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C. Virginia O'Hayer, PhD

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

C. Virginia O’Hayer, Ph.D. is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and Professor at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital’s Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior. She serves as the Director of Jefferson’s Center City Clinic for Behavioral Medicine. She has undergone extensive training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and is DBT-certified. Her research and clinical work involves the application of acceptance-based behavioral therapies to patients with chronic illness.
She obtained her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Duke University, and she served on Faculty at Duke University Medical Center for 5 years, as a Transplant Psychologist, working closely with patients awaiting and recovering from lung transplantation. She has co-authored several treatment manuals including ACT with CF and ACT with CF – Adolescents and Families.
Dr. O’Hayer and her family moved to Philadelphia in 2012. She now lives in Bryn Mawr, PA with her husband, 2 kids, and 2 rescue mutts: Barkley & Wailer.

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