Anne L Benham

Bio

I specialize in the assessment and treatment of young children and their families from ages 1-7 years. I focus on understanding of their problems and symptoms from a developmentally informed, family centered , biological and experiential lens that takes into account the child's emotional, behavioral , sociocultural, biological and relationship history. I use attachment theory to understand the psychosocial aspects of the child and his/her history. I provide therapy to children individually and in family dyads or groups as appropriate and always include work with the parents as my collaborators and clients. I have had this focus to my clinical work and teaching of clinicians in training for my career over the past 40 years. I am interested in integrating multiple perspectives to understand and treat families.I use my medical training to work with children who are experiencing medical disorders , trauma, and conditions in the child or in other family members as it impacts the child's sense of self, safety, anxiety and body. I use play to connect with children and to help them communicate their fears, wishes and experiences to augment verbal communication and to process frightening experiences.

Clinical Focus

• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Infant and Young Child Assessment and Treatment
• Play Therapy
• Children with Medical Illness and Medical PTSD
• Children Experiencing Death of a Parent
• Adoption
• Trauma to young children

Academic Appointments

• Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development

Honors & Awards

• Award for Excellence in Teaching, Graduating Fellows, Stanford University School of Medicine, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (June 21, 2014)
• Distinguished Fellow, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Professional Education

• Residency: Bronx Municipal Hospital Ctr (1977) NY
• Internship: Bronx Municipal Hospital Ctr (1975) NY
• Internship: Montefiore Medical Center - Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1973) NY
• Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1983)
• Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry (1980)
• Medical Education: Columbia University (1972) NY