Adam L. Saenz

Dr. Adam Sáenz earned his Ph.D. in School Psychology from Texas A&M University with dual emphases in psychological assesment and cultural/linguistic factors. He completed his predoctoral clinical training under a fellowship appointment to Harvard Medical School, and he has a postdoctorate in clinical psychology from the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Dr. Sáenz also earned a Doctorate of Ministry in Pastoral Counseling from Graduate Theological Foundation with residency at Christ Church college of Oxford University.

Adam is the author of the best selling book, The Power of a Teacher, and his education blog has been featured on the front page of the Huffington Post. He also authored Relationships That Work with Jeremy Dew, L.P.C, a colleague in his clinical practice. Adam is also the developer of the Educator Assesment of Social and Emotional Learning (EASEL), a measure of personality and emotional intelligence that is central to the work and curriculum associated with his book The EQ Intervention.

He currently serves as the clinical director of the Oakwood Collaborative, the counseling and assessment clinic he founded in 2003. You can learn more about the Oakwood Collaborative clinic here: http://www.oakwoodcounseling.com/, and you can learn more about Adam's work with schools, businesses and athletes here: www.appliedEQgroup.com.