Session description: This session will highlight the emotional impact of SpA and provide strategies for coping, building resilience, and finding support through community, self-care, and professional help when needed.
Speaker biography: Dr. Antonia Repollet is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified school psychologist with multi-state licensure in New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Florida, Illinois, and Massachusetts. She earned her doctorate from Fairleigh Dickinson University, where her dissertation focused on the mind-body connection—specifically, how chronic medical conditions affect self-concept and academic performance. Dr. Repollet is recognized for her warm, compassionate, and creative approach with children, teens, and adults. She has advanced training in clinical hypnosis, CBT, ACT, psychodynamic therapy, and somatic approaches. As a school psychologist, she supports students with gastrointestinal and other chronic health conditions by collaborating with schools to develop tailored accommodations such as 504 Plans, IHPs, and IEPs. Her holistic framework blends clinical care with advocacy, nutritional guidance, stress management, and psychoeducation, emphasizing the critical link between mental and physical well-being.
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