Introduction

Dr. Aviance Rhome-Boroff (she/her/hers) is a psychologist, a prenatal/postnatal yoga teacher, and a mother of two young children, who works in the Department of Psychiatry at Kaiser Permanente in Richmond, California. She provides individual and group therapy and specializes in peripartum mental health, mindfulness-based interventions, trauma, and multicultural therapy.

Dr. Rhome-Boroff is certified in perinatal mental health and currently triages and coordinates services for peripartum patients with peripartum mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs). Dr. Rhome-Boroff completed her pre-doctoral training at UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services where she provided individual and group therapy and community outreach.

Her post-doctoral training was completed at Kaiser Permanente, Richmond. Dr. Rhome-Boroff received her BA from Mills College and her terminal master’s degree and doctoral degree from the Wright Institute. She spent 12 years as a performer/educator with Kaiser Permanente Educational Theater Programs. Dr. Rhome- Boroff has a strong commitment to community service and resiliency and strengths-based interventions and is proud to provide comprehensive mental health services to all birthing people.