PeaceTree Training - Postdoctoral Interns
Our postdoctoral interns at PeaceTree have graduated from a doctoral program in clinical psychology, completed a dissertation (an independent clinical research in their area of clinical interest), completed a clinical practicum as well as a full-time full year predoctoral clinical training. Many of our postdoctoral interns become a fully licensed psychologist during their postdoctoral intern year but choose to take this extra training year which is not necessary in the state of Pennsylvania but still needed in many neighboring states.
At PeaceTree our postdoctoral interns are in charge of responding to emails and after hours answering service calls, organizing and running group supervision and didactics training as well as participating in at least two hours of individual supervision with a licensed psychologist and one hour of group supervision each week.
Dr. Ashley DeBlasi, Psy.D.
About Ashley
I am a postdoctoral fellow from Chestnut Hill College. I am interested in working with individuals of all ages, through individual, couple, and family therapy. I work with people experiencing an array of challenges, including relational and familial challenges, life transitions and major stressors, trauma, anxiety, behavioral issues, severe mental illness, and challenges stemming from being a part of the criminal justice system.
My approach to therapy emphasizes treating the individual client’s needs with a dynamic, flexible, and collaborative approach, while creating a safe environment. My approach to therapy is based on a psychodynamic framework which I reinforce by integrating systems theory. Psychodynamics help us understand what is going on inside a person, and systems theory helps us understand the interactions between people. I also consider individual’s different identities. People are uniquely influenced by the different periods of development and their different social and cultural identities. Being mindful of the whole individual, both developmentally and culturally, and how these identities interact with one another, leads to a better understanding of ourselves.
