Panel Title: We Do Not Need To Be Rescued

Psychoanalytically oriented clinical psychologist who works with children, adolescents, adults, families, and intimate partners in both group practice stress and trauma evaluation and psychological services with the goal of providing quality mental health services to folks across the socioeconomic spectrum. Ally's clinical thinking is influenced not only by psychoanalysis but also by interdisciplinary critical theory and the impact of culture and history on her patients' psychological development. She is a candidate at NYU's Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. Besides her clinical work, Ally currently serves as Council Representative to the American Psychological Association for Division 39, Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology and is co-host for Couched, a podcast that takes an interdisciplinary look at psychoanalysis. Her advocacy work is an effort to expand psychoanalytic training outside of the private practice setting and to improve access to health care for all.