Chaniga Vorasarun, Psy.D.

Dr. Vorasarun has expertise in providing evidence-based treatments for adults with a specialty in working with women around issues of burnout and work-life balance. She also specializes in treatment of anxiety, panic, depression and trauma-related concerns and with issues such as assertiveness and boundary-setting. Dr. Vorasarun’s approach to treatment emphasizes each person’s relationship to themselves and their emotions and ways to live authentically and connect meaningfully with others. In this work, Dr. Vorasarun emphasizes mindful awareness, compassion and the potential for healing through the therapeutic relationship. Dr. Vorasarun’s orientation to treatment also includes a belief that acceptance is required for change to occur, and therefore, is very attentive to ways to create an environment of non-judgment.

Dr. Vorasarun strives to understand the context from which individuals have developed, and she emphasizes a humble approach to learning about the various factors influencing a client’s way of interacting with themselves and the world including broader racial and cultural contexts as well as familial contexts. Dr. Vorasarun’s treatment orientation centers mindfulness and self-compassion as well as other evidence-based strategies including ACT, CBT, exposure therapy and DBT.

Dr. Vorasarun completed her doctoral studies at the PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium, her internship with the Phoenix VA Healthcare System and her postdoctoral fellowship at the Palo Alto VA with an emphasis in working with women with PTSD and complex trauma. During this training, she also spent two years under the supervision of ACT expert Dr. Robyn Walser.