Miranda Altman(She/Her/Hers)

Dr. Miranda Altman is a psychologist and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in Providence, Rhode Island. Miranda has worked with a broad-based client population, including those transitioning to college, work-life balance, divorcing couples, grief and loss, life span changes, and relationship issues. Dr. Altman approaches her work with clients as a partnership. Clinical interests include mood disorders, depression, post-partum, general anxiety, social anxiety, existential anxiety, OCD, trauma, body dysmorphia, and self-harming behaviors. Therapy sessions promote self-understanding, self-acceptance, and resilience using insight-and skills-based approaches. (CBT, ACT, narrative, and emotion-focused) Dr. Altman anchors the importance of mindful awareness while examining core beliefs about the self, others, and the cultures in which we exist.

Having served as the director of counseling at a university, Dr. Altman is keenly aware of students' present-day concerns. The usual challenges relate to greater self-sufficiency, making new friends, and balancing social engagement and academic rigor. Students also come into therapy searching for meaning and a greater sense of self and identity. Dr. Altman is a certified mediator in couple conflict resolution. She can consult with you to determine whether this approach suits your concerns.

Dr. Altman offers both in-person office appointments, as well as Zoom meetings.