Meet Dr. Stephanie Porras, Clinical Psychologist at Helyx Health in Beverly Hills, Palo Alto, and San Francisco, CA
Dr. Porras is a licensed psychologist with a compassionate, relational approach to therapy. She specializes in helping individuals navigate anxiety, depression, and body image struggles, particularly through binge and emotional eating. For more information, contact us or request an appointment online. We serve patients across the state of California including locations in San Francisco, Palo Alto, and Beverly Hills, CA.
Meet Dr. Stephanie Porras
Table of Contents:
What qualifications does Dr. Porras hold, and where did she obtain her doctoral degree?
What types of issues does Dr. Porras focus on when working with clients?
What specific struggles is Dr. Porras passionate about supporting clients through?
How does Dr. Porras’ background in health psychology inform her work with clients?
What therapeutic frameworks and techniques does Dr. Porras primarily use in her practice?
How does Dr. Porras approach the therapeutic relationship with her clients?
Which insurance providers are accepted by Dr. Porras?
Dr. Porras is a licensed psychologist and obtained her doctoral degree from Pacific University, Oregon.
Dr. Porras enjoys working with individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, interpersonal relationships, and difficult relationships with food and body.
Dr. Porras is especially passionate about supporting clients struggling with binge eating, emotional eating, and negative body image from a Health At Every Size informed approach.
Because of Dr. Porras’s background in health psychology, she is highly attentive to the complexities of the mindbody connection in general, such as the impact of chronic health conditions on mental wellbeing and vice versa.
Dr. Porras primarily practices from an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) framework, bringing in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS) as needed to provide truly individualized treatment.
Dr. Porras’s approach is relational, as she believes in the importance of creating an authentic therapeutic relationship in which individuals experience the safety they need to fully show up as themselves and to cultivate the kind of self-awareness, radical acceptance, and selfcompassion that leads to true change.
Dr. Porras is in-network with Cigna and Aetna insurance.
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