Dean Psychological & Well-Being Associates

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Dean Psychological & Well-Being Associates

Private Psychology Practice located in Wexford, PA. Telepsychology is available for PA, WV and many other states.

Licensed to practice in PA and WV, I am currently offering in person services in the Greater Pittsburgh Area. I am also offering telepsychology services to Pennsylvania, West Virginia as well as PsyPact participating states through the Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT).

10/11/2025

You’ve probably seen the headlines about Tylenol causing autism and ADHD. If you’re pregnant and scared, or a parent carrying guilt: You didn’t cause this.

The largest study on this question examined 2.48 million children. When researchers accounted for genetics and family factors, the associations completely disappeared.

We’re psychologists who assess neurodevelopmental differences every day. The rise in diagnoses isn’t an epidemic—it’s better recognition. Genetics play the largest role, not medications. And telling pregnant people to “tough out” fevers is genuinely dangerous.
The truth is more hopeful and more compassionate than the fear-mongering suggests.

Read our full blog post for what the science actually says, why this isn’t an epidemic, and resources for pregnant people and families.

https://deanpwa.com/autism-adhd-tylenol-pregnancy-truth/

08/28/2025

If you're reading this, young adult cancer has probably touched your life somehow. Maybe you're the one trying to balance treatment with life plans that suddenly feel uncertain. Maybe you're a partner figuring out how to support someone you love while processing your own fear and grief. Maybe you're a parent watching your adult child face something that activates every protective instinct you have.
Here's what I hear over and over: the isolation of being surrounded by peers planning weddings while you're planning treatment schedules. The frustration of being told you're "lucky to be young" when you feel anything but lucky. The exhaustion of explaining why this is different from other cancer experiences.
Everything you're feeling makes complete sense. Young adult cancer doesn't fit neatly into existing support models, and that's exactly why we're excited about our partnership with YASurvivors.org—an organization that actually gets what you're going through.

What's new for YASU members: We're offering free individual therapy sessions to complement the incredible community support you already have (limited spots available) for members in PA or WV.

The goal isn't to fix you or make you more positive. It's to give you space to process the complexity of your experience without judgment, and to develop practical strategies for the challenges you're actually facing.
Whether you're newly diagnosed, in survivorship, supporting a partner, or trying to figure out how to help your adult child—you deserve support that meets you exactly where you are.
Read our full blog post: https://deanpwa.com/young-adult-cancer-hits-different/
YASU members: Contact YASurvivors.org or call 724-719-2273 for free therapy sessions
Others: Join YASU OR Contact Dean PWA at https://deanpwa.com/contact/ or 724-271-8503

Address

6200 Brooktree Road, STE 105
Wexford, PA
15090

Telephone

+1 724-271-8503

Website

http://www.deanpwa.com/

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