Dr. Salena Schapp

Biography

Salena Schapp is a licensed psychologist (PSY29619) and the Co-Founder of Measure. She has extensive experience treating patients across the lifespan, with a particular specialty in working with children, adolescents, and families. Dr. Schapp is known for her collaborative, compassionate, and playful approach in providing a range of psychological services, specializing in the treatment of eating disorders, anxiety, behavioral challenges, and trauma. She is passionate about helping families create supportive and strong parent-child relationships through evidence-based approaches to therapy that are individualized to match the patient’s needs, including cognitive behavioral therapy, family-based therapy, parent management training, parent-child interaction therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and dialectical behavioral therapy. Dr. Schapp practices a weight-inclusive and Health At Every Size (HAES)® approach to help individuals improve their relationship with food and their bodies. She has a wealth of experience in group therapy and enjoys fostering a supportive and safe group environment. As an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, she runs support groups for psychiatry residents and has a strong interest in teaching and supervision, providing training opportunities for trainees at Kaiser Permanente and Measure. Additionally, she is actively involved in the psychological community as the President of the SF Bay Area Chapter of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals, and enjoys consulting and teaching other professionals in the community through large trainings and presentations.

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