Recognizing those who have served.

Healthcare professionals, First Responders, Service Members, and Veterans experience unique challenges in their lives and work places, such as:

  • Daily exposure to trauma and stress

  • Challenging moral decisions

  • Isolation and alienation from friends and family

  • Cultures that may promote discrimination based on gender identity, race, sexual orientation, and religion

  • Abusive leadership practices

  • Grueling hours, including unpredictable shift work

Rates of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and stress-related issues are high for individuals in these fields.

Whether the trauma happened recently or in the distant past, if you find yourself bothered by any of the following, you may benefit from an evidence-based trauma treatment: 

  • Intrusive or racing thoughts and memories

  • Upsetting dreams

  • Flashbacks

  • Physical and psychological distress

  • Avoidance of typical activities, routines, people, and places

  • Negative thoughts about yourself, the world, other people, or the future

  • Overwhelming emotions

  • Feeling socially detached from others or detached from yourself

  • Difficulty experiencing positive emotions

  • Difficulty sleeping

Dr. Edelman has extensive training and experience treating PTSD and trauma-related disorders as well as assisting people with processing traumatic experiences or managing chronic stress. She received specialty training in trauma treatments during her predoctoral internship at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Los Angeles Ambulatory Care Center and her postdoctoral clinical and research fellowship at the VA San Diego Healthcare System. Since then, she has been a staff psychologist at UCLA Health’s Operation Mend a nationally-renowned intensive treatment program for Veterans suffering from PTSD and problems associated with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

The past decade has seen remarkable improvements in treatment for PTSD, trauma-related difficulties, and post-trauma growth. Dr. Edelman practices the gold-standard evidence-based treatments for trauma, including Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Prolonged Exposure (PE).  During an initial consultation, we will work together to determine the right treatment for you.