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Barbara Kersey, PhD, joined The Group for Women in 1986. With her addition to the team, The Group for Women was - and still is - the only OB/GYN practice in Tidewater to have a full time marriage and family therapist on staff. (For more information about this venture, see The Marriage of Mental Health and Medicine: Practice Success.) Dr. Kersey received her Ph.D. from Virginia Tech and completed an externship in family therapy at the Eastern Virginia Family Therapy Institute. In addition to her duties at The Group for Women, Dr. Kersey has been on the adjunct faculty of Old Dominion University for over 20 years and currently serves as consultant to the Jones Institute and the New Hope Center. Dr. Kerseys areas of expertise include postpartum depression, adjustment to parenting, couples counseling and infertility. To read more about Dr. Kerseys work with infertile couples, see The Emotional Roller Coaster Ride of Infertility. Dr. Kersey and her husband, David Steinhauer, have two young children. |