Tharaki Siyaguna, Ph.D, Licensed Psychologist (MN)

Dr. Siyaguna works as a Licensed Psychologist for Solutions Behavioral Healthcare Professionals. She works with children, adults and families. She offers a variety of services including conducting diagnostic assessments, conducting psychological evaluations for intellectual impairments, neurodevelopmental disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention Deficits Hyperactivity Disorder and Personality Disorders, and providing individual and family psychotherapy. She specializes in working with clients with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma, neurodevelopmental disorders and borderline personality disorder.

She strongly believes in using evidence-based treatments and practicing interventions to fidelity to ensure optimal outcomes. She is also a believer in celebrating each other’s uniqueness and culture and therefore she works hard to ensure that evidence-based treatments are carefully adapted to the client’s unique characteristics. She is trained in Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Exposure with Response Prevention, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. She is also certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Dr. Siyaguna finds it rewarding to be able to help clients learn skills to navigate through difficult times on their journey to well-being.

Dr. Siyaguna earned her BSc in Psychology at the University of York, UK, and completed her MSc in Psychology and PhD in Clinical Psychology at the North Dakota State University (NDSU). She has worked as a practicum student at the NDSU counseling center. She has worked as a practicum student, a pre-doctoral intern and a post-doctoral intern at Solutions. As a graduate student, she taught undergraduate psychology classes at NDSU as well as conducted research related to risk factors for mood and anxiety disorders and the impact of mindfulness on mental health symptoms. Her research also focused on the benefits of mindfulness interventions on sport performance and distress tolerance among college athletes.

Dr. Siyaguna loves sports, being active and spending time with her husband and two daughters. In her free time, she likes to hike, bike, try out new restaurants and travel to new places with her family.