Beth Moller, DNP, APRN, FNP (BC)

Beth Moller, APRN, cares for children and families in the Yale Programs for Safety, Advocacy, and Healing. As a member of a multidisciplinary team that specializes in physical and sexual child abuse, she helps identify cases, educate families, and provide evidence-based trauma treatments to help young patients cope and spare them from suffering when they become adults.

“I love working with children and their families,” says Moller, adding that many of the patients who are cared for in the programs are in a vulnerable place and need to be treated with sensitivity. She says it can help to know that practitioners are skilled in distinguishing whether a child’s injury is the result of abuse or an accident, and that an accurate diagnosis can help prevent further injuries. “We aren’t here to blame people,” she says, “we’re here to identify cases, help families cope, and provide support.”

In cases where sexual abuse is diagnosed, the team’s focus is on helping the patient, Moller says. “This diagnosis shouldn’t label a person,” she says. “We know that with a believing parent and the right therapy, there should be no reason why these patients can’t go on and do whatever they want to do in their lives.”