Dr. Shehara Yoosuf, PsyD
Post-Doctoral Fellow - Exton Office
$195/hour
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Shehara is a clinical psychologist who is passionate about helping to reduce the stigma towards mental health and serving clients and their families from diverse backgrounds. Shehara has worked with clients across the age span from differing ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds in community mental health, partial hospital, outpatient, medical, and school settings with complex presentations. Shehara’s clinical approach is grounded in cognitive-behavioral and integrative therapies, with the added incorporation of strengths-based, culturally responsive interventions. She collaborates with her clients to ensure that treatment is individualized to meet their unique needs and considers their mental, physical, and emotional health in a unified way.
In her free time, Shehara enjoys watching Disney movies, cooking, baking, painting, and spending quality time with her family and friends.
Special Areas of Focus – Children, adolescents, and families • Psychoeducational Assessments • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) • Executive functioning challenges • Gifted/2e • Anxiety/Depression • Disruptive/Aggressive behaviors and defiance • Parent training, coaching, and support • Culturally-informed psychotherapy • Cultural identity and family stress • Evidence-based treatments • School consultation • Trauma • Grief • Self-harm
Education/Experience - BA in Psychology and Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University • MA and PsyD in Clinical Psychology, Immaculata University • Selective Mutism, Anxiety, and Related Disorders Treatment Center; Jenkintown, PA • Child Guidance Resource Centers (CGRC); Havertown, PA • Pennsbury School District; Yardley, PA • Quintessential Health; Philadelphia, PA • Hispanic Community Counseling Services; Philadelphia, PA • Dragonfly Psychological Services; Willow Grove, PA • Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care/ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Doctoral Psychology Internship; Piscataway, NJ
Specialty Training/Certifications - Psychoeducational Assessment • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) • Exposure Therapy • Executive Functioning Coaching • Solution-Focused Counseling • Parent Training Group Therapy • Family Therapy • Severe Emotional and Behavioral Dysregulation • Structural Family Systems Therapy • Pediatric CPR, First Aid, AED • Crisis Prevention Institute’s (CPI) Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training • The Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths Assessment (CANS) • Trauma-informed Care • Selective Mutism