Dr. Melissa Geraghty, Psy.D. Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

https://betterme.world/articles/author/dr-melissa-geraghty/

Our Mission is to empower you to rise from the ashes through engaging educational programs, speaking engagements, and mental health support. You do not have to walk this path alone. Together we are Phoenix Fierce. Medical Gaslighting Sensitivity Trainer for Healthcare Professionals.Mental Health Consultant. Pain Management Consultant. Patient.

Dr. Geraghty enjoys giving interactive workshops to healthcare professionals and the public. Dr. Geraghty has presented on: chronic pain, physical disabilities, rare disease, migraine and headache diseases, medical gaslighting, cancer, eating disorders, body image, intimacy and sex, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness, depression, anxiety.

• Dr. Geraghty is dedicated to advancing mental health and support services for people living with chronic pain. Her responsibilities in this role include, but are not limited to:
• Oversees Pain Connection, a dynamic program that fosters peer-to-peer support in the form of volunteer-led support groups.
• Developed a 200-page Peer Support Group Leader Training Manual for Chronic Pain.
• Supervises a team of more than 35 peer support group leaders.
• Offers guidance during supervision meetings for peer support group leaders.
• Organizes 1-2 online or in-person peer support group leader trainings annually.

Private practice: Individual, couples, family, and group psychotherapy. Crisis Intervention. Experiential Outings with patients. Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). Pain Management Consultant. Community Outreach. Clinical Expertise: Chronic Pain, Chronic Illness, Complex Medical, Rare Disease, Eating Disorders, Body Image, Intimacy and Sex, Anxiety.

"Mindful Moments by Dr. G" are social media pages that provide inspirational pictures, quotes, and tidbits of information on how to practice mindfulness. These pages also serve as a platform for awareness of psychological and physical difficulties. "Mindful Moments by Dr. G" further promotes the biopsychosocialspiritual benefits of mindfulness (in other.

Edward Hospital: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Mother/Baby Unit, Antepartum Unit, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Short-Stay Unit. Unit assessments and statistics. Clinical focus: perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, phobias, medical procedure preparation, bereavement, trauma, physical pain. Individual, couples, family, group, crisis intervention, and.

Home Unit: Eating Disorders Program. Inpatient, Partial Hospitalization Program, and Intensive Outpatient Program. Individual, couples, family, crisis intervention, and case management. Groups included: mindfulness, mindful eating, body image, ACT/DBT, anxiety, art therapy, process group. Unit assessments and statistics. Attended weekly client staffings.

Co-facilitated cancer support groups and facilitated groups individually. Groups/programs included: women specific groups, men specific groups (i.e. veterans), caretakers, bereavement for spouses, recurrent or metastatic cancer, networking groups (i.e. multiple myeloma), long-term survivors, clients ending treatment, clinical hypnosis, mind-body.

Conducted short-term and long-term psychotherapy with college-aged students. Crisis intervention. Followed North Central College’s protocol with mandated clients. Worked with a wide range of difficulties such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders, negative body image, suicidal ideation, medical diagnoses, physical disabilities, personality disorders.

Private Practice. Neuropsychological and psychological testing of clients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, Asperger’s, anxiety, depression, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, substance abuse, personality disorders, and childhood cancer. Administered clinical interviews and scored/statistically analyzed testing data. Compiled.