Celebrating Our Resident of the Month

Hello everyone! My name is Dr. Barry McDonald. I was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and grew up in Nashville. I graduated from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee and married my dear college sweetheart, Kit Jones in Starkville, Mississippi. I then served in the US Airforce as a Medic of Internal Medicine, where I decided to go back to college to earn my master’s degree from Southern Illinois. After graduating, I became a senior social worker at Western State Mental Hospital, and continued education to earn my PH.D. in counseling psychology from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. During this stage of my life, my lovely wife and I had two brilliant daughters. Following Grad school, my family picked up and moved to Arkansas, where I practiced for 30 years as a clinical psychologist. I decided to retire at the peak of Covid in 2020. Since then, I have been enjoying my hobbies such as reading, watching sports, flea marketing, gardening, fishing, and playing with my dog!