Dr. Helen Friedman is a compassionate and interactive clinical psychologist in private practice since 1981. She works with anxiety, stress, depression, grief, divorce, relationships, sexual and work issues. Specialty areas are child sexual abuse (children victims, adult survivors, perpetrators, and non-perpetrating family members), sexual compulsive behavior, dissociative identity disorder, and gender identity issues. Trained in a variety of therapeutic modalities (family systems, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, gestalt, etc.), she tailors her approach to the individual, couple, or family. Dr. Friedman has presented on mental health topics at national and international scientific conferences and has made numerous appearances on television, radio, and in print (USA Today, New York Times, Washington Post, Jerusalem Post, Sunday Times of London, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, New York Post, Psychology Today, FORTUNE, Cosmopolitan, New Woman, Mademoiselle, Redbook, YM, CosmoGIRL!, Wall Street Journal Online, Huffington Post, WebMD, Salon.com, abcnews.com, nbcnews.com, health.com, etc.). For 7 1/2 years, she hosted "PsychTalk" on KDHX Radio, for which she received the Community Partnership Award from BJC Behavioral Health Services “for providing thoughtful mental health education.” She served 4 years on the advisory board of CosmoGIRL!, a national teen magazine. Dr. Friedman is past-president of the St. Louis Psychological Association; an associate clinical professor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine, St. Louis University School of Medicine; and a recipient of the Merit Award from the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health. She is featured in the book, The Successful Therapist. Dr. Friedman returns calls personally and will usually meet with you within a few days via Telehealth. She is able to work with people in all PsyPact states.