Dr. Clark is the Founder of Third Wave and a Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of experience providing evidence-based therapy. Known by her clients for her warm, direct and interactive style, she deeply values the therapeutic relationship as a catalyst for change. She specializes in OCD and anxiety, but treats a wide range of mental health struggles in her practice and provides supervision to other clinicians. She works with adults and adolescents; with individuals, couples and families. Dr. Clark completed her postdoctoral training at Harvard/McLean Hospital, and has held faculty appointments at UMASS Medical School and Harvard, where she currently supervises doctoral interns. She is licensed in MA, NY, NJ and FL. Dr. Clark has maintained a mindfulness meditation practice for about 25 years, loves hiking, listening to live music, and spending time with family and friends.
The Third Wave of behavioral therapy includes the mindfulness based approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). These are our specialties and in addition to practicing in this area, we provide training and supervision to other clinicians in these modalities.
Dr. Cooper utilizes warmth, creativity, and humor in the therapeutic relationship to support her clients in building skills to better manage their emotions, trust themselves, and live a more fun and flexible life. She specializes in treating anxiety-related disorders, OCD, depression, and eating disorders.
Dr. Cooper received her graduate degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University and participated in clinical practicums in NYC, including at Columbia University, the Child Mind Institute, and Center for Anxiety. She has received extensive training in evidence-based treatments including Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Radically Open DBT (RO-DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Dr. Cooper provides individual, parent, and group treatments to clients across the age range, with a focus on children, adolescents, and young adults.
Outside of clinical work she enjoys yoga, hiking with her dog Charlie, exploring different coffee shops around Boston, and spending time with friends and family.
“Life doesn’t make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.”
– Erik Erikson
