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Helen L. Coons, Ph.D., ABPP is the President and Clinical Director of Women's Mental Health Associates and Health Psychology Solutions, Denver, Colorado. She was a Professor of Clinical Practice, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine where she served as Clinical Director, Women's Behavioral Health and Wellness Service Line (2019-2023), and the Co-Director, Women's Sexual Health Consultation Service, a Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Department of Psychiatry integrated service (2019-2022). Dr. Coons received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Temple University in 1990 after interning in Medical Psychology at the Duke University Medical Center. She also completed a DHHS Primary Health Care Policy Fellowship. She is a board-certified clinical health psychologist known for her clinical work in women's health settings including women's primary care, primary and specialty obstetrics and gynecology, urogynecology, and oncology. Dr. Coons has worked with women and couples facing PCOS, infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, perinatal mental health conditions, breast and gyn cancers, menopause and sexual health challenges for over three decades. She also routinely collaborates with providers and teams on trauma informed approaches to care. Dr. Coons consults at the national level on women's health issues and psychosocial oncology and serves as an expert source for media writers. A fellow of the American Psychological Association, she was a past president of the Society for Health Psychology (2020-2021), the founding chair of APA's Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology (2007-2014), and has received several distinguished awards for her work in women's health and leadership development for women in psychology.