Shana Bellow, Ph.D., PMH-C

Life can be full of stressors and challenges. My belief is that everyone can benefit from help time to time with navigating the ups and downs of life successfully. Sometimes struggles are due to significant stressors or trauma that may lead to depression, anxiety, and overwhelming emotions or behaviors. At other times there may be family, relationship, grief, medical, or major life changes that lead to emotional distress and problems coping. Whatever issues may have led you to pursue therapy, I welcome the opportunity to help you thrive and find tools that lead to healthy outcomes. Taking action to reach out for help is both courageous and bold. There are many providers to choose from and the search for a therapist can be overwhelming. By learning more about how I work and collaborate with clients I hope to give you a better sense of ways I help promote growth and healing even in the midst of the most difficult situations. The beginning of the therapy journey involves establishing a cooperative and trusting relationship. I embrace getting to know clients with openness, authenticity, non-judgment, curiosity, and a dose of humor when appropriate. I am intentional about individualizing my approach to fit each client's unique needs. There are many ways to conceptualize problems and as such, I use combined techniques of cognitive behavioral, acceptance-based, trauma informed and client-focused interventions to help clients reach their goals. After completing my undergraduate degree at Washington University in St. Louis, I earned master’s and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology at the University of Cincinnati. I completed an internship in the psychiatry department of Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans with a focus on infant and maternal mental health, followed by fellowship training in pediatric consultation-liaison at Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital. I am specially trained in obsessive compulsive disorder exposure response prevention, attachment based and trauma-focused therapy, and perinatal and postpartum mental health. I am licensed as a clinical psychologist in the Commonwealth of Virginia and have the authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology (APIT) across over forty states granted by the PSYPACT Commission. If you would like to learn more about how I can help you, please request a free consultation with me through the "Send Message" or “Request Appointment” section. If another therapist seems better suited for you, I'm happy to provide referrals and recommendations for trusted colleagues.