Dr. Shay Selden

Shay Selden, PsyD, MEd is a clinical psychologist & supervisor, with over a decade of experience working with both adults and adolescents in outpatient settings, within community mental health, integrative medicine, and private practice.

Foundational to shaping their clinical identity, Shay completed their 2nd year field placement with the Therapy Center of Philadelphia, a nonprofit therapy center rooted in feminist psychotherapy and anti-oppressive practice. Towards the end of that same training year, Shay began working as a psychotherapist for the Attic Youth Center, an LGBTQ youth center in Philadelphia, PA. The Attic allowed them to gain significant experience not only working with queer and transgender youth, but also with long-term attachment-informed relational therapy.

Within their last years of graduate training, Shay developed clinical expertise in opioid and polysubstance addiction, having the opportunity to do long-term relational work with individuals receiving medically-assisted opiate treatment at the Center for Integrative Medicine, a program of AIDS Care Group. Following graduation, Shay stayed on as a postdoctoral psychology resident, and began to take on additional roles, such as aiding in the development of their LGBTQ+ program, Mosaic Medical. Alongside this, Shay spearheaded the development of a formal APA-accredited Psychology Residency program, which they served as director of until leaving the organization in 2021. Throughout their time at AIDS Care Group, Shay also served as a treatment team lead, psychology internship director, and clinical supervisor to numerous psychology trainees.

Shay subsequently transitioned into private practice, and over the last several years has led a group practice specializing in culturally affirmative care. They currently work primarily with queer, trans, & nonbinary clients, performing therapy as well as evaluations for gender affirming care support letters. Within this time, Shay’s clinical interests have increasingly shifted to the experience of neurodivergence, with particular attention paid to the experience of navigating the world with intersecting marginalized identities.

Best,

Shay