Tamara Alberts Spratley, PsyD
Adolescents, Families and Adults
Tamara Alberts Spratley, PsyD earned her Master’s degree and Doctorate from Minnesota School of Professional Psychology. She completed her doctoral internship in Child Clinical/Pediatric Psychology at Michigan State University-Department of Pediatrics & Human Development, and a fellowship in pediatric psychology at The Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital. She received the majority of her professional training working with children/adolescents in both inpatient and outpatient treatment settings at the Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
A practicing therapist since 2000, Tamara works with children, adolescents and adults, providing individual, couples and family therapy services. Tamara’s expertise covers issues relating to eating disorders, self-injurious behaviors, anxiety and depression (including postpartum depression), trauma, sexual abuse, self-esteem, body image, ADHD, family conflict, substance abuse and various adolescent mental health issues. She works collaboratively with primary care pediatricians and primary care physicians to address emotional, behavioral and developmental issues within various patient age groups. She has assisted many patients and their families in moving toward effective and lasting change.
Tamara is very passionate about the psychological treatment of individuals struggling with eating disorders. She has worked extensively with eating disorder patients at the outpatient, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, and inpatient levels of care. In addition, Tamara has experience leading eating disorder support groups for individuals and families struggling with eating disorders. Tamara is often interviewed by television and radio programs for psychological comments on eating disorders, self-esteem, body image and issues related to adolescent development.
“Food is often the source of anxiety that fuels the struggle with an eating disorder. Therapy is imperative in helping the individual challenge her/his eating disorder thoughts/behaviors/emotions around food to assist in recovery from an eating disorder. I use Cognitive Behavioral therapy, Family Therapy, and Experiential Techniques to aid clients in working through and challenging their eating disorder thoughts/behaviors/emotions in order to decrease their anxiety around food and develop a healthy attitude toward food and body image.”
