Dr. Doreen Dodgen-Magee

Dr. Doreen Dodgen-Magee has spent more than thirty years as a clinical psychologist in her hometown of Portland, Oregon, building a practice devoted to understanding how technology shapes human connection. That grounding in one-on-one clinical work became the foundation for a career that now reaches far beyond the therapy room, positioning her as one of the country’s most requested voices on digital overuse and its effects on health.

Her breakthrough as an author came with “Deviced! Balancing Life and Technology in a Digital Age,” which won the 2018 Gold Medal for Psychology at the Nautilus Book Awards. She followed it with “Restart: Designing a Healthy Post Pandemic Life,” a silver medalist at the same awards, featured on Amanpour & Co, CNN, and PBS and covered by the Washington Post, Inside Higher Ed, and Well and Good. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Utne Reader, Psychology Today, and Health magazine, and she has been interviewed by the New York Times, Time magazine, Salon, the BBC, Vice, and Apartment Therapy.

As a speaker, Dodgen-Magee is a fixture on the national and international circuit, delivering talks and workshops on the impact of digital overuse. Her continuing education sessions for medical and mental health professionals regularly sell out across the country, and universities and schools frequently re-book her the following year. She has appeared on nationally syndicated radio, morning television, and podcasts including “Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness” and PRI’s “Innovation Hub.”

Her advocacy extends beyond psychology: she serves as a national spokesperson and Senior Survivor Fellow with Everytown for Gun Safety and is a lead consultant with Covid Survivors for Change, bringing her clinical expertise to public health and gun violence prevention efforts nationwide.