Dr. Cynthia Turk, Ph.D. Psychologist


Dr. Cynthia Turk, PhD Psychologist
Dr. Cynthia Turk received her PhD in clinical psychology from Oklahoma State University in 1996. She completed a 6 year postdoctoral fellowship at Adult Anxiety Clinic at Temple University. She was previously on the faculty at La Salle University, where she was also the Director of the Anxiety Disorders Treatment and Research Program. She joined the faculty of the Psychology Department at Washburn University in 2005. Dr. Turk is a licensed clinical psychologist in Kansas. Dr. Turk began seeing patients in Topeka in private practice in 2006. Her clinical interests are primarily in the anxiety disorders, including social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, specific phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder. She has over 25 publications in peer-reviewed journals and 15 chapters in edited books, primarily in the area of anxiety.		She is a co-author on the books Managing Your Social Anxiety (Client Manual) and Managing Your Social Anxiety (Therapist Manual). She co-edited the book, Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Advances in Research and Practice. Dr. Turk’s private practice schedule typically changes slightly with each academic semester. Therefore, patients should call the clinic to learn about scheduling possibilities. Dr. Turk accepts both day and evening appointments.

Dr. Cynthia Turk, PhD Psychologist