Specialties:  

Specializes in psychological and learning assessment of children, teens and adults, psychopharmacology, trauma and abuse. Interpersonal/relationship based therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy of children and adults, exposure and response therapy for OCD, assessment and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders.

Bio:

Dr. Allen joined Christian Family Services in 2022. She combines therapy and psychologic assessment, with medication management and consultation. She believes in quality and comprehensive care for her patients. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing and worked in newborn intensive care and pediatrics at both Milwaukee Children’s Hospital and Mayo Clinic-St. Mary’s Hospital. She obtained her Master’s degree from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in Maternal-Child Nursing and taught in several nursing programs, while also working as a nurse. She developed a passion for mental health care of children and pursued her doctorate in clinical psychology at the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology, training at both Mayo Clinic and Olmsted Medical Group in Rochester, Minnesota. Her psychology internship was at the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, Minnesota, which confirmed her desire to work in preventive mental health with children. For the past 25 years, she has worked in several psychiatric and group mental health clinics, as well as a county agency, providing psychology and child psychiatry services to children and adults. Dr. Allen has also served in the community, for the past 12 years, as the Clinical Director of Compassion Counseling Center, a ministry which provides free mental health care to those who are struggling, using the services of trained lay counselors. This work has been honored by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), both at the district and the State level.

Psalm 115:1-“Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your Name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and faithfulness.”