Meet Your Women's
Health
Experts
Lauren Mizock,
PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice
as well as core
faculty in the clinical psychology PhD program at Fielding Graduate University and
director of the
social justice and diversity concentration. Dr. Mizock is on the executive committee
of the Society
for the Psychology of Women (Division 35) of the American Psychological Association
(APA) and
co-chairs the Women with Serious Mental Illness Committee and Motherhood Committee.
She is the
co-author of Women with Serious Mental Illness: Gender-Sensitive and
Recovery-Oriented Care
(Oxford University Press, 2021), Acceptance of Mental Illness: Promoting
Recovery among
Culturally Diverse Groups (Oxford University Press, 2016) and
Researcher Race: Social
Constructions in the Research Process (Information Age Publishing 2012), in
addition to
over 60 publications.
Kristine Spano,
PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist in Pennsylvania.
She maintains a
private practice in Philadelphia where she treats individuals 18 and up to help
manage symptoms of
anxiety, trauma, depression, and other mood disorders. She gave her first talk on
the application of
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in coping with PMDD for the Gia Allemand
Foundation, now known as
the International Association for Premenstrual Disorders, in 2018.
Lisa
Tremayne, RN,
PMH-C, CBC, is both a survivor and dedicated advocate of
improving the
standard of care and raising awareness for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders. In
2005, Lisa was
involved in the development of New Jersey's, first in-nation universal mandatory
screening
program for prenatal and postpartum depression. In 2017, Lisa created and directed
New Jersey's
first Center for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD), which offers
comprehensive integrated
care (individual therapy, medication, peer group support, and more) to new and
expectant parents.
Lisa also co-founded and acts as the president of the Bloom Foundation for Maternal
Wellness. The
Bloom Foundation's mission is to create a new standard of care for women
throughout the
perinatal period to ensure that every suffering new and expecting parent receives
the care they
need.
R.
"Featherstone" Featherstone, MSN, PMHNP, WHNP,
PMH-C, (they/them),
is a dual-certified nurse practitioner of Reproductive/Sexual Health and Psychiatry.
They are a
veteran of the United States Army, serving as a military police officer at Fort
Leonard Wood, MO in
the 13th Military Police Company prior to becoming a nurse. They earned both their
Master's in
Nursing and Postgraduate Certificates from Frontier Nursing University in 2019 and
2021,
respectively. After working for years in labor and delivery, mental health, and
psychedelic
medicine, Featherstone founded Eucalyptus Health in 2020. They offer sexual and
psychiatric care via
telehealth to parents and the LGBTQ+ community in Idaho and Virginia. They
frequently speak on
topics related to women's mental health, 2SLGBTQIA+ care and mental health,
eating disorders,
and sexuality.
Dr.
Michelle Frank,
PsyD, is a clinical psychologist currently practicing at
Enrich Relationship
Center of Colorado in the Denver metro area. She specializes in diagnosing and
treating ADHD,
particularly in women. She is co-author, along with Sari Solden, MS, of the book A
Radical Guide for
Women with ADHD: Embrace Neurodiversity, Live Boldly, and Break Through Barriers. In
addition to
individual clinical work, Dr. Frank Provides Gottman Method Couples Therapy to
couples impacted by
ADHD. With a passion for advocacy, outreach, and education, Dr. Frank regularly
contributes to
national ADHD conferences and support programs. Dr. Frank is the former vice
president of ADDA
— an international nonprofit organization supporting adults with ADHD. She is
a member of
APSARD — The American Professional Society of ADHD and Related
Disorders.
Sunita Osborn, PsyD,
MA, is a licensed clinical psychologist who practices in
Houston, Texas, and
works with adults and couples. Known as an expert on the treatment of pregnancy
loss, Dr. Osborn
specializes in reproductive psychology and helps individuals and couples in all
phases of the
reproductive journey. Dr. Osborn has been featured and interviewed on several
different media
outlets including NPR, With Whit, Psychology Today, and several
miscarriage-focused
platforms such as, “The Miscarriage Map: What to Expect When You are no Longer
Expecting” and, "The Miscarriage Map Workbook: An Honest Guide to
Navigating Pregnancy
Loss, Working Through the Pain, and Moving Forward."
Deidre Arms, MSN,
APRN, CNP, is a functional medicine nurse practitioner with
extensive
training through the Institute for Functional Medicine. Her focus is on hormones,
endometriosis,
PCOS, autoimmune disorders, GUT health, and helping clients and patients with a
"root
cause" approach to their chronic health conditions. She is a women's health
expert with a
special interest in endometriosis and PCOS treatment through a functional medicine
approach.
Eve
Rodsky received her B.A. in economics and anthropology from
the University
of Michigan, and her J.D. from Harvard Law School. She is the author of the instant
New York Times
bestseller, Fair Play. After working in foundation management at J.P.
Morgan, she founded
the Philanthropy Advisory Group to advise high-net-worth families and charitable
foundations on best
practices for harmonious operations, governance, and disposition of funds. In her
work with hundreds
of families over a decade, she realized that her expertise in family mediation,
strategy, and
organizational management could be applied to a problem closer to home — a
system for couples
seeking balance, efficiency, and peace in their homes. Rodsky was born and raised by
a single mom in
New York City and now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their three
children.
Phyllis Cohen,
PhD, is a psychologist/psychoanalyst in private practice in
New York City.
She's a clinical supervisor at the NYU Post-Doctoral Program in Psychoanalysis
and
Psychotherapy, where she's on the Executive Committee Family Systems and
Psychoanalysis Project.
She's taught child, marital, and family therapy in many professional training
programs, and is
on the faculty of the Trauma Institute at the Manhattan Institute for
Psychoanalysis. She's the
founder and director of the New York Institute for Psychotherapy Training in
Infancy, Childhood and
Adolescence, coauthor of The Mother-Infant Interaction Picture Book: Origins of
Attachment,
and coeditor of Healing after Parent Loss in Childhood and Adolescence:
Therapeutic
Interventions and Theoretical Considerations, among other
publications.
Jessica Wilson, MS,
RD, (she/her), has 15 years' experience as a clinical
dietician. She has
specialized in eating disorder care since 2009 and has led international dialogues
about the
barriers marginalized clients face when accessing eating disorder care. Jessica is
well known for
co-founding the #amplifymelanatedvoices movement and her commentary on the racist
origins of the
frameworks and models that guide the medical and mental health fields. She stays
active on social
media and in her communities advocating for body liberation, centering those most
marginalized.
Jessica is currently writing a book about the impacts of white supremacy on the
narratives of Black
women's bodies for Hachette Books, out in January 2023. In her spare time, she
gardens, rides
her bike, and walks her dogs.
Ann
Saffi Biasetti,
PhD, LCSWR, CEDS, CIAYT, has been a practicing clinician for
over 30 years
specializing in somatic psychotherapy. She is an eating disorder specialist,
certified mindfulness
teacher, Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) teacher, and Certified Yoga Therapist
(C-IAYT). Dr. Biasetti
teaches in the Self-Compassion in Psychotherapy (SCIP) program, where she shares her
expertise in
somatic self-compassionate interventions for eating disorder recovery and serves as
a consultation
leader. She has led well-received retreats at Kripalu and Shambhala Mountain Center
and has led
professional training workshops through her Befriending Your Body (BFYB)
certification program for
eating disorder recovery. She is the author of Befriending Your Body: A
Self-Compassionate
Approach to Freeing Yourself from Disordered Eating and The Awakening
Self-Compassion
Card Deck: 52 Practices for Self-Care, Healing and Growth. Dr. Biasetti
maintains a private
practice in Saratoga Springs, NY.
Angela Grassi, MS,
RDN, LDN, is a nationally recognized award-winning
registered dietician
nutritionist and the founder of the PCOS Nutrition Center where for over 20 years
she has been
providing evidence-based nutrition information and coaching to people with PCOS.
Angela is the
author of several books on PCOS including The PCOS Nutrition Center
Cookbook, Angela
regularly provides nutrition education to registered dietitians and health care
professionals
through her Online PCOS Training Course for Dietitians and workshops. Recognized by
Today’s Dietitian as one of the Top 10 Incredible Dietitians Making a
Difference,
Angela is a past recipient of the Ricardo Azziz PCOS Challenge Advocacy Leadership
Award, the
Outstanding Nutrition Entrepreneur Award, the Award in Excellence in Practice in
Women’s
Health and the Award for Excellence in Graduate Research from the Academy of
Nutrition and
Dietetics. She is a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, The
Androgen Excess
Society, Dieticians in Functional and Nutritional Medicine, and Women’s Health
and serves on
the medical advisory board of PCOS Challenge. Angela is an adjunct professor at West
Chester
University and conducts and publishes research on PCOS. Having PCOS herself, Angela
has been
dedicated to advocacy, education, and research of the syndrome.
Erika Carr, PhD, is a licensed psychologist
and associate
professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. She
also serves as
director of the inpatient psychology service at Connecticut Mental Health Center in New
Haven, CT. Dr.
Carr is the co-author of Women with Serious Mental Illness: Gender-Sensitive and
Recovery-Oriented
Care (Oxford University Press, 2021) and the chair of the Task Force for Women
who Experience
Serious Mental Illness in the Society for the Psychology of Women (Division 35) of the
American
Psychological Association (APA). Dr. Carr has a particular interest in women who
experience serious
mental illness, as evident by her focus on women's issues and recovery-oriented
care. Dr. Carr
directs the psychology service at her institution for an inpatient psychiatric unit and
specifically
focuses on providing training experiences for psychology fellows from a
recovery-oriented perspective so
as to help empower the individuals they serve, mitigating the impact of stigma and
oppression, and
partnering in the recovery journeys of individuals who experience serious mental illness
as they build
lives of meaning as they so define.
