Michelle Bishop, Ph.D.

I am a licensed clinical and health psychologist, medical psychologist, and psycho-oncologist with 25 years of experience helping patients and families adjust to medical diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship.

My areas of expertise & focus include:

Coping with cancer & chronic illness

Cancer and stem cell transplant survivorship

Living with Graft vs Host Disease (GVHD)

Caregiving & carepartnering

Cancer recurrence, living with metastatic disease, end of life

Grief & loss

Finding meaning and building resiliency

I received my Bachelor’s degree from Vassar College and my Masters and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Kansas, with an emphasis in Health & Rehabilitation Psychology. I completed my internship and post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Florida Departments of Clinical & Health Psychology and Medicine (Division of Hematology/Oncology), respectively. 

For 11 years, I remained in the Division of Hematology/Oncology as research faculty, conducting studies to better understand the impact of cancer and cancer survivorship on the quality of life of survivors and family caregivers, especially those who had undergone stem cell transplantation. I also developed and tested interventions for family caregivers to maximize their coping, resilience, and self-care in the face of their loved-one's cancer. In 2009, I transitioned to private practice and have spent the last 15 years devoted to direct care of patients and family members. I also serve as a consultant and support group team leader and facilitator for BMT InfoNet. For more information, please go to CopingwithCancer.net.

 (352) 331-0020