Natalie Aileen Larez, PhD

I believe in patient-centered and collaborative care. I center compassion, transparency, and open communication. I believe it’s important to consider various components of a person’s life, such as medical diagnoses, family structure, school, and community factors. My goal is to provide practical suggestions and concrete tools to help meet patient and family needs.

Keywords dental phobics, gi health psychology, psychological trauma, smartphone addiction disorder, problematic interactive media use (pimu), stroke related depression, novel coronavirus related mental health conditions, social media addiction, trauma focused psychotherapy, obsessive compulsive personality disorder, cognitive processing therapy, asthenic personality disorder, work reintegration therapy, pre surgical stress management, treatment resistant depression, trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy, psychological testing and evaluation, intervention therapy, emotionally focused therapy, compassion focused therapy, relationship issues, pregnancy and mental health, motherhood and mental health, coping with life transitions, coping with chronic illness, health psychology, dysthymia, trauma and abuse psychology, repetitive behaviors, video game addiction, career counseling, women's mental health, sleep psychology, sexual abuse survivor counseling, self-esteem issues, self harming behaviors, mental health care in pregnancy, paranoia and delusional disorders, men's mental health, codependency, addiction disorders, compulsive and addictive behaviors, anxiety, solution focused brief therapy, self psychology, psychological assessment, positive psychology, mindfulness based cognitive therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, experiential therapy, cognitive therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, sexual abuse counseling, social anxiety disorder, internet addiction, depression and anxiety assessments, dual diagnosis, adjustment disorder, acute stress disorder, anger issues, complicated bereavement disorder, stress management issues, psychosomatic disorders, postpartum depression, mental health disorders, mental health, behavior counseling, behavior modification, substance addiction, thought disorder, suicidal ideation, substance dependence, social engagement disorder, seasonal affective disorder, schizotypal personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, schizoaffective disorder, brief psychotic disorder, psychotherapy, psychosis, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, phobia, personality disorder, paranoid personality disorder, panic attack, obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd), narcissistic personality disorder, mood disorders, mixed episode, mania, kleptomania, intermittent explosive disorder, impulse control disorders, hypomania, hypochondriasis, histrionic personality disorder, hallucinations, habit disorder, generalized anxiety disorder.