Caroline Dickens, Psy.D.

Dr. Dickens is a licensed psychological (PSY33758) who provides evidence-based treatments to individuals and couples. She specializes in working with those coping with anxiety, depression, trauma-related disorders, relationship difficulties, and life transitions.

Dr. Dickens received her B.S. in psychology from Tulane University and her Psy.D. from the PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and postdoctoral training at Pacific Anxiety Group, where she gained expertise in providing evidence-based treatments for anxiety disorders, mood disorders, trauma, and couples. She has received specialized training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT), and Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT). In graduate school, Dr. Dickens also conducted research on disordered eating, body image, and weight and shape concerns with the Stanford Eating Disorder Research Program.

In her practice, Dr. Dickens strives to build open, compassionate, and genuine relationships with her clients. She emphasizes the roles that each client’s unique cultural identities, values, life experiences, and ongoing stressors play in maintaining their distress, working collaboratively to individualize treatment to their needs based on these factors. She frequently implements mindfulness, values, and acceptance-based techniques to help clients identify or clarify the lives they want to live, understand the obstacles standing in their way, and build skills to overcome these barriers.