Dr. Linda Perez Presents “The Anxious Generation”
Dr. Linda Perez, PhD, recently presented an in service to all staff called “The Anxious Generation” focused on the effects of our dependence on our digital devices on child development over the last 20 years. To listen to her full presentation click here.
"Those of us who were adults all of those years know how it has affected us in all aspects of our lives and been a mixed blessing and curse, but for children of all ages I call it the new 'pacifier'," says Sister Betty Marie Dunkel, D.C.
Dr. Linda Perez, Epiphany Center’s Clinical Director of the Family Treatment Center as well as a professor at Mills College, has 40+ years of experience working in the area of early childhood trauma and mental health. A PhD from the University of California at Berkeley with internships at Stanford and Harvard, she is one of the leading experts supporting early development of medically fragile, high-risk preterm, and prenatally exposed infants.
“I love working with the infants and their parents, especially now as we know so much more than when I began working in the field over 40 years ago. I’m lucky to have witnessed the recognition of the importance of developmental understanding and treatment as a key to fostering infant health,” says Dr. Perez. “In addition, it’s encouraging to see that therapy has become increasingly accessible and accepted by the at-risk population. There’s less of a stigma, so more are seeking help.”
A licensed clinical psychologist, she oversees Epiphany Center’s Family Treatment Center where children experiencing stress due to disruption of family unity, reunification, or other traumatic situations are treated. Even though her role is partially supervisory, she firmly believes in continuing to spend time working one-on-one with the children and their parents.
