Back to top
Image

Danya Soto Foster, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Clinical Scholar Fellow
she/her

Credentials & Education

Ph.D. in School Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

About

This being human is a guest house... A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all. - Rumi

Dr. Danya Soto Foster is a school psychologist who grew up in Mexico City and moved to the Chicago suburbs during her high school years. Dr. Foster deeply values her family, spirituality, and forming meaningful connections with others. She focuses on providing therapeutic services to children and families who are struggling with depression, anxiety, or behavioral concerns from a patient-centered lens. Dr. Foster is a bilingual clinician who specializes in Latine mental health, and utilizes frameworks that contextualize her clients in their history, culture, and surrounding systems. She enjoys playing, hiking, and watching "juicy" reality TV.

Area of Focus

Types of Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Brief Consultation (1-6 Sessions)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Couple Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Emotion Focused Therapy
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
Family Therapy
Mindfulness & Behavior Therapies
Psychodynamic Therapy
I Treat
Infancy-5 Years Old
5-10 Years Old
10-15 Years Old
15-20 Years Old
Young Adult
Couple and Marriage
Interracial Couples
Family Therapy
Adoptive Families
LGBTQIA+
Issues I Treat
LGBTQIA+ Identity & Relationships
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
School Refusal
Autism Spectrum
Panic
Racism Issues
Life Stage Transitions
Grief & Loss
Families with Chronically Mentally Ill Members
Adoption Issues
College (Transition to)
Depression / Mood Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Child Behavioral Problems
Cultural Transition / Immigration Issues
Couples Conflict
Emotion Regulation Issues
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Show All
Languages
English
Spanish

Publications & Presentations

Barber, A., Eklund, K., Weist, M., Soto Foster, D., Cruz, S., Collins, B., Knuckey, L. (In press). Using community collaboration to evaluate the cultural relevance of the Resilience Education Program. School Psychology.

Castelin, S., Saenz Jimenez, A. P., Soto Foster, D., Daniels, L. D., Brown, A. D., Fehrenbach, T. (2024). Voices that matter: A community-driven intervention framework for Black women who have experienced traumatic loss. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. DOI: 10.1037/ort0000771

Insurance

Blue Cross Blue Shield
Self Pay

Locations