Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
C. Virginia O’Hayer, Ph.D. is a licensed Clinical Psychologist. She is a Clinical Professor at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital’s Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and serves as the Director of Jefferson’s Center City Clinic for Behavioral Medicine. She has undergone extensive training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)- certified. Her research and clinical work involves the application of acceptance-based behavioral therapies to healthcare providers and to patients with chronic illness.
She obtained her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Duke University, and she served on Faculty at Duke University Medical Center for 5 years, as a Transplant Psychologist, working closely with patients awaiting and recovering from lung transplantation. She has co-authored three treatment manuals: ACT with CF, ACT with CF – Adolescents and Families, ACT with NMOSD, and ACT with HIV.
Dr. O’Hayer and her family moved to Philadelphia in 2012. She now lives in Bryn Mawr, PA with her husband, 2 kids, and 3 rescue mutts: Dogbert, Barkley & Wailer.
LL01--Leveling Up Your ACT with CF Practice
Thursday, September 26, 2024
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET