Dr. Elizabeth Wrape, Ph.D.

Clinic Coordinator

VA San Diego Healthcare System, University of California, San Diego

Dr. Wrape received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of North Texas in 2015 following completion of her predoctoral internship at VA North Texas Healthcare System.
She completed her fellowship at VA Puget Sound- Seattle Division in the Family Therapy Program, providing couple and family therapy services with a range of presenting problems.
Dr. Wrape is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the UCSD School of Medicine, as well as the Clinic Coordinator of the Family Mental Health Program (FMHP) at VA San Diego Healthcare System. She also serves as a study therapist, supervisor, and consultant on the FMHP-adjunctive RCT working with couples experiencing PTSD. Her clinical duties include systemic interventions for relationship distress in-person and via telemental health; primary modalities used are Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT), Cognitive Behavioral Couple Therapy for PTSD (CBCT), and Structural Family Therapy. Dr. Wrape’s research
interests include supervision and training particularly in family-service delivery, as well as examining innovative ways to provide couple and family services.