Dr. Remen is a seasoned psychologist who welcomes clients from diverse backgrounds. She has extensive experience treating highly sensitive adults whose emotional needs were often unmet in childhood. Dr. Remen is attuned to the inherent challenges and rewards of being a highly sensitive person. She is dedicated to helping her clients understand and self-validate their emotional experiences while also providing a path to healing the emotional pain caused by invalidation or trauma.



Dr. Remen holds the perspective that we all have great inner strength and wisdom, qualities that may be hard to access due to our life circumstances and histories. Her warm and accepting manner enables her clients to feel connected and safe as they navigate stressful events, painful emotions, and trauma. With curiosity and sensitivity, she assists her clients to access their innate inner resources to heal and experience ease and joy.

Dr. Remen specializes in Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy. IFS has a growing evidence base and is recognized internationally as a powerful treatment modality for resolving inner conflict and enhancing well-being. IFS proposes that we all have the capacity for profound healing, as well as different protective parts of our personalities that may manifest as symptoms such as anxiety, anger, and undesirable habits. By assisting her clients to connect compassionately with different aspects of their personality, Dr. Remen guides them to apply their innate healing capacity to resolve painful thoughts and emotions. Successful IFS therapy enables clients to live full, flexible, authentic lives.

Dr. Remen also has extensive training and experience with Dialectical BehavioralTherapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). These mindfulness-based behavioral therapies have been studied widely and offer powerful strategies for managing emotions, tolerating distress, resisting impulses, and improving relationships. She is skilled at integrating these stress-reducing strategies into IFS therapy.

Dr. Remen provides a warm, safe space for her clients to engage in healing. She believes that close collaboration is an essential ingredient for successful psychotherapy and views candid, ongoing feedback about how treatment is progressing as essential to their satisfaction and success.

Massachusetts Licensed Psychologist #8726

PhD in Clinical Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Behavioral Research and Therapy Program, Duke University Medical Center

Completed intensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy​​​​

Completed Level 1 training in Internal Family Systems​​  ​​