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Therapists:
I am licensed psychologist who sees clients from preschool age to adulthood. My specialties include child and adolescent psychology. I evaluate and treat children and adolescents with a wide range of difficulties. These include learning problems, sleep problems, grief, sibling and peer issues, and more severe problems such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), childhood depression, anxiety disorders and neuro-developmental disorders. I often work closely with parents to help them understand and adjust to their individual child's needs, strengths and weaknesses. Also, I work intensely with many adolescents and pre-adolescents who are struggling with issues of low self-esteem, depression or anxiety. Many acting-out teens (substance abuse, eating disorders, or self-mutilating behavior) benefit from my expertise and therapeutic style. I have been able to make an alliance with many difficult teens who have consistently rejected help in the past. In addition, I see many college students and adults who are working through periods of difficulty in their lives (depression, divorce, chronic illness, trauma survivors, marital difficulties, parenting issues). I am currently in training to employ a new therapeutic tool called Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR). This will be an additional tool to use to help both adults and children manage anxiety relating to past trauma. My approach to therapy is greatly influenced by my background in developmental psychology. I approach each new client as a work in progress. I am always helping them to see the myriad of influences that affect their situation. Sometimes, I am their teacher. I educate them on what is a normal expectation for someone at their level of development or what the characteristics are of certain disorders and the probable course of treatment. Other times, I am their confidant. I listen carefully and empathetically to their interpretation of events, their mood states, and personal struggles. Finally, I am often their advisor. Following a period of more intense treatment, I frequently work intermittently with clients over longer periods of time. I find my work very rewarding, participating in a process where my clients gain the courage to look at themselves and make positive changes in their lives. I received
my B.S. in Human Development at Cornell University in 1977 and my M.S.
and Ph.D. at the Ohio State University in 1983. I completed my psychology
internship at The McLean Hospital. Prior to working in private practice,
I was a Staff Psychologist at The Children's Hospital in Boston, a Post-Doctoral
Fellow at New England Memorial Hospital, and Chief Child Psychologist
at Pembroke Hospital. I was a Fellow at Harvard Medical School and am
currently on the medical staff at the Deaconess-Glover Hospital in Needham. |
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Needham Psychotherapy
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Andrea
W. Masterman, Ph.D.