Kaevyn L. Maple, MS

Graduate Assistant

Kaevyn Maple (she/her/hers) is a doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology program at Saint Louis University. She has also completed a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Global Studies at Texas Tech University and a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology at the University of Texas at Tyler, where she first realized her enthusiasm for psychological research and clinical practice. Kaevyn has an ultimate goal of becoming licensed as a clinical psychologist specializing in generational trauma, community mental health, and the impact of discrimination and systemic racism on minority mental health. 

Kaevyn has cultivated her clinical skills as a sexual assault advocate and crisis hotline worker, intern therapist in a private practice setting, and student psychology trainee providing psychological assessments. She has worked with diverse individuals, couples, justice involved populations, and queer and transgender communities. Her theoretical orientation is person-centered with an ecosystems approach applied through an anti-racist, liberatory social justice lens. Kaevyn believes in focusing on the strengths of her clients and using those strengths to overcome environmental traumas, challenges, and stressors.