Gina Reyes, Psy.D.

When your teen or young adult is in mental health treatment or crisis, it can feel overwhelming, isolating, and exhausting. I specialize in supporting parents of teens receiving care at home, in IOP or PHP settings, residential treatment, or inpatient hospitalization. My work focuses on helping parents stay grounded, informed, and supported while navigating complex systems and having to make difficult decisions. I help parents (adoptive or biological): - Regulate anxiety and overwhelm during acute crises - Process the trauma of repeated hospitalizations or prolonged treatment - Understand and respond to youth with complex trauma, reactive attachment disorder, and other mental health diagnoses - Decipher levels of care, mental health evaluations, and treatment options - Manage on-going anxiety, emotional exhaustion, and caregiver burnout - Navigate healthcare, school, DHS and legal systems - Know when and how to involve law enforcement or other organizations and services - Strengthen connection and repair strained parent-teen relationships - Make clearer, more grounded decisions during and after treatment This work is not about blame or "fixing" your child—it’s about helping YOU stay steady, supported , and resourced while your teen/YA is receiving care. Parents are often expected to hold everything together while receiving little support themselves. Therapy or coaching can offer a space to slow down, be honest about how hard this is, and work through real-world challenges without judgment. My Background: I have been in private practice since 2016 and held a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology (Alliant University) since 2002. I completed postdoctoral training at the Hawaii Family Guidance Center in Hilo, part of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division of the Hawaii Department of Health, and later served on integrated behavioral health teams at West Hawaii Community Health Center (now Hawaii Island Community Health Center), STRIDE Community Health Center, and the Jefferson Center for Mental Health. Before becoming a psychologist, I lived and worked abroad in France and Japan, and worked in international education—experiences that shaped my ability to work with diverse families and navigate complex systems with care.