Teenagers are my favorite human beings. When overwhelming emotions sideline them, I work to get them back on track to building the lives they want.
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Selected research
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Cultural adaptations of dialectical behavior therapy: A systematic review.
Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
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Functions of non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents and young adults with Borderline Personality Disorder symptoms.
Psychiatry research
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Love and the commitment problem in romantic relations and friendship.
Journal of personality and social psychology
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Fetal surgery firsts
The first open fetal surgery in the world was performed at UCSF in the early 1980s.
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