Barbara Kersey, PhD, Mental Health Counselor
Mental Health Counselor
Locations
Norfolk (Brambleton), Chesapeake, Norfolk (Kempsville)
Contact
Language Spoken
English
About Barbara Kersey, PhD, Mental Health Counselor
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. She is a Clinical Member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.
In addition to her practice at The Group For Women, Dr. Kersey currently serves as a consultant to the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine. Her areas of expertise include postpartum depression, adjustment to parenting, couples counseling, grief counseling and infertility. (To read more about Dr. Kersey’s work with infertile couples, see The Emotional Roller Coaster Ride of Infertility.)
Dr. Kersey and her husband, David Steinhauer, have two teen-aged children.
Qualifications
Education
Virginia Tech
Insurance Information
Please note, this is not a comprehensive list of insurances that all of our providers participate in, as insurance carriers vary based on provider. If you do not see your insurance on this list, we strongly encourage you to call your insurance provider or your Mid-Atlantic Women's Care provider’s office about your coverage.
Aetna
Blue Cross Blue Shield
GEHA
Humana
Medcost
Medicaid
Medicare
Molina
Optima Sentara
Tricare Select
UHC Commercial
Hospital Affiliations
The Group for Women
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. She is a Clinical Member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.
In addition to her practice at The Group For Women, Dr. Kersey currently serves as a consultant to the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine. Her areas of expertise include postpartum depression, adjustment to parenting, couples counseling, grief counseling and infertility. (To read more about Dr. Kersey’s work with infertile couples, see The Emotional Roller Coaster Ride of Infertility.)
Dr. Kersey and her husband, David Steinhauer, have two teen-aged children.
Education
Virginia Tech
The Group for Women
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Allyson Bailey, PA-C
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Regina Rieger, CNM
Nurse Midwife
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- 757-466-6350
Denise Harris-Proctor, MD
Physician
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Kristin Kreider, MD
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