Dr. Alyssa Faro is a licensed psychologist with extensive training in providing cognitive behavioral interventions in both psychiatric and medical settings. She completed her APA predoctoral internship at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital, where she trained to provide evidence-based therapy to children, adolescents, adults, parents, and families to treat disorders such as anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, parent-child relational problems, and co-occurring health problems. As a postdoctoral fellow at Edith Nourse Rogers Veterans Hospital she engaged in advanced training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and evidenced-based transdiagnostic treatment. Upon licensure she began at the OCD Institute for Children and Adolescents (ODCI Jr.) at McLean Hospital where she further specialized in the treatment of depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder and trichotillomania as a psychologist. She has many years of experience treating OCD and related disorders with Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and other evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), ACT, and Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE). She is currently a member of the faculty at the Harvard Medical School and a Clinical Research Associate at McLean Hospital. In addition to her clinical and research work, Dr. Faro co-founded Anchored Approach, PLLC, a training and consulting company focused on acceptance based evidence based intervention for anxiety disorders and OCD.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Exposure Therapy
Telemental Health
Adolescents/Teens
Adults
Anxiety
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors
Depression
Emetophobia
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Health Anxiety
Hoarding
Intrusive Thoughts
Misophonia
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Panic Attacks/Panic Disorder
Phobias
Selective Mutism Disorder
Separation Anxiety
Social Anxiety Disorder
Stress
Trichotillomania
Accepts Venmo/App-based Payment
Sliding Scale