Dr. Ailyn Payan

Hey there! Life right now is stressful and overwhelming. I applaud you for taking the 1st step to seek professional help. I specialize in kids, adolescents, and young adults and in helping them manage their anxiety and depressive state. As a parent myself, I understand the daily struggles, guilt, and high anxiety that raising children can have on our own mental health, and can help you too. Additionally, I focus on improving the parent-child relationship so that you can enjoy parenting again.

Working with clients, I use a client-centered approach and evidence-based treatment strategies to help you/your child get through the tough days and learn to manage negative moods and behaviors that seem to be present always. With younger children, I use play therapy and always involve parents in the therapeutic treatment.

Improved moods and behaviors, relationships, communication, self-esteem, and self-awareness are just a few basic factors that can be addressed in sessions. Exploring triggers and deciding the best problem-solving strategies can help achieve short- and long-term goals and improve treatment prognosis.