Faculty:
David Block, Psy.D.
Director of Internship Training; Psychological Testing Coordinator
Clinical Instructor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, 2009
Interests: Adolescent Psychology; Psychodynamically oriented psychotherapy; Borderline Personality Disorder
Zhaoyi Chen, Psy.D.
Psychologist, Ambulatory Behavioral Health Services (ABHS)
Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, 2023
Interests: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Couples and Family Therapy, LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC populations
Fluent in Mandarin Chinese
Liza Comart, Psy.D.
Psychologist, Adult Inpatient Unit (E4)
Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University
2023
Interests: Refugees/Asylum-seekers, Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
Fluent in Spanish
Brianna Harney-Delehanty, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP) & Ambulatory Behavioral Health Services (ABHS)
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Clinical Psychology, 2021
Interests: Severe and Persistent Mental Illness, Forensic Psychology, Personality Pathology
Julia Giordano, Psy.D.
Psychologist; Child and Adolescent Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic and Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP)
Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, 2023
Interests: Child/Adolescent Psychology; Trauma-Focused Therapy; Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
Rachel Goldstein, Ph.D.
Psychologist; Ambulatory Behavioral Health Services (ABHS)
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, 2016
Interests: Experiential Dynamic Therapies (ISTDP), Emotionally Focused Therapy (Couples and Families), Psychodynamic Psychotherapy; Complex Trauma, Dynamic and Integrated Approaches to Serious Mental Illness; Personality Disorders
Fluent in Spanish
Carl Goodrich, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Adult Inpatient Unit (AB11)
School of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2003
Interests: Integrative therapy; Cross-cultural psychology; Medical conditions and mental health
Fluent in Spanish
Amanda Laventure, Psy.D.
Psychologist, Suicide Prevention Program
St. John’s University School Psychology, 2015
Interests: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy; Cross-cultural psychology; Community outreach and suicide prevention for marginalized youth; Corrections and mental health
Amy Lewis, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Adolescent Inpatient Unit (AB9)
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, 2023
Interests: Child/Adolescent Psychotherapy; Family Therapy; Trauma-Focused Therapy; Psychodynamically oriented Psychotherapy
Georgios Mavrolefteros, Psy.D.
Psychologist, Intensive Outpatient Program, Ambulatory Behavioral Health Services
Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, 2002
Interests: Severely and Persistently Mentally Ill Patients; Intensive outpatient Treatment Fluent in Greek
Mir Kamran Meyer, Psy.D.
Psychologist, Adult Inpatient Unit (AB11)
Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University, 2023
Interests: Integrative psychotherapy for schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders, trauma informed psychotherapies for adolescents and emerging adults, group therapy, BIPOC and SGM populations
Larissa Rancier Otero, Psy.D.
Psychologist, Healthy Lifestyles Program
Carlos Albizu Graduate School of Psychology, 2021
Interests: Trauma-informed care, Integrative psychotherapy, mindfulness, cultural identity,
Fluent in Spanish
Laura Shiffrin, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Adolescent Inpatient Unit (AB9)
Adelphi University, 2018
Interests: Adult and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic and Integrative treatment approaches for Trauma and Severe and Persistent Mental Illness, Psychodiagnostic Assessment, Group Therapy
Angelica Terepka, Psy.D.
Director of Psychology
Associate Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Clinical Psychology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2016
Interests: LGBTQIA + clinical care, religious populations, child/adolescent and emerging adult, trauma focused therapy, clinical training and supervision
Fluent in Polish; Conversational Spanish
Anjali Thomas, Psy.D.
Psychologist, Adult Inpatient Unit (AB10)
Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, 2021
Interests: Forensic Psychology, Trauma-focused therapy, psychodynamic therapy, LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC populations
Stephanie E. Toro Garcia, Psy.D.
Psychologist, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP) and Ambulatory Behavioral Health Services (ABHS)
Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology, University of Hartford, Clinical Psychology, 2021
Interests: Severe and Persistent Mental Illness, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Interpersonal Group Therapy, Psychodiagnostic Assessment
Fluent in Spanish
Veronica Torrico, Psy.D.
Psychologist, Healthy Steps
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), 2020
Interests: Child Development, Eating Disorders, Depression, Anxiety, Autism, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, BIPOC and Minority Populations
Fluent in Spanish
Staff:
Ellie Hagewood, BS (expected 10/2024)
Program Coordinator