Adria J. Williams, Ph.D., is a Military Behavioral Health Psychologist at the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Dr. Williams is a suicide prevention subject matter expert and trainer.

Dr. Williams earned her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from University of Maryland College Park, and completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Baltimore VA Medical Center, where she focused on delivering evidence-based treatments to Veterans with PTSD, depression, and substance use disorders. She has also served at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where she spent six years in the Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic providing comprehensive psychological assessments, individual and group therapy, and psychoeducational services to active duty service members and their families as well as retirees.

In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Williams has contributed to the education and training of future mental health professionals by developing a didactic course syllabus and teaching Psychiatry Residents at Walter Reed. Her approach emphasizes evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.