Grace Giedgowd, PhD

Sharon Bittner, CRNP Sharon Bittner, CRNP, is a certified nurse practitioner with AHN Behavioral Health. She continues to impact positive social change for the pediatric population who need help in psychiatric mental health and provides compassionate care and treatment for adolescents. She did her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Gannon University in Erie, PA and completed her Masters of Nursing at Walden University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sharon Bittner is certified as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She believes that medication management is just a small piece of the puzzle for a healthy quality of life. She sees patients ages 5 to 21.

Amanda Traficante, PhD is a psychologist with the AHN Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Institute at Jefferson Hospital who specializes in psychological assessment and child and adolescent psychological therapy. Her clinical interests include children and adolescents with social, emotional, and/or behavioral concerns. She meets with patients ages 6-18 or parents/guardians of children with behavioral concerns. She also developed and leads the Chill Behavior Clinic, which is a 6-week virtual group for parents of children with behavioral concerns (kindergarten through fifth grade). She received her Master of Science in Psychology and Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. She completed an APA-accredited Child Clinical Psychology Internship at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania and did her fellowship in Primary Care Behavioral Health between Geisinger Gray’s Woods Clinic in State College, Pennsylvania, and at Geisinger Lewistown Clinic in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. Amanda is a Licensed Psychologist who works with children and adolescents. She has a vast amount of teaching, research, and assessment experience. She has also published in the areas of autism and developmental disorders and given numerous presentations on various field-related research.

Dr. Andre Plate is a clinical health psychologist who works in the AHN Cancer Institute and specializes in treating cancer patients and survivors. Dr. Plate practices out of the AHN Cancer Institute at the Bethel Park Health + Wellness Pavilion and exclusively works with cancer patients. Dr. Plate provides individual therapy treating depression, anxiety disorders, stress, PTSD, and adjustment disorders related to chronic health conditions. Dr. Plate also helps run an inpatient consultation and liaison service at West Penn Hospital. Dr. Plate graduated with distinction from the Pennsylvania State University and earned his doctoral degree in clinical psychology at the Ohio State University. He has a strong background in clinical work, research, and teaching. He has published numerous scientific journal articles and book chapters on treatments for depression and anxiety. He completed his predoctoral clinical internship at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and his postdoctoral fellowship in clinical health psychology at Allegheny Health Network. He is currently licensed as a psychologist in the state of Pennsylvania. Dr. Plate is a strong advocate for evidence-based treatments, meaning he does therapy that is proven to be effective by scientific research studies. He primarily does Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and mindfulness. He adopts a collaborative approach to therapy and is passionate about teaching patients to become their own therapists by learning coping skills to help them achieve their goals and live a valued life that provides an enhanced sense of meaning, purpose, and fulfillment. Dr. Plate speaks English.