Providers

Kenneth E. Goolsby, MD, owner of the practice, has been in private practice in Gainesville since 1987. As a child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist, he provides diagnostic evaluations, individual and family psychotherapy, medication evaluation and management, crisis intervention, and chemical dependency evaluations. Dr. Goolsby provides inpatient hospital care as well as outpatient care.

Dr. Goolsby earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Georgia and his medical degree at the Medical College of Georgia. He completed his psychiatric residency at the William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute Emory University. He then completed his child psychiatry fellowship at William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Rob Findley, Jr., PA-C, joined the practice in 2000 as a Psychiatric Physician Assistant. He has had extensive training in psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and as a certified Cognitive Behavior Therapist.

He completed the Physician Assistant program at Alderson-Broaddus College in Phillipi, West Virginia, after a tour in the United States Army as a Medical Specialist.

He did specialty training and residencies in psychiatry through the Veterans Administration at the VA Medical Center in Clarkesburg, West Virginia and at West Virginia University Medical Center in Morgantown, West Virginia.

He completed the certification post graduate program for Cognitive Behavior Therapy through Georgia State University. He is board certified through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and licensed by the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners of Georgia.

He has practiced as a Psychiatric Physician Assistant in Gainesville since 1983.

Cathy Espy, P.A./C.

Cathy joined Dr. Goolsby’s office in January 2016. She previously worked as a Physician Assistant at PACT ATLANTA, LLC from December 2008-January 2016. She sees clients from age 12 through the geriatric years and performs initial psychiatric evaluations and administer medication management for all major mental disorders. Cathy has been a teacher and preceptor for PA students from numerous programs around the metro Atlanta area many years. She also has practiced in various other medical specialties including pediatrics, family practice, urgent care and allergy/asthma in the past.