Meet Your Women's Health Experts
Lauren Mizock, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice as well as core faculty in the clinical psychology PhD program at Fielding Graduate University and director of the social justice and diversity concentration. Dr. Mizock is on the executive committee of the Society for the Psychology of Women (Division 35) of the American Psychological Association (APA) and co-chairs the Women with Serious Mental Illness Committee and Motherhood Committee. She is the co-author of Women with Serious Mental Illness: Gender-Sensitive and Recovery-Oriented Care (Oxford University Press, 2021), Acceptance of Mental Illness: Promoting Recovery among Culturally Diverse Groups (Oxford University Press, 2016) and Researcher Race: Social Constructions in the Research Process (Information Age Publishing 2012), in addition to over 60 publications.
Kristine Spano, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist in Pennsylvania. She maintains a private practice in Philadelphia where she treats individuals 18 and up to help manage symptoms of anxiety, trauma, depression, and other mood disorders. She gave her first talk on the application of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in coping with PMDD for the Gia Allemand Foundation, now known as the International Association for Premenstrual Disorders, in 2018.
Lisa Tremayne, RN, PMH-C, CBC, is both a survivor and dedicated advocate of improving the standard of care and raising awareness for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders. In 2005, Lisa was involved in the development of New Jersey's, first in-nation universal mandatory screening program for prenatal and postpartum depression. In 2017, Lisa created and directed New Jersey's first Center for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD), which offers comprehensive integrated care (individual therapy, medication, peer group support, and more) to new and expectant parents. Lisa also co-founded and acts as the president of the Bloom Foundation for Maternal Wellness. The Bloom Foundation's mission is to create a new standard of care for women throughout the perinatal period to ensure that every suffering new and expecting parent receives the care they need.
R. "Featherstone" Featherstone, MSN, PMHNP, WHNP, PMH-C, (they/them), is a dual-certified nurse practitioner of Reproductive/Sexual Health and Psychiatry. They are a veteran of the United States Army, serving as a military police officer at Fort Leonard Wood, MO in the 13th Military Police Company prior to becoming a nurse. They earned both their Master's in Nursing and Postgraduate Certificates from Frontier Nursing University in 2019 and 2021, respectively. After working for years in labor and delivery, mental health, and psychedelic medicine, Featherstone founded Eucalyptus Health in 2020. They offer sexual and psychiatric care via telehealth to parents and the LGBTQ+ community in Idaho and Virginia. They frequently speak on topics related to women's mental health, 2SLGBTQIA+ care and mental health, eating disorders, and sexuality.
Dr. Michelle Frank, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist currently practicing at Enrich Relationship Center of Colorado in the Denver metro area. She specializes in diagnosing and treating ADHD, particularly in women. She is co-author, along with Sari Solden, MS, of the book A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD: Embrace Neurodiversity, Live Boldly, and Break Through Barriers. In addition to individual clinical work, Dr. Frank Provides Gottman Method Couples Therapy to couples impacted by ADHD. With a passion for advocacy, outreach, and education, Dr. Frank regularly contributes to national ADHD conferences and support programs. Dr. Frank is the former vice president of ADDA — an international nonprofit organization supporting adults with ADHD. She is a member of APSARD — The American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders.
Sunita Osborn, PsyD, MA, is a licensed clinical psychologist who practices in Houston, Texas, and works with adults and couples. Known as an expert on the treatment of pregnancy loss, Dr. Osborn specializes in reproductive psychology and helps individuals and couples in all phases of the reproductive journey. Dr. Osborn has been featured and interviewed on several different media outlets including NPR, With Whit, Psychology Today, and several miscarriage-focused platforms such as, “The Miscarriage Map: What to Expect When You are no Longer Expecting” and, "The Miscarriage Map Workbook: An Honest Guide to Navigating Pregnancy Loss, Working Through the Pain, and Moving Forward."
Deidre Arms, MSN, APRN, CNP, is a functional medicine nurse practitioner with extensive training through the Institute for Functional Medicine. Her focus is on hormones, endometriosis, PCOS, autoimmune disorders, GUT health, and helping clients and patients with a "root cause" approach to their chronic health conditions. She is a women's health expert with a special interest in endometriosis and PCOS treatment through a functional medicine approach.
Eve Rodsky received her B.A. in economics and anthropology from the University of Michigan, and her J.D. from Harvard Law School. She is the author of the instant New York Times bestseller, Fair Play. After working in foundation management at J.P. Morgan, she founded the Philanthropy Advisory Group to advise high-net-worth families and charitable foundations on best practices for harmonious operations, governance, and disposition of funds. In her work with hundreds of families over a decade, she realized that her expertise in family mediation, strategy, and organizational management could be applied to a problem closer to home — a system for couples seeking balance, efficiency, and peace in their homes. Rodsky was born and raised by a single mom in New York City and now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their three children.
Phyllis Cohen, PhD, is a psychologist/psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City. She's a clinical supervisor at the NYU Post-Doctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, where she's on the Executive Committee Family Systems and Psychoanalysis Project. She's taught child, marital, and family therapy in many professional training programs, and is on the faculty of the Trauma Institute at the Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis. She's the founder and director of the New York Institute for Psychotherapy Training in Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence, coauthor of The Mother-Infant Interaction Picture Book: Origins of Attachment, and coeditor of Healing after Parent Loss in Childhood and Adolescence: Therapeutic Interventions and Theoretical Considerations, among other publications.
Jessica Wilson, MS, RD, (she/her), has 15 years' experience as a clinical dietician. She has specialized in eating disorder care since 2009 and has led international dialogues about the barriers marginalized clients face when accessing eating disorder care. Jessica is well known for co-founding the #amplifymelanatedvoices movement and her commentary on the racist origins of the frameworks and models that guide the medical and mental health fields. She stays active on social media and in her communities advocating for body liberation, centering those most marginalized. Jessica is currently writing a book about the impacts of white supremacy on the narratives of Black women's bodies for Hachette Books, out in January 2023. In her spare time, she gardens, rides her bike, and walks her dogs.
Ann Saffi Biasetti, PhD, LCSWR, CEDS, CIAYT, has been a practicing clinician for over 30 years specializing in somatic psychotherapy. She is an eating disorder specialist, certified mindfulness teacher, Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) teacher, and Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT). Dr. Biasetti teaches in the Self-Compassion in Psychotherapy (SCIP) program, where she shares her expertise in somatic self-compassionate interventions for eating disorder recovery and serves as a consultation leader. She has led well-received retreats at Kripalu and Shambhala Mountain Center and has led professional training workshops through her Befriending Your Body (BFYB) certification program for eating disorder recovery. She is the author of Befriending Your Body: A Self-Compassionate Approach to Freeing Yourself from Disordered Eating and The Awakening Self-Compassion Card Deck: 52 Practices for Self-Care, Healing and Growth. Dr. Biasetti maintains a private practice in Saratoga Springs, NY.
Angela Grassi, MS, RDN, LDN, is a nationally recognized award-winning registered dietician nutritionist and the founder of the PCOS Nutrition Center where for over 20 years she has been providing evidence-based nutrition information and coaching to people with PCOS. Angela is the author of several books on PCOS including The PCOS Nutrition Center Cookbook, Angela regularly provides nutrition education to registered dietitians and health care professionals through her Online PCOS Training Course for Dietitians and workshops. Recognized by Today’s Dietitian as one of the Top 10 Incredible Dietitians Making a Difference, Angela is a past recipient of the Ricardo Azziz PCOS Challenge Advocacy Leadership Award, the Outstanding Nutrition Entrepreneur Award, the Award in Excellence in Practice in Women’s Health and the Award for Excellence in Graduate Research from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She is a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, The Androgen Excess Society, Dieticians in Functional and Nutritional Medicine, and Women’s Health and serves on the medical advisory board of PCOS Challenge. Angela is an adjunct professor at West Chester University and conducts and publishes research on PCOS. Having PCOS herself, Angela has been dedicated to advocacy, education, and research of the syndrome.
Erika Carr, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. She also serves as director of the inpatient psychology service at Connecticut Mental Health Center in New Haven, CT. Dr. Carr is the co-author of Women with Serious Mental Illness: Gender-Sensitive and Recovery-Oriented Care (Oxford University Press, 2021) and the chair of the Task Force for Women who Experience Serious Mental Illness in the Society for the Psychology of Women (Division 35) of the American Psychological Association (APA). Dr. Carr has a particular interest in women who experience serious mental illness, as evident by her focus on women's issues and recovery-oriented care. Dr. Carr directs the psychology service at her institution for an inpatient psychiatric unit and specifically focuses on providing training experiences for psychology fellows from a recovery-oriented perspective so as to help empower the individuals they serve, mitigating the impact of stigma and oppression, and partnering in the recovery journeys of individuals who experience serious mental illness as they build lives of meaning as they so define.
