Noelle O’Shea, APRN-BC

Board-certified child and adolescent psychiatric nurse practitioner

Noelle is a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatric nurse practitioner specializing in the medical management of mood and anxiety disorders, ADHD, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders, and Phobias. Additionally, she collaborates closely with parents of children and adolescents dealing with externalizing behaviors, including opposition and defiance, school avoidance and truancy, and highly dependent behaviors, often linked to anxiety and OCD.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Noelle holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Denison University and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from New York University. Noelle's career began at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where she spent 11 years developing expertise in various nursing specialties, including psychiatry, research, neurology, and pain management.

Following her tenure at MSKCC, Noelle was appointed Director of Nursing at Incarnation Children's Center, an affiliate of Columbia University, which served as a residential foster care boarding house providing medical care to children living with HIV.

Noelle started her Master of Science in Nursing at Columbia University and later completed her studies at Regis College, earning board certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Ex/RP [Exposure Response Prevention]:

Noelle is a certified Exposure Response Prevention (Ex/RP) therapist trained at the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety at the University of Pennsylvania. Ex/RP therapy is one of the most effective forms of treatment for OCD. Under the guidance of a trained mental health professional, people who receive ERP therapy gradually reduce their anxieties and stop the problematic cycle of OCD, phobias, and debilitating anxiety disorders.

SPACE [Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions]:

Noelle is a certified SPACE provider, a parent-focused intervention developed by Dr. Eli Lebowitz, director of the Program for Anxiety Disorders at the Yale Child Study Center. SPACE is an innovative, evidence-based program to help treat children with anxiety. SPACE can help tackle anything from separation anxiety, generalized anxiety, or social anxiety to fears and phobias. The treatment can also be used for children with obsessive-compulsive disorder, selective mutism, and panic disorder.

NVR [Non-Violent Resistance]:

Noelle is also trained in Non-Violent Resistance, a parent-focused therapeutic system to reduce parental helplessness and aid families experiencing intense conflict between parent and child. NVR was developed by clinical psychologist Haim Omer and a group of his students at Tel Aviv University’s Department of Psychology in the mid-90s. NVR is widely practiced and taught in Europe and Israel. Professional associations and networks devoted to NVR exist in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Since 2010, the global NVR community has hosted six international conferences on innovation in NVR theory and practice. Recently, NVR has begun establishing a presence in Canada and the United States, with developments as of 2021.

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