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Trysa Shulman, PsyD

Clinical Psychologist, Founder

(216) 991-4008
tshulmanpsyd[at]gmail[dot]com

I work with adults and teens, building skills and laying down new pathways for dealing with relationship struggles, inner conflict, loss, developmental crises, and identity concerns. I consult with parents of children of all ages, guiding them in helping their kids live less painful, more fulfilling lives. I help people who grapple with anger, sadness, anxiety, and feelings of emptiness or despair. I help my patients learn to be mindful and nonjudgmental in their awareness of thoughts, feelings, and the many motivations that lead to sometimes difficult behaviors.

I earned my B.A. at Brandeis University and my Doctorate in Psychology at William James College (formerly Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology) in Boston, Massachusetts.

I completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Dialectical Behavior Therapy with teens and families and Psychodynamic Therapy with adults at Two Brattle Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

Several well-established clinical theories inform my work including DBT, Internal Family Systems (working curiously and nonjudgmentally with all parts of ourselves to bring healing, clarity, compassion, and confidence) and Polyvagal Theory (understanding how the nervous system seeks safety and responds to threat and stress).

Whether you are looking to work out a specific issue, or better understand your life’s patterns, I can help you find your own path and support you through your growth as an individual. 

Common Concerns I Help People Address:

  • – Anger
  • – Behavioral Issues
  • – Depression
  • – Family Conflict
  • – Loneliness
  • – Issues of Adolescence
  • – Parenting
  • – Self Esteem
  • – Spiritual​ity
  • – Life Transitions
  • – Anxiety
  • – Integrating Physical Health with Mental Health
  • – Coping Skills 
  • – Emotional Regulation 
  • – Grief and Loss  
  • – Relationship challenges
  • – Self-Harming 
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Education, training, and learning that informs my approach:

  • Monthly Case Consultations with IFS Trainers: Cece Sykes, Mike Elkin, and Patricia Rich on various topics in IFS, addiction, and family therapy
  • Weekly Case Consultation with child psychoanalyst Deborah Paris, LISW
  • BeHold and Lead your Internal Sexual System (BLISS)™, with Patricia Rich, LCSW, CST-S
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS) Level 2 Training, with Richard Schwartz, Martha Sweezy, and Fatimah Finney
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS) Level 1 Training, with Mary Kruger and Jory Agate
  • The Multiplicity of Grief: Exploring The Five Gates of Grief Through the Lens of IFS with Ann Sinko, LMFT, at the IFS Conference
  • A Somatic Approach to Healing Collective Trauma with Susan McConnell. MA, CHT, at the IFS Conference
  • The Survive/Thrive Spiral: Parts and Polyvagal in Practice with Ruth Culver, at the IFS Conference
  • Healing Cultural Trauma with IFS: A culturally Sensitive Approach, with Deran Young, LCSW
  • Polyvagal Theory in Action, with Deb Dana, LICSW
  • Undoing Shame, with Deb Dana, LICSW
  • Undoing Aloneness in Relational Trauma, with Diana Fosha, PhD, at the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
  • EMDR Therapy Training, Part 1, at the Institute for Creative Mindfulness
  • New Frontiers in Trauma Treatment, Bessel Van der Kolk, at the Institute for the Advancement of Human Behavior
  • Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (2 Year) Program, at the Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center
  • Supervision: A Psychoanalytic View with Nancy McWilliams, Ph.D., ABPP at the Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center
  • Psychopharmacology, with Thomas Smith, P.D., LMHC
  • Gottman Couples Therapy Training: Level 1, with Kathleen Corcoran, PhD
  • Gestalt Experience Workshop, Gestalt Institute of Cleveland
  • Treating the Multiply-Disordered Suicidal Client, with Marsha Linehan, PhD
  • The Therapeutic Action of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Conference
  • Nutritional and Integrative Interventions for Mental Health Disorders, with Anne Procyk, ND
  • Nutritional and Integrative Methods for Trauma, with Leslie Korn, PhD, MPH
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy Fellowship, Two Brattle Center with Michael Hollander, PhD and Joan Wheelis, MD

Professional Involvement:

  • American Psychological Association, member
  • Ohio Psychological Association, member
  • Cleveland Psychological Association, member, and board member