Faculty:
Maria Cristina Aguirre, Ph.D.
Senior Psychologist, Ambulatory Behavioral Health Services (ABHS)
Past President of the Lacanian Compass, group associated with the New Lacanian School (NLS); Member of the World Association of Psychoanalysis (WAP)
University Paris 7, Paris, France, 1988
Interests: Psychoanalysis; Lacanian Orientation
Fluent in Spanish and French.
David Block, Psy.D.
Senior Psychologist, Adolescent Inpatient Unit; Child and Adolescent Psychology Track 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.
Rebecca Chad, Ph.D.
Psychology Fellow, Ambulatory Behavioral Health Services (ABHS), Child and Adolescent Rapid Evaluation Service (CARES)
Long Island University, Brooklyn, 2021
Interests: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy; Trauma; Personality Disorders; Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
Vien Cheung, PhD
Psychologist, Ambulatory Behavioral Health Services (ABHS)
University of Missouri – St. Louis, Clinical Psychology, 2021
Interests: Behavioral Medicine, Addiction, Eating disorders, Trauma
Kendra Doychak, Ph.D.
Psychology Fellow, Ambulatory Behavioral Health Services (ABHS)
John Jay College-CUNY Grad Center, 2022
Interests: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy; Complex Trauma; Forensic Psychology; Structural/Systemic Influences on Mental Health
Brianna Harney-Delehanty, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program & Ambulatory Behavioral Health Services (Adult Outpatient)
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Clinical Psychology, 2021
Interests: Severe and Persistent Mental Illness, Forensic Psychology, Personality Pathology
Rachel Goldstein, Ph.D.
Senior Psychologist; Ambulatory Behavioral Health Service
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.
Senior Psychologist, Adult Inpatient Unit
School of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2003
Interests: Integrative therapy; Cross-cultural psychology; Medical conditions and mental health
Fluent in Spanish.
Brianna Loli, Psy.D.
Psychology Fellow, Adolescent Inpatient Unit
Nova Southeastern University, 2021
Interests: Child/Adolescent Psychology, Psychodynamically oriented and Integrative psychotherapy
Dara Mahler, Ph.D.
Senior Psychologist, Women’s Forensic Unit
The New School for Social Research, 2014
Interests: Psychological Assessment; Inpatient Treatment; Psychodynamic Psychotherapy; Forensic Evaluation.
Jessica Parlor, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Adult Inpatient Unit
Alliant International University-Los Angeles, 2020
Interests: Cognitive behavioral therapy; Anxiety/ERP; Black/African American mental health.
Jessica Pearson, Psy.D.
Director of Internship Training, Associate Director of Mental Health, Psychological Testing Coordinator
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Clinical Instructor, NYU School of Medicine; Adjunct Assistant Professor, NYU Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, 2003
Interests: Psychological Testing; Forensic Assessment
Chelsea Stack, Psy.D.
Psychology Fellow, Adult Inpatient Unit
Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University 2022
Interests: Integrative Therapy; Severe and Persistent Mental Illness; Trauma-Focused Therapy; Psychodiagnostic Assessment
Laura Shiffrin, Ph.D.
Senior Psychologist, Adolescent Inpatient Unit
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
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Clinical Psychology, 2016
Interests: LGBTQIA + clinical care, religious populations, child/adolescent and emerging adult, trauma focused therapy, clinical training and supervision
Fluent in Polish; Conversational 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
Jonathan Vogelman, Ph.D.
Senior Psychologist, Adult Inpatient Service
Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2020
Interests: Psychological Assessment; Integrative Therapy; Serious and Persistent Mental Illness
Vaschele Williams, Psy.D.
Psychology Fellow, Ambulatory Behavioral Health Services, (ABHS)
Adler University, Chicago IL, 2020
Interests: Child/Adolescent, and Adult psychotherapy, Integrative Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
Staff:
MeiLiu Merchant
Co-Program Coordinator
Lea Nguyen
Co-Program Coordinator