Dr. Noriega is a licensed clinical psychologist and a community psychologist.   She specializes in working with infants, children adolescents,and adult women.  She works from a biopsychosocial framework which looks at the individual and their difficulties in the context of their social and cultural environment and their medical functioning. Dr. Noriega is a bilingual/ bicultural psychologist who provides all services in English and Spanish. Dr. Noriega received her Bachelor's degree in psychology from Florida International University in 1980 and continued at FIU for a Master's of Science in Community Psychology.  She continued to get her doctorate degree in 1994 at the University of Miami.  Dr. Noriega completed her doctoral internship in pediatric psychology at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, where she also completed a post doctoral fellowship in infancy and preschool children, specializing in developmental disabilities, chronic illness issues, psychoeducational issues and psychological trauma. Dr. Noriega has worked in community mental health and inpatient settings, evaluating the effectiveness of mental health services.  She has worked in pediatric hospitals and health centers with children, women and families.  She has taught and supervised graduate students for 16 years.   Dr. Noriega is currently licensed in the state of Georgia as a psychologist.  She is a member of the Georgia Psychological Association, Hispanic Health Coalition and American Psychological Association. Services Offered Dr. Noriega is a bilingual (English/Spanish) psychologist who works with a variety of clients offering a variety of services in evaluation and treatment.   Both evaluation and treatment and conducted in English and Spanish in a culturally competent manner which minimizes misdiagnosis due to cultural factors. Psychological Evaluations Infant toddler neurodevelopmental testing Preschool psychological testing Psychological evaluations for learning difficulties and learning disabilities Diagnostic psychological evaluations for AD/HD, autism, and other developmental disabilities Psychological evaluations of emotional functioning Parenting evaluations Intervention Modalities Individual psychotherapy with children and adolescents Individual psychotherapy with adults Child behavior managment with caregivers/parents/foster parents. Developmental guidance for parents of children with developmental disabilities Group psychotherapy with children and adults. Family therapy Specializations Adjustment issues, including cultural adjustment, divorce and chronic illness Mood and anxiety disorders Learning Problems Attention Deficit disorders Developmental disabilties and pervasive developmental disorders Behavior problems Relationship Issues Psychological trauma and post traumatic stress disorder Workshops and Presentations Cultural competence issues in pediatric psychology Criando a su hijo con el sindromo de Down (Raising a Child with Down Syndrome) Cross cultural issues in parenting. Parenting guidelines for parents of sexually abused children

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Appointments are available at the Beaver Ruin office in Lilburn and the Morgan County office in Madison

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