Amanda Myers is a psychology student and graduate researcher at the University of Southern California with a research focus on addiction, recovery, and the psychological role of spirituality. She is in recovery herself, and her work examines cognitive distortions such as denial and the ways meaning, hope, and belief systems influence substance use disorder recovery. Amanda is particularly interested in integrating psychological science with holistic and spiritually informed approaches to treatment and plans to pursue advanced clinical and research training in addiction and mental health.