She works with individuals (adults and adolescents), couples, and families. She has expertise in work with group psychotherapy, cognitive and behavioral interventions, behavior planning and psychological assessment. Her overall focus is helping adults and older adolescents cope with the challenges posed by a variety of medical and mental health conditions. Her specialty areas include mood and anxiety disorders, trauma, complicated grief, and severe mental illness, as well as helping individuals and families cope with the psychological challenges associated with a variety of acute and chronic medical conditions, including cancer, rare developmental and genetic conditions and organ failure/transplant. Dr. Symons also greatly enjoys working with members of the LGBTQ community and their allies.