PVD Psychological Associates

  ​PVD Psychological Associates and  C&C Psychological Services  are proud to offer a unique collaboration! We have partnered to bring expert neuropsychological testing from the Boston-area to our office in Providence, RI. We offer neuropsychological testing, psychological testing, and private school entrance testing for individuals across the lifespan with a guaranteed quick turnaround and delivery of feedback in an accessible and clinically meaningful manner. We offer a variety of services for children and adults, including assessment of cognitive function, memory loss, learning disabilities, attentional difficulties, and mood disorders. Each evaluation includes an integrated report that can be used in educational and work settings as well as a full year of follow-up services. Our approach allows the client to collaboratively determine the direction testing will go in order to answer the questions that brought them into our office. ​Each assessment includes a compr...

  Fees & Insurance We greatly value improving access to quality care and we are proud to have providers “in-network” with ​Blue Cross Blue Shield (commercial plans) and United Healthcare (commercial plans).  We also accept Aetna Student Health and UnitedHealthcare Student Resources plans. Prior to your initial session, we recommend that you contact your insurance provider to inquire about your “in-network” and “out-of-network” mental health benefits. This will ensure that you are aware of your financial obligation for each session and what your insurance provider will cover prior to beginning therapy.  Please check the following service codes: 90791 Intake Appointment 90834 Individual Therapy 90847 Family/Couples Therapy ​Private Pay Some clients prefer not to use insurance for therapy in order to protect their confidentiality and prevent mental health diagnoses/treatment from being included in their medical record. If you feel strongly about keeping your permanent me...

  Couples frequently seek treatment at  PVD Psychological Associates  to work on improving communication, conflict resolution, financial difficulties, and sexual issues. All of our therapists  treat all diagnoses, each with specialized training in areas such as LGBTQIA concerns, eating disorders, college mental health, anxiety, personality disorders, trauma, life transitions, and relationship difficulties. Everyone on our team is trained in evidence based therapies including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic therapy. Some of us have specialized training in other therapies such as dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and internal family systems therapy (IFS). https://www.pvdpsych.com/couples-and-relationship-difficulties.html

How To Keep Negative Thoughts From Ruining Your Relationship Negative thoughts can be the ultimate relationship killer. We know from research that there is a very tight feedback loop between a person’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors so having negative thoughts can definitely send you down the rabbit hole. It is important to know your unique thought patterns that can lead to major relationship problems. For example, you may hold beliefs from early in life, or a more recent past experience, that no one can be trusted and will take advantage of you or cheat on you. You may believe you are unlovable or that you can change your partner if they love you enough. You also might notice yourself engaging in catastrophic thinking like believing everything is ruined after one argument or all or nothing thinking such as if things aren’t perfect then the whole relationship is a failure. The following is a seven step guide to stopping negative thoughts from ruining your relationship. Make a list o...

Is Telehealth The Future of Therapy?   Jolie Weingeroff, PhD Prior to COVID-19, therapists were starting to get more comfortable utilizing Telehealth to deliver therapy services to clients. This was an appealing option for those with very busy schedules or who had difficulty traveling to a therapy office. At that point in time, there was still somewhat of a stigma against teletherapy or  online therapy  that remained, and many therapists and clients alike believed that it was a “lesser option” because of the loss of in-person connection. Now, in our world in which COVID-19 exists, almost all therapy is being delivered online and therapists and clients are enjoying it! Aside from the obvious current benefit of avoiding transmission of COVID, the forced practice of exclusively online therapy has revealed many of its positive aspects. One set of benefits relates to access of care. When seeing therapists online, clients have access to specialists they would not otherwise be a...

Your health and safety are always our top priority. In   response to the COVID-19 pandemic, PVD Psychological Associates is offering online therapy in order to protect our clients’ and the general public’s health.  PVD Psychological Associates offers online therapy/teletherapy to clients in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New York. We offer confidential video therapy to you in the privacy of your own home, office, or other private location of your choosing. This has always been an option for therapy for clients with very busy schedules, those who had barriers to getting to sessions in person, or to individuals wanting to work with a specialist at PVD Psych while living too far away to come in to our office. We now are offering online therapy to all clients so that you can stay safe during this time. Online therapy allows for effective therapy sessions that are convenient, safe, and private,    Benefits of Online Therapy : Ultra-Convenient  so we don’t need...

PVD Psychological Associates is a recognized BCBSRI LGBTQ Safe Space. The therapists at PVD Psychological Associates have expertise working with LGBTQIA+ identified individuals and their families. We offer LGBTQIA+ Affirming and Gender Affirming Therapy . ​ We may work with these individuals on issues non-specific to their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, such as an eating disorder or relationship problems, or therapy might focus on very specific issues such as exploring one’s gender identity or coming out. Whether the topic of therapy is specific to being LGBTQIA+identified or not, many of our clients have told us they find it to be important and helpful that their therapist is knowledgeable about the LGBTQIA+ community and is affirming in their approach. Our therapists were recently featured in Zencare blogs on  Trans and Nonbinary Mental Health  and  Steps Toward Building a Trans-Inclusive Practice . https://pvdpsych.com/lgbtqia-affirming-services/...