Alison J Bomba, PsyD, LLC

05/03/2026

Original post from my friends at Rogers Behavioral Health. 💚

05/03/2026

It's Children's Mental Health Matters Week, and I'm proud to be a Community Champion for the 11th year in a row! 💚

Keep an eye on my Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/drbomba), Instagram (), and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisonbomba/) pages for information and resources throughout the week!

Children's Mental Health Matters

04/29/2026

I recently spent some time in Chicago. While I was there, I chose to step onto "The Ledge," a balcony comprised of three layers of half-inch laminated glass suspended 1,353 feet above the city on the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower. 🏙😳

103 floors up, standing on glass, looking straight down...Yep, I felt it - that unmistakable, visceral rush of anxiety. 😨 I’m not particularly afraid of heights, but sometimes my anxiety manifests physically when the ground is very, VERY far away. I chose to lean in...quite literally.

As a psychologist who specializes in exposure-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), I spend my days helping children, teens, and young adults be brave enough to face their fears, because we learn something powerful when we move toward what makes us anxious. We learn that we can handle it. 💪

PS The views were sooooooo worth it! 🙌

04/12/2026

The Frederick community showed up last night to support the Mental Health Association of Frederick County (MHA)! I'm proud to support this organization and sponsor this important fundraising event each year.

All of the proceeds from the Catoctin Affair are unrestricted donations to MHA. This means that every dollar raised helps people when they need it most.

If you weren't there last night, it's not too late to ensure MHA’s mission continues to make a difference.
https://fcmha.org/donate/online/

04/08/2026

I was recently interviewed by Voyage Baltimore about the evolution of my private practice and the healthy risks I took along the way!

Click the link below to read the article!

https://voyagebaltimore.com/interview/inspiring-conversations-with-dr-alison-bomba-of-alison-j-bomba-psy-d-ll

04/05/2026

Happy Easter to all who celebrate! 🩷💛🩵💚

04/03/2026

Excited to continue to serve as an ambassador and support Frederick Health and Frederick Health Hospice in this new role.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Alison J. Bomba to the Frederick Health Development Council Special Gifts Committee!

Dr. Bomba is a local psychologist, author, speaker, and member of Frederick Health’s Good Samaritan Circle of Life. She is deeply committed to supporting the well-being of others as a member of the board of Frederick Health Hospice and a volunteer for Camp Jamie, providing an array of hospice grief programs for students in grades 1-12.

Dr. Bomba and her husband, Tate Safford, became members of the Good Samaritan Circle of Life "...because donating to Frederick Health and Frederick Health Hospice provides essential services that touch every corner of our community." We’re excited to have her passion and dedication helping to advance the mission of Frederick Health and Frederick Health Hospice. Welcome, Dr. Bomba!

04/01/2026

Wishing all who celebrate a meaning Passover filled with reflection and renewal.

04/01/2026

Grief is a time traveler.

Thanks to What's Your Grief for providing such an accurate visual.

Grief doesn’t move in neat stages. It can show up in the present (your day-to-day life), reach back into the past (memories, regrets, longing), and hit you in the future (milestones, fears, what will never be). And sometimes it all shows up at once.

If you’ve been thinking, “I should be further along,” this is your reminder: you’re not doing grief wrong. You’re experiencing how big grief really is.

Save this for the days you need the reminder.

Read more: https://whatsyourgrief.com/the-only-grief-timeline-that-matters-past-present-and-future/

03/28/2026

I was recently a guest on the Defending the Early Years podcast.

It was such a privilege to talk with Kisha Reid about the many benefits of nature and play during early childhood! ☀️ 🌳 🌲 🪺 🍄‍🟫 🌺

Link to Listen: https://lnkd.in/eJ-Mz4TC

Kisha Reid talks with Alison Bomba about her work as an experienced child and adolescent psychologist. She focuses on Nature Play as a tool to support her work. Dr. Alison Bomba is a psychologist, author, speaker, consultant, and community volunteer. She owns and operates a specialty private practic...

03/15/2026

The annual purse auction benefitting Woman to Woman Mentoring is one of my favorite events! 👛👝👜

Woman to Woman Mentoring's innovative, effective, free programs for women 18+ combine the power of one-on-one mentoring, community-building workshops, and opportunities to connect to help women identify and work toward their goals in education, career, and life.

I've served as a Core Mentor in the past and have loved continuing my relationship with my mentee over the years, celebrating her many successes and milestones. 🩷

Learn more about W2WM: https://www.womantowomanmentoring.org/

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03/14/2026

I was recently invited to speak to parents at New Market Elementary School at their Healthy Minds, Healthy Kids event.

The main takeaways?
👉 The problem is not anxiety. The problem is avoidance.
👉 Avoidance makes anxiety stronger.
👉 Parents can be powerful agents of change.
👉 They/We can do hard things.