Andrea Brandon, Psy.D., HSPP, ABPP, is a board-certified clinical child and adolescent psychologist and a Certified Parent Child Interaction Therapy adapted for Selective Mutism (PCIT-SM) therapist and trainer who specializes in the treatment selective mutism (SM) and associated anxiety disorders. The treatment of selective mutism extends well beyond the office hour and setting; thus, Dr. Brandon facilitates community and school-based exposures to help generalize speaking behaviors. Dr. Brandon offers extended sessions (1-3 hours) and the intensive treatment of SM (ranging from 4 hours to multiple days) in the home, community, and school settings, which can reduce the time of impairment of your child or adolescent’s speaking behaviors. Dr. Brandon also provides school-based and other professional consultation to educate and provide coaching to those who interact with children with selective mutism, in order to optimize speaking success in all settings of a child’s life. Dr. Brandon is also a certified PCIT therapist who treats disruptive behavior disorders such as attention deficit disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. Dr. Brandon believes that parents are the primary source of change in a child's life and well-being. Dr. Brandon's goal is to train and empower parents to deliver therapeutic interventions to help increase their child's desirable behaviors. Dr. Brandon earned her board certification in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology through the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) in 2016. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology in 2010 from Adler University in Chicago, Illinois, after having completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Children’s Institute, Inc., in Los Angeles, California. Childthrive: Advanced Specialty Care in Child Psychology Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Indiana and Illinois Board Certified Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychologist