OHayerPsych.com
Effective solutions: Consultation, training, supervision
Our Mission
Evidence-Based Expertise
C. Virginia O'Hayer, Ph.D is a licensed clinical psychologist and founder of OHayerPsych. Dr. O'Hayer received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Duke University in 2006. She served on Faculty at Duke in the Division of Behavioral Medicine until 2012 when she relocated to Philadelphia. She then worked at Drexel University until 2020 when she relocated her clinical and research operation to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. She has since served as a Clinical Professor and is the Director of the Jefferson Center City Clinic for Behavioral Medicine.
- Dr. O'Hayer is a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification Certified Clinician and has been practicing Dialectical Behavior Therapy as her primary treatment orientation since 2002. She was recently commissioned to author the landmark book about her adaptation of DBT to trans and gender expansive populations.
- Dr. O'Hayer is a Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT) Senior Clinician and Trainer, and is intensively trained in this treatment.
- Dr. O'Hayer is also an expert in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and has adapted this empirically supported treatment for patients with chronic illnesses including HIV, cystic fibrosis, cancers, and stigmatizing skin conditions.
- Dr. O'Hayer is trained in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). She has a daily mindfulness meditation practice.
Services Offered
We offer a variety of clinical consultation, supervision and training services to help you deliver effective, adherent care for your patients and to help you build a clinical service that is competitive and best serves your patients and clients
Clinical Populations
OHayerPsych has expertise in treatment, supervision, training, and consultation regarding services designed to help the following patient populations:
- People living with chronic illnesses and/or rare diseases, including HIV, cystic fibrosis, other lung diseases (COPD, IPF), cancers (including pancreatic and other end-stage cancers), stigmatizing skin conditions (vitiligo, severe acne).
- People with heightened emotionality, including emotional lability, borderline personality disorder, suicidality, self-injurious behaviors (e.g. cutting).
- People with current or past substance use disorders (opiates, alcohol, heroin, methamphetamine).
- People with eating disorders (bulimia, binge-purge disorder, obesity due to eating issues).
- People who are emotionally lonely, severely anxious, over-controlled, obsessive-compulsive, excessively rigid.
- People who are dealing with issues related to gender identity, including transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive individuals.
Our Services
Supervision
Clinical supervision is essential in order to learn a new treatment, apply it effectively, and maintain treatment fidelity. Dr. O'Hayer offers supervision in DBT, ACT, MIndfulness-based interventions, and trans-affirming therapies. Supervision modalities include live supervision ("bug in the ear"), review of videotaped sessions, and case formulation. Supervision can occur in-office or via webcam.
Consultation
Clinical Consultation ensures that your clinic or service is best equipped to effectively serve your intended patient population. Adaptations of evidence-based treatments (such as ACT, DBT, CBT) to chronic illnesses, rare diseases, racial and gender minorities are among the consultation services most frequently requested at OHayerPsych. Development of trans-affirming programs, including groups, clinics, and in-patient services. Design of clinical trials to expand your clinical successes to a larger volume of patients.
Training
Clinical Training is vital to remain up-to-date regarding evidence-based treatments and their applications to a wide variety of patient populations. OHayerPsych offers training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for small or large groups - trainings can be introductory (3 hours, 1 day), or intermediate (2-5 days). Training can occur in person or via webcam. Trans-competence trainings are encouraged for people working with trans and gender expansive patients. A wide body of research suggests that trans/non-binary/gender-expansive patients often avoid mental health treatment in order to avoid the burden of having to "educate" their providers about all things trans. Training to improve your trans-competence will help you best reach and serve your trans/gender expansive and non-binary patients.
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