HELENA VISSING, PSYD

Faculty

Education

PsyD, ​The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Profile

Helena Vissing, PsyD is a licensed clinical psychologist, certified in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C), providing psychotherapy in private practice in Westwood, Los Angeles. She practices trauma-informed somatic psychotherapy as a Provisional Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. Dr. Vissing is adjunct faculty as several graduate institutions, including the Reiss-Davis Graduate School, Antioch University, and The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She teaches Child and Adolescent Development, Treatment of Children and Adolescents, Psychodynamic Theories, and Maternal Mental Health. As training faculty for Maternal Mental Health NOW, Dr. Vissing also offers trainings and consultations for providers.

Dr. Vissing is originally from Denmark where she specialized in developmental psychology, trained in Play Therapy, and worked as a school psychologist before moving to Los Angeles in 2010. Here she completed the post-master’s PsyD in Applied Clinical Psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and began to specialize in Maternal Mental Health. She has published book chapters and articles on the topic of the psychology of motherhood.