Mayra Allen, PhD

Mayra Allen is a bilingual psychologist who deeply values providing psychological care to patients with cancer and their families. She uses evidence-based approaches, such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), trauma-informed and mindfulness-based techniques to support English and Spanish speaking patients. She provides support to patients at all stages of their cancer journey ranging from coping with a new diagnosis, to managing physical symptoms and challenges of treatment, survivorship and end of life.

Allen’s research interests include reducing health disparities, improving equity in the quality of cancer care, and alleviating the traumatic stress associated with all cancer types.

Allen earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from Palo Alto University. She completed an internship approved by the American Psychological Association at San Francisco VA Health Care System followed by an Integrated Care Psychology Post-Doctoral Clinical Residency in Primary Care Medicine.

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