History
Natalie Compagni Portis is a clinical psychologist working in public mental health and private practice since 1985. Her work focuses on patients and their families dealing with cancer and other life threatening illnesses, trauma, and traumatic loss. She also specializes in working with parents and children around attachment issues. Natalie has been a breast cancer consultant and patient representative to the FDA since 2002. She has also been involved with the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program since 1999 as a patient representative. She is a member of the National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee of the FDA and has worked with several grassroots organizations locally and nationally, doing outreach and developing policy around breast cancer issues, and other matters of health policy. She has lectured and consults with regard to optimal patient care, and the patient perspective in treatment and research.
Specialties
The therapists at Beyond Coping provide psychotherapy to patients, caregivers, parents, children, teens, and couples who are grappling with a recent diagnosis, life altering treatment, bodily changes, or end of life issues. Natalie specializes in Grief, Marital and Premarital, and Parenting psychotherapy.