Bio


Dr. Celeste Poe is a licensed clinical psychologist with a certification in perinatal mental health. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor and Attending NICU and Perinatal Psychologist at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is the director of the NICU Psychology Program at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital where she provides psychological consultation and psychotherapy to parents of infants and young children hospitalized in the NICU, CVICU, and other departments of the hospital.

Dr. Poe’s research interests include perinatal and early childhood mental health, pediatric behavioral health, and health equity. Her clinical work focuses on infant and perinatal mental health and parenting, and she specializes in trauma, grief, and bereavement in families of very young children. Dr. Poe is a registered Circle of Security Parenting facilitator and is a rostered Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) provider.

Dr. Poe also holds an appointment as a Clinical Instructor at the Yale Child Study Center where she works on the Grief-Sensitive Healthcare Project which aims to enhance medical providers’ capacities to meet the needs of grieving families.

Clinical Focus


  • NICU Psychology
  • Perinatal Mental Health
  • Early Childhood Mental Health
  • Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Professional Education


  • Internship: Yale New Haven Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department (2021) CT
  • Fellowship: Yale New Haven Medical Center CT
  • PhD Training: Palo Alto University Registrar (2021) CA