Claire Wallace

My background is in clinical child psychology, and I have a specialty in working with children and teenagers with chronic medical conditions. I have experience working with conditions such as chronic pain (e.g., headaches/migraines, functional abdominal pain), diabetes, feeding difficulties, cancer, sickle cell disease, organ transplants, craniofacial conditions, epilepsy, and medical trauma, among other conditions. In addition to treating psychological challenges associated with medical conditions, I treat children and teenagers with a variety of mood, anxiety, and behavior disorders. My interventions use the cognitive-behavioral framework to target concerns that span adherence, adjustment, depression, anxiety, behavioral concerns, sleep difficulties, and non-pharmacological pain management. My treatment emphasizes building individuals’ and families’ repertoires of coping skills. I believe in a strengths-based approach to therapy that empowers children, teenagers, and their families to build on their existing resources. I welcome patients from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds and I provide affirmative therapy for clients identifying as sexual or gender minorities. I am currently accepting new clients.