Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Offering Telehealth Services: in New York, Virginia and Alaska.

Treatment Approach & Areas of Expertise

I specialize in providing care to adults who are struggling with a variety of mental health concerns including depression, anxiety, grief, adjusting to various life transitions and stressors, improving communication skills and quality of relationships and trauma (including PTSD). Additionally, I have worked extensively with Veterans and individuals who have experienced trauma.

My therapeutic style is integrative and relational. Specifically, I utilize a holistic approach, integrating existential, humanistic, cognitive behavioral and mindfulness based practices to help individuals process emotions and life experiences as well as attain their personal goals. I fundamentally believe that human beings are innately good and have the capacity for change, self-acceptance and emotional wellbeing. As Carl Rogers, PhD noted: “the curious paradox is that when [we] accept [ourselves] as [we are], then [we] can change.”

I also have experience working with specific evidence based psychotherapies such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE). I am certified in PE and in Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR), specific therapies to help individuals overcome traumatic experiences and PTSD. I am also trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

Training & Experience

In addition to working with clients in private practice, Dr. Foley is a Clinical Psychologist at the Alaska VA Healthcare System. Prior to starting Nanook Wellness and Psychology, Dr. Foley trained and worked in various medical, educational and mental health settings within New York and the surrounding area including the Dubin Breast Center of the Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital, Friends Academy and the Dean Hope Center for Educational and Psychological Services at Teachers College, Columbia University. Outside of the New York area she also trained at the Center for Change in Orem, Utah. Most recently she worked for a group private practice, INSPIRE Psychological Wellness.

During her graduate studies Dr. Foley worked as the Research and School Engagement Coordinator for the Collaborative for Spirituality in Education (CSE), a center for research and teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she researched spiritually supportive school culture. Dr. Foley’s later research examined how independent schools create spiritually formative environmental education programs for children and adolescents.

Please see below for additional details regarding Dr. Foley’s credentials.

PhD in Clinical Psychology Teachers College, Columbia University

M.A. in Psychology Teachers College, Columbia University’s Spirituality Mind Body Institute

Predoctoral Internship Alaska VA Healthcare System

Services: Individual psychotherapy for adults; PTSD treatment

Specialties: Trauma; emotion dysregulation; depression; anxiety; reduced self-esteem; navigating life transitions; relationship and interpersonal difficulties; stress management.

Insurance: Dr. Foley is in-network with Aetna for individual psychotherapy in Virginia and New York and out-of-network in all other states and with all other insurance carriers.

To Contact Dr. Foley directly

Call: (401) 217-9467

Email: Dr.Foley@nanookwellness.com

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