Gaskill received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Psychology and School Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has served clinical populations in both residential and outpatient settings. While at UNC – Chapel Hill, he completed psychology training within the Chapel Hill/Carrboro School System, the Moore County School System, Dorothea Dix Hospital’s Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic, and John Umstead Hospital’s Butner Adolescent Treatment Center. He completed his internship at The Devereux Foundation in Devon, Pennsylvania, and later served as their Primary Therapist and Senior Research Psychologist for the Institute for Clinical Training and Research (ICTR).