Ashlee Reid, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist (PSY35059)
Child & Adolescent Specialty Practice Clinician
Pronouns: She / Her / Hers
Hello and welcome! I’m honored to serve as a clinical psychologist within the Institute’s Child and Adolescent Specialty Program (CASP), where I specialize in working with young children, parents, autistic girls/women, and perinatal populations. My passion lies in supporting children ages 0-5 and their families, as I believe early intervention is crucial for fostering healthy development and strong emotional connections.
I am deeply committed to helping families navigate the challenges that arise during childhood years, including coping with medical conditions, managing stress, and adjusting to family transitions. I view every behavior as a form of communication, and my goal is to help families understand what their child’s behaviors are expressing—whether it’s an unmet need, emotion, or response to their environment. Together with parents, I work to address a child’s underlying emotions and needs, allowing for deeper connection and lasting change.
Working with children and their families brings me immense joy. I am passionate about empowering parents to connect with their child in meaningful ways, helping to strengthen the parent-child bond, manage the stress of parenting, and set the foundation for a child’s emotional well-being. The growth and resilience I witness in the families I care for inspires me every day.
Specialties:
I provide support for growth in the following areas:
- Concerns related to toddlerhood and early childhood (e.g., tantrums, feeding/eating, developmental skills building, etc.)
- Parenting concerns related to infants, toddlers, and young children
- Traumatic experiences in early childhood
- Anxiety and depression in children
- Somatic effects of anxiety in children
- Children coping with chronic illness or medical conditions/hospitalizations
- Parent-infant attachment and bonding
- Perinatal conditions (anxiety and depression)
- Neurodevelopmental and neurocognitive disorders (ADHD and Autism)
- Psychological assessment (developmental)
- Coparenting and navigating family transitions
Treatment Modalities:
I utilize the following modalities regularly in my practice:
- Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)
- Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- DIR-Floortime
- Client-centered Play Therapy
- Mindfulness and Somatic (Body-based) Practices
Additional Information about my Specialties:
My approach to therapy is attachment-focused and developmentally informed. I draw heavily on Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) and attachment theory to understand how a child’s relationships affect their brain and emotional expressions. This science-based approach highlights how secure relationships and emotional attunement help foster resilience, emotional growth, and behavior in children. My sessions often include both the parent and child (dyadic therapy), and I also work with parents individually to explore their own parenting styles, histories, and emotional experiences as they pertain to their child’s needs.
As Winnicott famously said, “There is no such thing as a baby; there is a baby and someone.” This guides my belief in the importance of viewing children within the context of their relationships, especially with their primary caregivers. By strengthening these relationships, we support not only behavioral change but also emotional well-being.
Parents who work with me gain a deeper understanding of their child’s behaviors, as well as practical, developmentally appropriate strategies to support their child’s emotional growth. Together, we work on fostering connection, attunement, and joy in parent-child interactions, helping to make time spent together more fulfilling and supportive.
Advanced Training:
- Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) (rostered)
- DIR-Floortime
- Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Maternal Mental Health
Other Current Professional Activities:
- American Psychological Association – Division 53
- Global Association for Interpersonal Neurobiology
- American Psychological Association (APA)
Prior Experience:
- Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA)
- USC’s Fetal Maternal Center (FMC)
- USC’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD)
- Western Youth Services, Orange County
- Rooted+Vitality Health Collaborative, Fresno
- Merced County Office of Education
- Gary Cannon Psychological Services Center (PSC)
Education:
- Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology
- Master of Arts in Psychology, California School of Professional Psychology
- Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, California State University Fresno
Mission: My mission is to strengthen relationships between children and the adults who care for them by fostering understanding, attunement, and emotional connection. I am committed to advocating for children and families by improving the systems that serve them. Through compassionate care and support, I strive to help children and parents build strong, lasting relationships so they can enjoy and appreciate one another to the fullest.
Email: AReid@IFGD.care
Phone: 626-585-8075, ext. 135