Ms. May is a Couples and Family Therapist who has worked in the mental health field for fifteen years with diverse populations whose demographics include children and adults. Ms. May’s expertise ranges from child to adolescent adjustment issues and oppositional behaviors to adults and couples relationship problems. She has provided clinical support as a clinician, clinical supervisor, behavioral health trainer, and clinical consultant in a variety of settings.
These settings include, but are not limited, to the juvenile justice residential treatment facilities and court, community based programs, and various outpatient supportive systems. Interventions are solution focused and present oriented, as well as culturally and environmentally sensitive. Ms. May also understands the role of spirituality in coping, and as an appropriate use of spiritual context in conjunction with Dialectical and Cognitive Behavioral techniques, in helping her clients cope with life stressors. Ms. May also has experience in utilizing evidenced based practices to promote and instill permanent changes in individuals and families. Ms. May received her training as a Couples and Family therapy at MCP Hahnemann University.
She also has experience as a Family therapist in the Multi-Systemic Treatment project in Philadelphia funded by the Medical College of South Carolina research project. The Multi-Systemic Family therapy research program primarily worked with adjudicated youth who were at risk for out of home placement. The focus of treatment was to build resources within the current family structure and to develop instrumental and affective parenting skills to prevent further barriers in overall therapeutic progress. Ms. May has a unique quality of engaging the most difficult families in a way that empowers autonomy, challenges maladaptive behaviors, and promotes generalizability. During participation in this program, she was also trained in the skill of utilizing Dialectical Behavior Therapy with the families that were serviced.
Currently she is working as a Couples and Family Therapist with Germantown Psychological Associates, where she has continued her development in reshaping individuals and families through therapeutic interventions. Furthermore, Ms. May provides a variety of behavior shaping and culturally sensitive trainings throughout the Philadelphia area with other professionals and colleagues in the field.