Regan R. Stanger, MD

Dr. Regan R. Stanger is a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist with extensive experience in both psychopharmacology as well as cognitive behavioral therapy and psychodynamic psychotherapy. A Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Dr. Stanger holds two board certifications in Adult Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. She joined Hanover Psychiatry after working in private practice on the Upper East Side of Manhattan for twelve years. Dr. Stanger is currently licensed in New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York and can treat patients in all three states.

Dr. Stanger graduated from Dartmouth College in 1993 and attended medical school in New Jersey. She completed her intern year of residency at the Yale-New Haven Hospital in Internal Medicine. She then joined the Department of Psychiatry at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City for her residency in Adult Psychiatry and her fellowship in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Following her fellowship, she entered private practice on the Upper East Side in New York City. During this time, she completed four years of additional psychoanalytic training at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute and taught psychiatry residents while on the voluntary faculty at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. She also served on the advisory board of the David Nee foundation, which works to prevent suicide in young adults. Currently, she is acting as the faculty advisor to the Student Needs and Assistance Program (SNAP) at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and is a supervisor for Psychiatry residents at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.

Dr. Stanger focuses on working with children, adolescents, and young adults. She is an expert in psychopharmacology and in utilizing different modalities of psychotherapy to treat patients for attention deficit disorder, learning disabilities, language based disorders, autism spectrum disorders, impulse control disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and eating disorders. She also sees patients who may not meet criteria for a psychiatric diagnosis but are seeking support with peer/ romantic/ family relationships, academics, issues with gender and sexuality, transitions to college, or career issues.

She uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help patients understand how their thoughts influence their emotions, and how to learn coping skills. Dr. Stanger also finds psychodynamic principles to be very helpful in understanding how past relationships and experiences affect a patient’s current thoughts and emotions.

As part of her work with children, Dr. Stanger also collaborates closely with parents. She works with families to provide parenting advice and to address issues including adoption, divorce, and illness/death of a family member. She involves people in a patient’s life including other mental health professionals, pediatricians, internists, schools, educational consultants, and tutors. She understands that patients are tremendously influenced by their family and community relationships, and she works to educate and counsel these important members of a patient’s life as part of a holistic treatment plan.