Dr. Elizabeth Lefler is originally from Omaha, Nebraska. She attended the University of Nebraska for undergad (Go Big Red), and Oklahoma State University for graduate school in Clinical Psychology. Following this, she moved to the East Coast for Internship and Postdoc, and then back to the Midwest for a faculty position at the University of Northern Iowa, where she stayed for 14 years. In 2024 Dr. Lefler had the opportunity to move to Portland, Oregon to join the team at the Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health, where she is currently a Clinical Professor.
In her free time, she likes to spend time with her family, explore Portland and the Pacific Northwest, try to keep her plants alive, and watch the Thorns.