Licensed Clinical Psychologist providing individual psychotherapy in NY, CT, & through PSYPACT.

Dr. Spelman specializes in working with trauma, parents, divorce, college students, artists, individuals in interracial relationships, & women with CPTSD.

She has expertise in psychodynamic psychotherapy, CBT, STAIR, trauma-focused CBT, mindfulness, and PCIT.

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Dr. Spelman has worked with:

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healing through therapy

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What brings you here?

the simple question with complicated answers

We all have wounds.

Sometimes we can navigate the stressors of life with our existing support systems, and sometimes we need more.

There is support that we get from our friends, from our loved ones, but therapy is a different layer of support.

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what will we do?

Therapy provides a safe space to look inward and at all of our patterns (and stuff-we’ve all got it). We meet on a regular basis to talk through goals. Then, side by side, we walk through your story from where you’ve been to where you want to go.

I’ve studied various methods and theories and integrate them to meet your individual needs. These include Psychodynamic psychotherapy, Shamanism, CBT, Mindfulness, Trauma-focused CBT, PCIT, Buddhism, and spirituality.

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