Practice Locations

  • UC San Diego Health Psychiatry
    8:00 AM - 5:00 PM 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM 8:00 AM - 5:00 PMClosed Today Closed Today
    8950 Villa La Jolla Drive
    Suite C101
    San Diego, CA 92037
    US
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About Wendy G. Tayer, PhD

Wendy Tayer, PhD, is a licensed psychologist who helps people cope more effectively with mental health problems, including life stressors and adaptational challenges. As a trained health and geriatric psychologist, Dr. Tayer's expertise involves helping people make behavioral choices that promote better health and prevent illness. She specializes in treating chronic illness and pain, anxiety, depression, as well as aging-related disorders.

Dr. Tayer cares mainly for seniors and adult patients with chronic diseases. She also serves as an on-call psychologist with the UC San Diego Health consultation-liaison service. Dr. Tayer has special interests in women's health and disaster psychology.

As an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Dr. Tayer supervises graduate psychology students. She speaks on numerous topics, including health psychology, emotional first aid, coping with stress, geropsychology and healthy aging.

Dr. Tayer earned her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from California School of Professional Psychology (now Alliant International University). She is a member of the American Psychological Association, the San Diego Psychological Association and the Association of Contextual Behavioral Science.

Outside of work, Dr. Tayer enjoys spending time with family and friends, walking her dog, running her book club, ushering at local theaters, cooking and traveling. She regularly engages in water exercise, gyrotonics and hiking.

UC San Diego Health Links
For more information, see Behavioral and Mental Health.

Insurance Information
UC San Diego Health accepts most major health insurance plans, but you should verify that your plan covers this provider and all services and locations. The information in the link below does not apply to affiliate providers, who are not employed by UC San Diego Health.
Health Insurance Plans Accepted

Degree

  • Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Doctoral Degree

  • California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego, CA

Gender

  • Female

Date Joined Staff

  • 1997-07-01

Conditions and Treatments

  • Chronic Health Problems
  • Geropsychology
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
Insurance Information
UC San Diego Health accepts most major health insurance plans, but you should verify that your plan covers this provider and all services and locations. The information in the link below does not apply to affiliate providers, who are not employed by UC San Diego Health.
Health Insurance Plans Accepted