, M.D. He is a founding fellow for the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and is also board certified and Fellow of the American Board of Professional Psychology.  He has published professional articles and book chapters over the past 30 years. Dr. Gilson is current adjunct faculty member with Emory University Department of Psychiatry and Georgia State University Department of Psychology.  Along with his private practice that focuses on the treatment of depression, anxiety and stress disorders, he also directs Atlanta Center for Cognitive Therapy’s professional training and certification program that is approved by National Board of Certified Counselors and American Psychological Association since 1988 to offer continuing education to psychologists and professional counselors. ACCT maintains responsibility for its programs. He also has been producer and announcer for college, professional, and community radio, including “On Your Mind,” a program that focused on issues in mental health.

​Dr. Gilson collaborates with David Barlow, Ph.D., Aaron T. Beck, M.D., David Burns, M.D., Arthur Freeman, Ed.D., and Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D. on a variety of training projects. A new client book with Dr. Art Freeman as co-author on Managing Depression is now in the works (to be published by Oxford University Press). 
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​D. Scott Greenaway, Ph.D., ABPP
Dr. Greenaway specializes in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression, anxiety, and ADHD. He also helps parents of oppositional, defiant children learn evidence-based parenting strategies. In addition, Dr. Greenaway is one of our training directors for the CBT Certification Training Program, which educates other clinicians in the tenets and application of CBT. Dr. Greenaway also hosts the popular YouTube channel  PsychologyWorks. Dr. Greenaway sees patients living in Georgia using Zoom only.

Dr. Greenaway obtained his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas) and is licensed in both Georgia and Florida. He is board certified in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP).
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Daniel Shapiro, Ph.D.
Dr. Shapiro is a clinical psychologist and Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Emory University.  He is one of our training directors for the CBT Certification Training Program and based in California. He is licensed in Georgia, Massachusetts, and California, however he no longer sees patients in Georgia.  Dr. Shapiro specializes in two major areas, relying heavily on growth- and resiliency-oriented cognitive-behavioral approaches, but emphasizing the importance and power of relationships in our lives.  First is the assessment and treatment in adolescents and adults of mood, anxiety, and trauma-related concerns.  Second is working with those with symptoms of psychosis or at-risk syndromes.  

Dr. Shapiro served as a fellow in Cognitive Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania with Aaron T. Beck, M.D., before joining the faculty in the Medical School at Harvard University.  He has published numerous scientific articles and book chapters on the  development, treatment, and prevention of mental health concerns, focusing in particular on the roles of stress and cognitive processes.   In addition to ACCT, Dr. Shapiro has also been involved in training programs for mental health practitioners in Philadelphia, in Massachusetts at Harvard University’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, and currently within California Mental Health system.  ​He is based in California and does not see patients in Georgia.
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M. Jane Yates, Ph.D.
Dr. Yates is is a co-director and co-founder of The CBT Certification Training Program. She is also a Certified Psychoanalytic Therapist and outgoing President of Atlanta Psychoanalytic Society based at Emory University. She is co author of the Oxford University published books Overcoming Depression: A Cognitive Therapy Approach, including the therapist manual and patient workbook. She is a consultant at the Regional Office of Social Security Administration in Atlanta. ​