Dr. Punt is passionate about helping individuals and couples face the challenges of depression, anxiety, self-esteem difficulties, grief, and life transitions. Through her extensive training, she has specialized in helping individuals and couples across the lifespan adapt to acute and chronic health conditions and chronic pain, as well as navigating the stressors accompanying this journey.

Dr. Punt has worked in a variety of clinical settings with children, adolescents, adults, and couples. Dr. Punt completed her two-year neuropsychology post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles, specializing in polytrauma and traumatic brain injury recovery. She completed her pre-doctoral APA-accredited internship at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was trained by experts in the fields of coping with acute and chronic health conditions, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, relationship difficulties, grief, and life transitions. Her training also includes working in both inpatient and outpatient settings at a breadth of academic medical centers and specialty clinics including cancer, bariatric, epilepsy, and transplant clinics. Dr. Punt has also completed additional clinical training through the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Program. She also has multiple peer-reviewed publications on a breadth of health psychology topics.

Dr. Punt earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in Psychology at the University of Kansas with specialization in Health Psychology. She completed her B.S. in Biology and B.A. in Biochemistry at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA). She is currently licensed as a clinical psychologist (PSY 34494) by the California Board of Psychology and by the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board (LP 03309).