Thank you for your interest in becoming a client at Dunn Psychological Services. Dr. Dunn is not currently accepting new clients at this time. When she has openings for new clients, scheduling information will be posted here. Thank you for your patience.
SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) is a parent-based therapy for parents of children and teens with anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and related problems. SPACE can also help anxious children who have sleep issues, are picky-eaters, and avoid/refuse to go to school. SPACE has been tested and found to be effective in randomized controlled clinical trials. Dr. Dunn received her training as a SPACE provider from the program developer, Dr. Eli Lebowitz at the Yale Child Study Center.
Parents who participate in SPACE will learn skills to help their child overcome anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and related problems. The treatment focuses on changes that parents can make to their own behavior, they do not need to make their child change. The two main changes that parents learn to make in SPACE treatment are to respond more supportively to their anxious child and to reduce the accommodations they have been making to the child symptoms.
If you are interested in SPACE with Dr. Dunn, please email her to obtain additional information and schedule an intake appointment. Typically the SPACE program can be completed within 12 sessions. These parent-only sessions are 50 minutes in length and are billed at an hourly rate of $175. All families are provided with unlimited secure messaging with Dr. Dunn through an online portal at no additional cost during the program. Dr. Dunn is not in-network with any insurance providers and payment for services is expected at each session.