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Mae Lynn Reyes-Rodríguez, PhD, FAED

Clinical Professor

I focus on addressing community-based suicide prevention interventions and brief treatments for eating disorders and depression.

Institution

UNC School of Medicine

School

School of Medicine

Expertise

Depression, anxiety, eating disorders, trauma, perinatal depression

Department

Department of Psychiatry

SPI Programs

Professional Bio

Dr. Reyes-Rodríguez is a Clinical Professor and Associate Director of the inpatient/EDU Psychology Services in the Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders, Psychiatry Department at UNC-Chapel Hill and Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders. She is a bilingual (English/Spanish) licensed clinical psychologist in North Carolina offering outpatient treatment for eating disorders, depression, anxiety and other emotional life distress issues. In addition to individual treatment, she also provides family therapy, couple-based therapy and behavioral activation therapy for postpartum depression. Dr. Reyes-Rodríguez works with a wide range of ages (adolescents, young adults, and adults). Her primary expertise is providing culturally sensitive interventions for Latino populations but also has experience working with patients from diverse cultural, race/ethnicity and sexual orientation backgrounds. The focus of her research is on the development of culturally appropriate interventions for Latinas with eating disorders with a specific emphasis on developmentally and culturally appropriate incorporation of family members into treatment. Her current work builds on her experience working with adults with bulimia nervosa in Puerto Rico, which underscored the importance of incorporating the family early in treatment as a necessary cultural adaptation for Latinas. She also collaborates with La Noticia, a Spanish language newspaper in North Carolina with almost 500 points of distribution. La Noticia publishes a weekly column written by Dr. Reyes-Rodríguez to create awareness among Latinos/as about the importance of talking about their emotions and identifying when, where and how to seek help. The column is designed as a series of topics on emotions that educates readers in plain language and helps build both knowledge and skills.
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