Avvy has been working with teenagers and adults in her private practice since 1997. Avvy combines a relational psychodynamic orientation with her years of training in Buddhist psychology and mindfulness practice. Avvy initiated the Eating Disorders treatment program at Kaiser Vallejo in 1999, working wiht children, teens, adulta and families. Avvy specializes in long term eating disorder recovery, trauma and abuse recovery, parenting issues with special needs children and post traumatic issues relating to medical trauma. Barbara Murphy, MA, Psy.D., Group Facilitator