Psychology near Hackensack, NJ

Biography: Dr. Levitt earned her Ph.D. from Clark University, where she trained extensively in evidence-based treatments for children, adolescents, and young adults with anxiety and mood disorders. While at Clark University as part of the Youth Motivation Lab, Dr. Levitt studied and implemented parenting interventions aimed at increasing intrinsic motivation and decreasing social, emotional, and behavioral challenges in children and adolescents. Her own research focused on the link between parenting approaches of being controlling and providing structure, and child anxiety.Dr. Levitt completed her clinical internship at the Institute of Living/Anxiety Disorders Center, further specializing in cognitive behavioral treatments for children and adolescents with anxiety and related disorders. Dr. Levitt then completed her postdoctoral fellowship training at The Center for Youth Mental Health at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine, where she built upon her expertise in the evidence-based treatment of youth with anxiety. Dr. Levitt is currently the attending psychologist for the CYMH at NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Behavioral Health, providing individual and group therapy to children, adolescents, and young adults, supervising trainees, and developing and implementing CYMH programming in this setting. Dr. Levitt also provides therapy services through the Weill Cornell Medicine Psychiatry Specialty Center.

Biography: Dr. Brody received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Pitzer College and her doctoral degree from PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium.Before joining the faculty, she completed her APA-accredited internship at James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Weill Cornell's Program for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Studies (PATSS). Dr. Brody's specialized in the treatment of PTSD and Moral Injury. She has expertise in trauma-processing therapies, including Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Prolonged Exposure (PE).Dr. Brody has worked with diverse populations of civilians, veterans, first responders, those involved in 9/11, and healthcare workers across the diagnostic and demographic spectrum. She is involved in clinical research funded by the DoD in collaboration with the program for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Studies, where she oversees Weill Cornell's Military Families Wellness Center. In response to COVID-19, Dr. Brody was involved in team-based interventions throughout Weill Cornell and works as part of CopeNYP, providing care to NewYork-Presbyterian employees.Dr. Brody has expertise in work with gender and sexual minority individuals and couples generally and on issues unique to the LGBTQIA+ community. Dr. Brody's research interests include PTSD treatment innovation and the role of shame, stigma, and identity in trauma recovery.In her faculty practice, Dr. Brody provides diagnostic evaluation, consultation, and therapy.

Biography: Judith Cukor, PhD is anAssociate Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian Hospital, in the Program for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Studies. Her expertise lies in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of mood and anxiety disorders and in the field of behavioral medicine, addressing the psychological needs of individuals with medical problems.Dr. Cukor's special expertise is in the treatment of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She has significant experience in the field of trauma and treatments for post traumatic stress disorder with survivors of terrorism, burn injury, motor vehicle accidents, combat and assault. She is trained in the use of evidence-based treatments for post traumatic stress disorder, including exposure therapy, and is an expert in the use of virtual reality in the treatment of PTSD.Dr. Cukor has worked extensively with disaster workers including firefighters, police officers, rescue and recovery workers, and other emergency personnel. She has treated numerous emergency workers and civilians for PTSD related to the events of September 11, as well as other work-related traumas.Dr. Cukor has significant expertise in the treatment of military-related trauma. She has treated numerous service members who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan. She is currently a co-investigator and a primary therapist for a Department of Defense-funded clinical trial for the treatment of PTSD in OIF/OEF veterans. She has travelled nationwide to train providers in virtual reality exposure therapy for PTSD and consulted to Army and Air Force providers as part of a Department of Defense initiative to train clinicians in evidence-based treatments. Dr. Cukor provides stress management workshops to the National Guard and serves as a consultant to an ongoing military treatment study.She is currently the principal investigator of a study funded by the New York Community Trust to assess the behavioral and neuroanatomical manifestations of extinction learning in returning OIF/OEF veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and her research interests include furthering our understanding of the interplay between PTSD and TBI.Dr. Cukor is a consultant to the William Randolph Hearst Burn Center, treating inpatients and ambulatory patients in the aftermath of traumatic burn injury. Her research with burn survivors includes the development of a protocol to address the numerous psychiatric sequelae that arise in the aftermath of a burn or other traumatic injury.She also trains and supervises psychology interns, post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty working with trauma populations. She has authored scientific articles and book chapters, and presented her work at conferences and grand rounds. Dr. Cukor has made numerous media appearances discussing treatments for PTSD, virtual reality, 9/11, veteran mental health, and common reactions to trauma.Dr. Cukor also works with individuals coping with medical illness, depression, panic attacks and generalized anxiety.

Biography: Dr. Helene Geramian earned her undergraduate degree from Barnard College of Columbia University, where she graduated with Departmental Honors. She received her doctoral degree from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University. Additionally, she completed further training at the New Jersey Veterans Affairs Medical Center as well as post-doctoral training at the Brooklyn Veteran's Hospital, with a specialization in geriatric psychology.Dr. Geramian is a New York state licensed psychologist who is available for diagnostic evaluation, consultation and psychotherapy. Her work is informed by psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral approaches. Research interests include the role of comorbid personality and mood disorders in later life.

Biography: Dr. Jaywant received his Bachelor of Science in Psychology from McGill University. He completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Boston University, receiving clinical training at the VA Boston Healthcare System, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, and Boston University's Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders. He was the recipient of a National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, which funded his doctoral dissertation investigating visual-motor deficits and rehabilitation in Parkinson's disease. He completed his clinical psychology internship at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and his postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology in the Departments of Psychiatry and Rehabilitation Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine.Dr. Jaywant is dedicated to improving approaches to neuropsychological assessment and treatment following acquired brain injury and neurologic disease. He has published several scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals spanning disciplines of neuropsychology, psychiatry, neurology, and rehabilitation medicine. He has presented his work at national and international conferences. His research at Weill Cornell Medicine focuses on using resting state functional neuroimaging to understand brain changes underlying cognitive dysfunction in stroke, and developing and evaluating cognitive/behavioral interventions targeted at these brain network abnormalities to improve cognitive functioning. He is also interested in understanding the intersection between depression and cognitive impairment after stroke and developing treatments to address the comorbidity.Dr. Jaywant was the attending neuropsychologist on NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center's COVID Recovery Unit. He is conducting longitudinal research to understand the trajectory of cognitive difficulties, psychiatric symptoms, and resilience in COVID-19 survivors. Dr. Jaywant lectures on topics in neuropsychology for clinical psychology interns, medical residents, medical students, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech-language pathologists. He also conducts pro bono evaluations for the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights (WCCHR).

Biography: Dr. Beaumont completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Queensland, Australia in 2006, and has authored numerous peer reviewed articles, book chapters and books on child and adolescent mental health. Dr. Beaumont has over 10 years' experience supervising clinical psychology trainees and has worked in hospital, private-practice, academic and school settings. Dr. Beaumont was the head of practitioner training and support at the Social Skills Training Institute in Australia for seven years and has been an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia, for 10 years. She also served as a Senior Training Consultant for Triple P International, training professionals around the world in how to deliver Triple P Positive Parenting Programs.Dr. Beaumont's primary research interests include the development, evaluation, and dissemination of technologically innovative interventions for children and youth, and the parents and school staff who support them. She is a co-investigator on multiple research studies in Australia and the US examining program outcomes and predictors of treatment effectiveness. Dr. Beaumont has delivered conference presentations, workshops and lectures locally and internationally on improving youth resilience and mental health.

Biography: Dr. Butler is a licensed clinical psychologist, holds appointments as an Instructor of Psychology in Psychiatry and an Assistant Attending Psychologist, and provides psychotherapeutic services in Cornell's Cognitive Therapy Clinic and the Physician's Organization. Dr. Butler attended the APA-accredited doctoral program at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology and graduated with her doctorate in health psychology. Dr. Butler was selected by the faculty to be the recipient of the Dr. Lee and Linda Rosenbaum Family Award for Excellence in Clinical Health Psychology for sucess in the program and her dedication to health psychology. Her graduate research focused on the influence of psychiatric variables on treatment adherence for people with migraine as well as the role of self-efficacy in a mindfulness-based cognitive therapy intervention for people with migraine. Dr. Butler's doctoral dissertation was awarded the Frontiers in Headache Research award from the American Headache Society.After graduation, Dr. Butler completed her post-doctoral fellowship at Weill Cornell's Cognitive Therapy Clinic where she developed an expertise in using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to treat anxiety disorders, OCD, trauma, and mood disorders. Prior to her fellowship year, Dr. Butler completed her clinical doctoral internship at North Central Bronx Hospital and held training positions at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Rehabilitation Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology, New York Presbyterian-Westchester Division, New York University's Center for Counseling and Community Wellbeing, and The Parnes' Clinic.

Biography: Irena Ilieva received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, after completing a bachelor's degree in psychology from Amherst College. She completed her predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship in clinical psychology at Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian Hospital. At Cornell and at Penn, Dr. Ilieva has received intensive, specialized training and supervision in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for a variety of clinical conditions and life difficulties. Although her primary focus is CBT, her work is also informed by supervised experiences in psychological assessment and schema therapy, as well as by exposure to dialectical behavioral and psychodynamic approaches. Aside from her clinical work, Dr. Ilieva is actively involved in research. Her broad interest is cognitive enhancement: the use of medications, non-invasive brain stimulation or CBT skills to optimize cognition and, in turn, promote quality of life. Currently, her work at the Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry focuses on the effects of non-invasive brain stimulation (specifically, transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS) in the treatment of depression and its cognitive correlates. In addition, Dr. Ilieva has studied the use of unprescribed stimulant medication for cognitive enhancement in high-functioning young people. Some of her first-author work is published in influential neuroscience journals (e.g., Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuropharmacology) and covered by the popular press.