Support for Physicians and Health Care Providers
Dr. Spillane has a special interest in working with health care providers, especially physicians, in coping with the unique psychological challenges of working in medical and healing spaces. She is experienced in working with providers who are seeking:
- search for meaning in their work
- self-care and mindfulness support for resilience
- disconnection from family members
- trauma and ptsd
- exhaustion
- anxiety and depression
- grief
Dr. Spillane’s doctoral dissertation is entitled. “Physicians’ Experiences of Shame in the Course of Their Training,” and she has a long-standing interest in the emotional and psychological experience of physicians throughout their training. She has served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School where she taught in the Patient-Doctor sequence, and was Assistant in Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Spillane did her internship in the Department of Pediatric Psycho-oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Her office is conveniently located near the Longwood Medical Area in Jamaica Plain. Dr. Spillane is offering telehealth services at this time.