Psychopharmacology/Medication Management

Medication assessment: Dr. Hoffman can help determine whether someone is a candidate for psychotropic medication and makes medication recommendations as needed

Medication second opinion: Dr. Hoffman offers second opinion service to people who have tried many medications and have not yet found a regimen that works.

Medication management: Dr Hoffman provides ongoing follow up for patients on short or long term medications.

Individual Psychotherapy

Insight oriented psychotherapy/psychodynamic psychotherapy: Dr. Hoffman offers regular insight oriented therapy. Her approach is eclectic and is influenced by classic psychotherapy as well as more manualized, skills based approaches. She is a strong believer in patient centered care, and the Rogerian idea of unconditional positive regard

Prolonged Exposure Therapy: Dr. Hoffman has extensive experience working with patients who have experienced both discrete and complex trauma. She works regularly with trauma survivors and is trained in Prolonged Exposure, an evidence based trauma treatment.

DBT informed skills: Dr. Hoffman enjoys integrating DBT skills as a way to help put insight into practice, and develop the skills to build a life worth living.

Psychiatric Diagnostic Assessments: Dr. Hoffman reviews medical records, and psychological testing as part of a comprehensive clinical psychiatric assessment to establish an accurate diagnostic picture and guide treatment.

Parents and families

Parent guidance: Dr. Hoffman works guides parents struggling to navigate family stressors

Behavioral management: Dr. Hoffman helps parents manage challenging behaviors more successfully

Family therapy: Dr Hoffman offers brief family treatment to help individual patients self advocate more effectively, and change unhelpful relational patterns.

Educational Advocacy: Dr. Hoffman helps parents ensure that their child is receiving appropriate support from school to achieve their full potential.

Schools

Psychodiagnostic evaluations: Dr. Hoffman offers comprehensive psychiatric assessments to schools of students whose services are not sufficiently meeting their needs. These evaluations include an extensive review of school records, classroom observation, interviews with school staff, parents, and the student’s treatment team, and an in-person student interview. She will then write a report outlining her clinical impressions, and make recommendations on how to better support the student in accessing the curriculum.

Continuing education: Dr. Hoffman offers clinical teachings about mental health subjects relevant to students and staff.

Clinical consultation: Dr. Hoffman is happy to provide informal sessions with school staff who are struggling with a specific student or classroom.

Risk Assessments: Dr. Hoffman provides a comprehensive psychodiagnostic assessment to schools and other agencies in circumstances where a student’s risk of harm to him or herself, or the safety of others is in question

Forensic Evaluations

 Competency evaluations: Dr. Hoffman does not have formal forensic certification, but has assessed whether an accused individual’s cognitive and mental health status meets the legal requirements of standing trial.