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617.314.9571

What I Offer:

Counseling Services

Dr. Issokson offers private and confidential counseling and psychotherapy by appointment at her offices in Wellesley and Pembroke, Massachusetts.

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Public Speaking,
Training, Workshops
& Continuing Education

Dr. Issokson is currently available for speaking engagements at conferences and is available to offer her workshops and training sessions to your professional and community organizations, healthcare practices and facilities or educational programs.

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Author and Contributor

Dr Issokson has co-authored articles as well as a book chapter on childbearing and mental health. She has contributed to 3 revisions of  Our Bodies Ourselves as well as Our Bodies Ourselves Pregnancy and Birth.

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Supervision, Consultation
and Training

Dr. Issokson provides supervision and consultation for mental health and healthcare professionals. She also provides in-service training and continuing education for mental health and healthcare professionals.

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About Dr. Issokson

Deborah Issokson, Psy.D. licensed psychologist, has been in private practice since 1993. A graduate of the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology and licensed by the state of Massachusetts, she specializes in perinatal mental health, providing psychotherapy for women and their partners as well as training, supervision and consultation to healthcare and mental health professionals and graduate students in the area of reproductive mental health.

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Author and Contributor

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consultation, pregnancy consultation, miscarriage consultation, pregnancy, perinatal, postpartum, birth, births, counseling, abortion, abortion relief, abortion help, abortion counseling, infertility help, infertility, loss, infertility counseling, miscarriages, miscarriage, miscarriage help, miscarriage counseling, miscarriage healing, pregnancy counseling, childbirth, hypnosis, pain management, pain, psychotherapy
 miscarriage counseling, miscarriage healing, pregnancy counseling, childbirth, hypnosis, pain management, pain, psychotherapy, abortion pain, abortion management, pregnancy pain, pregnancy management, loss, perinatal loss, perinatal pain, pregnancy discomfort, postpartum depression, postpartum help, postpartum counseling, hypnobirthing, psychology, psychological birth trauma, psychological pregnancy trauma, post pregnancy disorders, pregnancy disorders, birth psychology, delivery, sterility, conception, debbie, deborah, issokson, Wellesley and Pembroke, mass, ma, massachusetts, boston area, metro boston, belmont, waltham, newton, speaking, public speaking, seminar, family
miscarriage counseling, miscarriage healing, pregnancy counseling, childbirth, hypnosis, pain management, pain, psychotherapy, abortion pain, abortion management, pregnancy pain, pregnancy management, loss, perinatal loss, perinatal pain, pregnancy discomfort, postpartum depression, postpartum help, postpartum counseling, hypnobirthing, psychology, psychological birth trauma, psychological pregnancy trauma, post pregnancy disorders, pregnancy disorders, birth psychology, delivery, sterility, conception, debbie, deborah, issokson, Wellesley and Pembroke, mass, ma, massachusetts, boston area, metro boston, belmont, waltham, newton, speaking, public speaking, seminar, family


Contributor to Our Bodies Ourselves, 2011; co-author of chapter 23, The First Year of Parenting in Our Bodies Ourselves, A New Edition for a New Era, 2005, and chapter 21, Postpartum, in Our Bodies Ourselves for the New Century, 1998; contributor to Our Bodies Ourselves, Pregnancy & Birth, 2008.

Author of chapter 11, "Effects of Childhood Abuse on Childbearing and Perinatal Health" in Health Consequences of Abuse in the Family: A Clinical Guide for Evidence-Based Practice American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, 2004.


"The process of bearing a child, from conception and confirmed pregnancy to labor and delivery, and from the birth of the baby through the postpartum period, is one of enormous growth, change, challenge, and stress. It is a normative developmental life crisis that affects the physical, emotional, sexual, spiritual, relational and social realms of a woman’s life."
Chapter 11: "Health Consequences Of Abuse In The Family"

Click here for a complete list of Dr. Issokson’s articles, publications and citations.

617.314.9571

332 Washington St. (Route 16), Suite #125,
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
2 Columbia Road (Rte. 53), Suite 11
Pembroke, MA 02359