Faculty:
Maria Cristina Aguirre, Ph.D.
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.
Director of Internship Training, Associate Director of Mental Health, 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; Conversational Cantonese
Vien Cheung, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Ambulatory Behavioral Health Services (ABHS)
University of Missouri – St. Louis, Clinical Psychology, 2021
Interests: Behavioral Medicine, Addiction, Eating disorders, Trauma
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
Amy Lewis, PhD
Psychologist, Adolescent Inpatient Unit (AB9)
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, 2023
Interests: Child/Adolescent Psychotherapy; Family Therapy; Trauma-Focused Therapy; Psychodynamically oriented Psychotherapy
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
Chelsea Stack, Psy.D.
Psychologist, 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.
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
Vaschele Williams, Psy.D.
Psychologist, Ambulatory Behavioral Health Services, (ABHS)
Adler University, Chicago IL, 2020
Interests: Child/Adolescent, and Adult psychotherapy, Integrative Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
Staff:
Lea Nguyen, M.A.
Program Coordinator