Dr. Amelia Aldao, Ph.D.
Practice Director - Anxiety & OCD Specialist
Welcome! And congratulations on taking this step towards working on your mental health! I have 18 years of experience doing CBT for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, health anxiety, skin picking, hair pulling, eating disorders, sleep difficulties, and parenting. I used to be a management consultant for a “Big 3” firm, so I also specialize in stress management for high performers. I do therapy in English & Spanish
Education: Yale University (Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology), Weill Cornell Medical School (Psychology Residency), University of Pennsylvania (B.A. in Psychology)
Teaching & Supervising: Mount Sinai Hospital and Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology (current). Teachers’ College at Columbia University and The Ohio State University (past)
Research Interests: 60+ research publications on emotion regulation in anxiety & mood disorders (see Google Scholar) and 100+ presentations at academic conferences
Professional Organizations: Education Chair of the Women’s Mental Health Consortium, Member of NYC-CBT Association, past Member of the Continuing Education Committee of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), past Member of the Clinical Guidelines Workgroup of the American Psychological Association (APA)
Media coverage: Psychology Today Blog “Sweet Emotion”. Regularly featured in major media outlets, such as the Huffington Post and NPR (read more)
Licensing & Certifications: Licensed Clinical Psychologist in New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, and authorized to see patients in all the states covered by PSYPACT