Articles by Elise Joy Middleton, PsyD, MACL

Dr. Elise Middleton graduated in 2015 with her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. While in graduate school, Elise completed her dissertation entitled The Therapeutic Action of Grief and Mourning: A Psychoanalytic Understanding of Grieving the Loss of God. Following graduation, she completed her post-doctoral fellowship at the UCSF Infant-Parent Program, providing in-home therapy to at-risk infants and their families. Dr. Middleton currently works at the Early Childhood Mental Health Program, where she serves children ages 0-5 and their families; utilizing dyadic and individual therapies as well as case management. Elise is a community member at San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis and has been named a 2017 Division 39 scholar.