About

Jamison S. Bottomley, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor at the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center (NCVC), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Dr. Bottomley has over 10+ years of delivering clinical services and support to a variety of diverse clients. He completed his graduate training in clinical psychology at The University of Memphis, predoctoral residency/internship at the Charleston Consortium, and a two-year NIMH postdoctoral fellowship in traumatic stress studies at the NCVC. 

Dr. Bottomley's time at state-of-the-art institutions provided him with extensive training in the most widely studied effective (evidence-based) treatments for a variety of mental health conditions and everyday complications. His approach to therapy is simple: Person-centered care that balances brevity and depth, leans on inherent patient strengths, and leverages tailored evidence-based strategies to achieve unique goals. 

Dr. Bottomley also maintains an active research program that centers around the study of traumatic loss (i.e., bereavement following sudden, violent, or volitional causes of death), including the impact of social stressors and substance use on health outcomes secondary to traumatic loss, as well as treatment development and optimization. His program of research has been generously supported by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). In his spare time, Dr. Bottomley enjoys all things outdoors, but he especially loves coasting himself--mostly spending time on the beach or in the ocean with his wife and son. 

Training: 

• PhD, Clinical Psychology, The University of Memphis (2020)

• Charleston Consortium Clinical Psychology Internship/Residency (2021) 

• NIMH (NIH) Postdoctoral Fellowship (2023) in Traumatic Stress Across the Lifespan