David A. Perna, PhD
Psychologist, PhD, DBT-F (he, him)
Finances
Fees
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by ACH Bank transfer, American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Paypal, Visa
Insurance
- Many Insurances Covered
- Sets up Single Case Agreements
- Will directly bill Insurance
- Out of Network
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Massachusetts / 7172
- In Practice for 30 Years
- Certificate from Commonwealth of Massachusetts 7172 / 1997
- Certificate from Harvard Medical School Lecturer in Psychology / 1991
- Attended California School of Professional Psychology, Graduated 1995
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Family Conflict
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Anger Management
Expertise
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Anxiety
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Child
- College Transition
- Depression
- Emotional Disturbance
- Failure to Launch
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- School Issues
- Self-Harming
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Testing and Evaluation
Client Focus
Age
Participants
Communities
Ethnicity
Age
Participants
Communities
Ethnicity
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Anger Management
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Holistic
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Parent-Child Interaction (PCIT)
- Play Therapy
- Psychodynamic
- Psychological Testing and Evaluation
- Strength-Based
Groups
Middle School Anger-Management/Social Skill Group
The Middle School Anger Management Group is designed to prevent younger adolescents from escalating to higher levels of interpersonal conflict within their home, school, and larger community settings. Members are more likely to have social skill challenges and commonly struggle in their school placements. Most members have identified learning challenges that have been exacerbated during the transition to a complex middle school learning environment. Group time is generally focused more on activities and cooperative group interactions.
Expertise
Types of Therapy
Age
Session Cost
Group Meets
Location
Copernican Clinical Services
35 Bedford Street
Suite 8-Courtyard Entrance
Lexington, MA 02420
Adolescent Anger Management Group
The Intensive Adolescent Anger Management Group is designed to meet the needs of older adolescents who have struggled with anger management issues for an extended period of time. Most group participants have required a hospital placement and/or a specialized school placement and struggle with mood instability, social skill development and at times substance use issues. Participants require time to "Peel Away" the layers of prior treatment frustrations and engage with peers and me and my staff in an attempt to develop a new pathway through high school as they prepare for college.
Expertise
Types of Therapy
Age
Session Cost
Group Meets
Location
Copernican Clinical Services
35 Bedford Street
Suite #3: Courtyard Entrance
Lexington, MA 02420
College Transition Group
This group meets in Newton on Tuesdays at 6pm. The group orients participants to the organizational and emotional challenges that are typically encountered during their transition to a successful post-high school phase of life. Topics that are covered in this group include the negotiation of relationships with family members, organizational skill enhancement/use of technology, vocational stability/success, integration of clinical skills into multiple life domains, substance use, and the movement to an increased level of social/familial/financial independence.
Expertise
Types of Therapy
Age
Session Cost
Group Meets
Location
Copernican Clinical Services
44 Thornton Street
Newton, MA 02458
Location
Additional Location
Copernican Clinical Services
35 Bedford Street
Lexington, MA 02420
(617) 762-5419Nearby Areas