Dr. Alexandra Duffy, CA Psychologist 20193, NC Psychologist 3202

Dr. Alexandra Duffy is a clinical psychologist who blends evidence-based methods and clinical experience to help people manage mood, attention, relationship, and identity concerns. She focuses on depression, anxiety and panic, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and eating and body image issues, and she works with students and parents to address learning challenges such as dyslexia, ADHD, learning disabilities, and executive functioning difficulties. Dr. Duffy has particular experience evaluating and diagnosing ADHD, dyslexia, and learning disabilities and can assist with documentation for academic and testing accommodations.

Her approach is warm, interactive, and collaborative. She tailors treatment to each person, drawing from psychodynamic ideas alongside cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based techniques to address symptoms, patterns, and underlying life themes. Practical lifestyle factors - sleep, exercise, eating habits, and media use - are incorporated into care to support emotional health and daily functioning. She also helps clients develop skills for attention regulation, time management, emotion regulation, and coping with uncertainty.

Dr. Duffy earned a Doctor of Clinical Psychology degree (Psy.D) from George Washington University and a Postdoctoral Master of Science in Clinical Psychopharmacology from the California School of Professional Psychology. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University’s Bureau of Study Counsel and has worked in inpatient and residential settings, private practice, and as a staff psychologist at UCLA and the Georgetown University Law Center. She holds psychologist licenses in California (CA Psychologist 20193) and North Carolina (NC Psychologist 3202). These license numbers indicate state licensure to practice as a psychologist in those states.

Her clinical interests include identity development, perfectionism, intimacy and attachment issues, blended family dynamics, and supporting people in the creative arts who seek to improve self-awareness, manage rejection and stress, and use relaxation in their process. Dr. Duffy also leads workshops and groups on topics such as focus, public speaking, and anxiety reduction. She is not currently accepting new clients.