Barbara A. Gueldner

Barbara A. Gueldner, PhD, NCSP, IMH-E® Infant Mental Health Specialist, is a licensed psychologist in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. She has worked for over 20 years with children and families, educators, medical and mental health professionals, community agencies, and postsecondary students across a range of settings including private practice, schools, a university-based clinic, pediatric primary care clinics, and a large children’s hospital, and served as Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Oregon. Dr. Gueldner’s research, publications, program development, workshops, and community service focus on social and emotional learning, childhood mental health and prevention, internalizing problems and solutions, supporting adults to facilitate children’s social and emotional development, and facilitating excellence in early childhood programs. She is a coauthor of Kenneth W. Merrell’s Strong Kids and Strong Teens social and emotional learning (SEL) programs.