Athena Baca-Chieza, PsyD
Mental Health Provider Type: Psychologist
States Served: Colorado
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Address: 2821 Ash St,
Denver, Colorado 80207
Denver, Colorado 80207
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Age of Patients Accepted:
- Young adults 18-35
- Adults 36-60
- Adults 60 and older
Experience with Treatments/Conditions:
- Autologous
- Allogeneic
- CAR T-cell therapy
- Graft-versus-Host Disease
Disease Experience:
- Leukemia
- Lymphoma, Hodgkin Disease
- Multiple Myeloma
- Myelodysplasia, Myeloproliferative Disorders
Additional areas of Expertise:
- Anxiety/Depression
- Trauma/PTSD
- Pain management
- Stress management/ Mindfulness
- Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I)
- Neurocognitive rehabilitation
- Sexual health
- Couples therapy
- Parenting
Where Service is Provided: Private practice
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Background: Dr. Baca-Chieza was formerly the director of the psycho-oncology program at Rocky Mountain Cancer Institute (now Colorado Blood Cancer Institute). She is very knowledgeable about stem cell transplantation from diagnosis through long-term survivorship. She has worked with patients who have graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) as well, as well as the patient's caregiver. Her experience with patients undergoing CAR T-cell therapy is more limited.