Alissa Jerud(She/Her/Hers)

Dr. Alissa Jerud is a licensed clinical psychologist providing science-informed, cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) to individuals both in-person and around the country via telepsychology. She is an expert in exposure therapy, which is a highly effective form of CBT and a robust treatment for anxiety-related disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), social anxiety, panic disorder, specific phobias, and generalized anxiety. In addition, Dr. Jerud also provides Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills training, which is another form of CBT that includes skills in mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness.

At the heart of these approaches to treatment is the notion that all emotions are valuable, no matter how painful or uncomfortable it may be to feel them. Accordingly, rather than try to get rid of unwanted feelings - which oftentimes prolongs and exacerbates them - Dr. Jerud aims to help individuals develop new relationships with challenging emotions such as anxiety. By welcoming these emotions when they show up without giving into the unhelpful urges that accompany them, Dr. Jerud helps others break free of the hold that their emotions have on them, thus enabling them to live richer, more meaningful lives.

In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Jerud is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania where she teaches and supervises psychiatry residents. She also trains other clinicians in exposure-based treatments and frequently gives workshops on anxiety, stress, mental health, and parenting to companies large and small, including Google, Peloton, Merck, American Express, iHeart Media, and Morgan Stanley. She was trained by world renowned experts at some of the top programs in the country and is dedicated to using the expertise she acquired through these unparalleled training experiences to help as many others as possible.