Psychotherapists near Teterboro, NJ

Biography: Dr. Elizabeth A. Grill is Director of Psychological Services at the Ronald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine and is Associate Professor of Psychology in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine, and Psychiatry at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. She is also an Assistant Attending Psychologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.Dr. Grill is experienced as a counseling psychologist and medical researcher with a special focus on sexual health, the emotional aspects of infertility, IVF treatment, third party reproduction, oncofertility, and fertility preservation.She was the secretary and is the current Chair of RESOLVE, the national infertility association and was the Continuing Education Officer and now past President of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR). She was also the Past Chair of the Mental Health Professional Group of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and was elected to two terms on the Content Review Committee of ASRM.She completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology and Communications with Highest Distinction from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and received my Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology. I completed a yearlong psychology internship at the Manhattan Veterans Affairs Medical Center and trained at the Survivors of Torture Program at Bellevue Hospital and also trained and led workshops at the New York University Child Study Center designed to teach couples communication and relationship-enhancement skills.Her postdoctoral training included a two-year fellowship as a sex therapist at the Human Sexuality Program, Payne Whitney Clinic of the New York Presbyterian Hospital, and the first clinic in the United States for sexual disorders founded over thirty years ago by Dr. Helen S. Kaplan. I also spent one year as a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Reproductive Medicine of Weill Cornell Medical College. Additionally, Dr. Grill was trained and certified at the Mind/Body Institute at Harvard Medical School.Dr. Grill serves as an editorial reviewer forFertility and Sterility, Human Reproduction, and Journal of Andrology. She is the recipient of several awards including the RESOLVE Barbara Eck Founders Award, the Mental Health Professional Group Prize Paper at ASRM, the Global Organization for Excellence in Health Care Award, and the American Fertility Association Family Building Award. Dr. Grill has written several articles and book chapters, teaches Weill Cornell medical students, and has lectured worldwide to patient and medical audiences. She has also participated in numerous media interviews related to the emotional aspects of reproductive medicine.

Biography: Dr. Linda Applegarth is the Director of Psychological Services as well as profesional associate at the Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, and is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology in both the Department of Psychiatry and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Medical College of Cornell University.Dr. Applegarth is an experienced counseling psychologist, medical researcher, and educator. With a special focus on the emotional aspects of infertility, she has helped hundreds of individuals and couples to understand and address a broad range of challenges associated with infertility, pregnancy loss, and parenting after infertility.She earned her B.A. (with distinction) from the University of Kansas, and her Masters and Doctorate in The Program in Counseling Psychology from Boston University. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, North American Society of Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology among many other professional memberships. She also serves as chairperson of the Board of Directors of National RESOLVE (the National Infertility Association), and is past chair of the Mental Health Professional Group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Dr. Applegarth has shared her insights with worldwide audiences through articles for leading medical publications, in presentations before medical and patient audiences, and in media interviews.Please call Juliann Sidabutar at (646) 962-3447 or (646) 962-3315 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

Biography: Dr. Elena Friedman received her B.A. degree from Cornell University, graduating with distinction. Following her undergraduate studies, she managed a Social Psychology laboratory at New York University. She obtained her medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College, where she received AOA standing, as well as multiple awards for scholastic achievement and excellence in psychiatry. Dr Friedman completed her residency in Adult Psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where she received the Consultation Psychiatry Department Award. Dr. Friedman also completed a psychoanalytic fellowship at the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. She went on to complete a fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center and has written on the process of psychiatric consultations in the medical setting.To schedule an appointment, please call (212) 746 5724

Biography: Dr. Eric Goldwaser, D.O., Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine / New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He completed a Medical-Scientist Training Program at Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine (then UMDNJ), where his research focused on the blood-brain barrier and vascular implications of neurodegenerative diseases in pre-clinical models. He completed his psychiatry residency training at University of Maryland / Sheppard Pratt as part of the Physician-Scientist Training Program, where he bridged clinical neuroscience research in MRI and vascular imaging modalities to study the blood-brain barrier in psychiatric conditions. His clinical training included psychopharmacology, various insight-oriented psychotherapeutic techniques, and novel psychiatric interventions, like brain stimulation and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. As faculty, Dr. Goldwaser continues his research in the neurovascular processes in health and disease states that govern behavior and treatment.

Biography: Dr. Corinne Catarozoli completed her B.A. in Psychology at Wake Forest University, her M.A. in Psychology from New York University, and earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Dr. Catarozoli completed her clinical internship training at Montefiore Medical Center/The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, where she gained specialized training in applying behavioral health interventions within various pediatric medical clinics. Following her intern year, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Weill Cornell Medicine with the Center for Youth Mental Health at NewYork-Presbyterian. She has received numerous awards for her research, including the Guterman-FitzSimons Research Fellowship and the Michael Fink Fellowship. Dr. Catarozoli has published and presented extensively in the area of pediatric behavioral health and the intersection between medical illness and mental health.

Biography: Dr. Stujenske is an Assistant Attending in Psychiatry at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and an Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Stujenske graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University with a BA in Neurobiology. He completed his MD and PhD at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He completed his residency in Adult Psychiatry at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine. Complementing his clinical practice, he also investigates the brain mechanisms underlying the experience of safety, fear, and anxiety.

Biography: Dr. Soudabeh Givrad is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in both adult psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry. She did her adult psychiatry residency training at Yale University, and then completed her child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Columbia and Cornell Universities.She has expertise in treating psychiatric disorders during pregnancy and the postpartum period, and works with families of infants and young children inparent-infant psychotherapy when families face issues with attachment, bonding, medical traumas, or other regulatory disorders of infancy and early childhood. In psychotherapy, Dr. Givrad primarily has a psychodynamic approach, however, she draws on her knowledge of other modalities of psychotherapy such as CBT, DBT, and IPT. She believes in the importance of working collaboratively with patients, and coming up with a treatment plan that meets the patient's goals.Before joining Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Givrad was on the faculty at Stanford University where she developed perinatal and infant psychiatry programs at Stanford Children's Health/Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Academically, she has been working on bringing increased attention to psychiatric disorders during pregnancy and the postpartum period, and to increase awareness of the critical importance of supporting families of young infants to optimize their development, and to bring a continuum of care from pre-conception to age 3 for families. She has also been working on increasing training opportunities in perinatal and infant mental health for mental health clinicians. To achieve these goals she works closely with colleagues in obstetrics, neonatology, and pediatrics departments.

Biography: Dr. PhilipWilner received his BA, summa cum laude, in 1979 from Columbia College and his MD in 1983 from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, both of Columbia University. He completed his psychiatry internship, residency, chief residency and research fellowship training at the New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center. In 1998, he completed his MBA in healthcare administration at the Zicklin Business School of Baruch College. Since the early 1990s, Dr. Wilner has assumed positions of increasing responsibility in clinical management and leadership for the renowned Payne Whitney Manhattan and NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Behavioral Health of Weill Cornell Medicine Psychiatry.Dr. Wilner was the recipient of a Readers Digest Fellowship in 1988, and conducted studies in the biological bases of psychiatric illness. His current interests are in healthcare administration, policy and the delivery of high quality patient-centered care. He sits on numerous Hospital and Medical College Boards and Committees. Dr. Wilner is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American College of Physician Executives. Office hours are flexible, excluding weekends.

Biography: Dr. Boas attended the University of Michigan where he studied psychology and completed his B.S. with honors and high distinction. He received his M.D from Weill Cornell Medical College where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and awarded the Diethelm Prize for excellence in psychiatry. Dr. Boas then went on to his internship and residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital Adult Psychiatry Residency Program where he served as the McLean Hospital Chief Resident. At MGH/McLean, he completed the Clinician Educator Program as well as the Program in Psychodynamics. Additionally, he completed the Fellowship in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy through the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and trained in Mentalization-Based Treatment through the Borderline Personality Disorder Training Institute at McLean Hospital. His academic work is focused on improving psychiatric education as well as physician well-being.

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. 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: 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. Mehta-Naik received her undergraduate and medical degrees from Northwestern University. She completed internship and residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medicine, and served as the chief resident in her final year. She subsequently completed a fellowship in geriatric psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Mehta-Naik has pursued academic interests in life transitions, particularly retirement decision-making. She has recently published a book chapter, and has presented at national conferences, regarding these topics.Dr. Mehta-Naik's professional interests include life transitions, geriatric psychiatry, cultural psychiatry, psychotherapy, and resident education.

Biography: Dr. Hung is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in adult psychiatry, and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University as an undergraduate, before completing his MD at Weill Cornell Medical College. He completed his adult psychiatry residency training at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he also served as Chief Resident in Psychiatry.After completing his training, he worked as an Attending Psychiatrist at Mount Sinai Hospital and as a staff psychiatrist at the Fifth Avenue Counseling Center, before taking over the role of Director of the Mount Sinai Psychiatric Emergency Department. After 12 years at Mount Sinai, Dr. Hung is pleased to be back at his alma mater. He remains on the Board of Directors for the Fifth Avenue Counseling Center, is a committee member of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, and is an on-call clinician and volunteer for the Trevor Project, the nation's largest crisis intervention and suicide prevention service for LGBTQ youth.

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.