Mallory Primm, Psy.D., PAT (she/her) is a licensed clinical psychologist and owner of a private practice in the Western suburbs of Chicago. Mallory is also a board certified psychodramatist by the American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy. With extensive training and experience, Mallory offers a unique blend of psychotherapy and psychodrama, an expressive arts therapy that uses dramatic enactment to enhance traditional talk therapy and deepen transformations. Her approach focuses on helping clients reconnect with their spontaneity while exploring and enriching the different roles they navigate in their relationships and life journey.

Mallory is a faculty member at the Chicago Center for Psychodrama, where she trains professionals. Mallory and two of her CCP colleagues were honored at the 2026 annual ASGPP Conference with the Collaborator’s Award in recognition of their work growing and advancing psychodrama throughout the Midwest.

She also co-facilitates the Monday evening psychodrama group at the Chicago Center for Growth and Change. Additionally, Mallory partners with mental health organizations in the Chicagoland area, offering psychodrama programming to diverse client populations.

Education
Graduate: Adler University, Chicago, Psy.D. Clinical Psychology
Undergraduate: Rhodes College, Memphis
Clinical Internship: Adler Community Health Services, Chicago, IL

Certification

Board Certified Psychodrama Practitioner by The American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy
Certified Psychodramatist (Trained at Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute)

Awards

2026 American Society for Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP) Fellow

2026 American Society for Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP) Collaborator’s Award.