Child Therapists in New York, NY

As a bicultural and bilingual (English/Spanish) psychologist with over 20 years of experience providing psychotherapy to adults, children, and families my goal is to assist you in finding the right path for you and/or your family.
By exploring our interpersonal relationships and the many systems (work, school, community) in which we exist we gain insight as to how others impact us and how we can create change in our lives.
As a bicultural and bilingual (English/Spanish) psychologist with over 20 years of experience providing psychotherapy to adults, children, and families my goal is to assist you in finding the right path for you and/or your family.
By exploring our interpersonal relationships and the many systems (work, school, community) in which we exist we gain insight as to how others impact us and how we can create change in our lives.

I have specialized training working with children and teens, and provide consultation to parents for support and guidance.
If you’re feeling stuck in old habits, overwhelmed by emotions, or unsure how to move forward, meeting with a therapist can be the first step toward finding relief. I’m committed to building a strong therapeutic relationship and deeply understanding your concerns so we can work toward your goals together. By taking an active role in your treatment, I aim to empower you to make meaningful changes that lead to noticeable improvements in your daily life and foster personal growth.
I have specialized training working with children and teens, and provide consultation to parents for support and guidance.
If you’re feeling stuck in old habits, overwhelmed by emotions, or unsure how to move forward, meeting with a therapist can be the first step toward finding relief. I’m committed to building a strong therapeutic relationship and deeply understanding your concerns so we can work toward your goals together. By taking an active role in your treatment, I aim to empower you to make meaningful changes that lead to noticeable improvements in your daily life and foster personal growth.

, BCN is a New York State licensed child psychologist and board certified in neurofeedback.
Dr. Davidson uses a combination of cognitive-behavioral, parent management, and bio/neurofeedback approaches. She has extensive experience in virtual reality exposure therapy for the treatment of phobias such as a fear of flying, public speaking, and school refusal. She holds certifications from Columbia University and The Albert Ellis Institute.
, BCN is a New York State licensed child psychologist and board certified in neurofeedback.
Dr. Davidson uses a combination of cognitive-behavioral, parent management, and bio/neurofeedback approaches. She has extensive experience in virtual reality exposure therapy for the treatment of phobias such as a fear of flying, public speaking, and school refusal. She holds certifications from Columbia University and The Albert Ellis Institute.

Katharine Blodget
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New York, NY 10005
My therapeutic approach is informed by extensive experience in evidence-based practices encompassing psychodynamic and relational theories (play based for children), dialectical behavioral (DBT) and cognitive behavioral (CBT) therapies.
In addition to training at Ackerman Institute for the Family and the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, I bring over 15+ years' experience working with diverse populations across a range of educational, inpatient and outpatient clinical settings.
My therapeutic approach is informed by extensive experience in evidence-based practices encompassing psychodynamic and relational theories (play based for children), dialectical behavioral (DBT) and cognitive behavioral (CBT) therapies.
In addition to training at Ackerman Institute for the Family and the Westchester Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, I bring over 15+ years' experience working with diverse populations across a range of educational, inpatient and outpatient clinical settings.

I specialize in working with children, adolescents, and young adults presenting with ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, anxiety, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, mood disorders, and academic needs related to giftedness and twice exceptionality (2e).
My name is Dr. Jeff Selman and I am a licensed psychologist, Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), and a certified school psychologist. I offer evidence-based telepsychology services to individuals across the lifespan and their families. These services include autism screening and assessment, individual and family therapy, parent behavior management training and coaching, and consultation and training for schools and community agencies. My approach is grounded in cognitive behavior therapy and behavior therapy. My sessions tend to be active, goal-oriented, and engaging. I love the work and welcome complex and challenging cases.
I specialize in working with children, adolescents, and young adults presenting with ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, anxiety, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, mood disorders, and academic needs related to giftedness and twice exceptionality (2e).
My name is Dr. Jeff Selman and I am a licensed psychologist, Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), and a certified school psychologist. I offer evidence-based telepsychology services to individuals across the lifespan and their families. These services include autism screening and assessment, individual and family therapy, parent behavior management training and coaching, and consultation and training for schools and community agencies. My approach is grounded in cognitive behavior therapy and behavior therapy. My sessions tend to be active, goal-oriented, and engaging. I love the work and welcome complex and challenging cases.

In my 38 years of practice, I have provided multi-modal treatment therapies to countless children, adolescents, and adults. I remain passionate in this endeavor to provide life enhancing direction. My mission is to impart adaptational, coping strategies in the treatment of anxiety, mood related, and behavioral disorders.
In my 38 years of practice, I have provided multi-modal treatment therapies to countless children, adolescents, and adults. I remain passionate in this endeavor to provide life enhancing direction. My mission is to impart adaptational, coping strategies in the treatment of anxiety, mood related, and behavioral disorders.

She specializes in working with children, teens, and adults and has worked across various settings, including private practice, school, residential, and community mental health.
Dr. Dobbs has a profound understanding of mood, anxiety, OCD, parenting, ADHD, executive functioning, life transitions, adjustment issues, and perinatal mental health. Clients describe her as a keen listener, solution-focused, nonjudgmental, and approachable. Her sense of humor adds a touch of warmth, creating an environment conducive to growth and healing.
She specializes in working with children, teens, and adults and has worked across various settings, including private practice, school, residential, and community mental health.
Dr. Dobbs has a profound understanding of mood, anxiety, OCD, parenting, ADHD, executive functioning, life transitions, adjustment issues, and perinatal mental health. Clients describe her as a keen listener, solution-focused, nonjudgmental, and approachable. Her sense of humor adds a touch of warmth, creating an environment conducive to growth and healing.

For the past 30 years I've worked at major academic hospitals in NYC where I've gained expertise in working with a multitude of individuals with various issues, some of which are the diagnosis of a new illness, divorce, children leaving home, aging, loss.
Are you feeling anxious, sad and alone? Do you feel overwhelmed by your issues and stuck in your present situation? Do you you need support to help guide you through these issues so that you can be in a better place? I had a client with similar issues. She was 63 years old who lost her job due to downsizing. She was also divorced. Many of her friends left and the ones she had were not supportive. She was always a career person working as an Assistant Director of Human Resources. Since her job was terminated, she felt no one would hire her again and she felt worthless.
For the past 30 years I've worked at major academic hospitals in NYC where I've gained expertise in working with a multitude of individuals with various issues, some of which are the diagnosis of a new illness, divorce, children leaving home, aging, loss.
Are you feeling anxious, sad and alone? Do you feel overwhelmed by your issues and stuck in your present situation? Do you you need support to help guide you through these issues so that you can be in a better place? I had a client with similar issues. She was 63 years old who lost her job due to downsizing. She was also divorced. Many of her friends left and the ones she had were not supportive. She was always a career person working as an Assistant Director of Human Resources. Since her job was terminated, she felt no one would hire her again and she felt worthless.

My focuses include: relationship difficulties, divorce, parenting, child-focused mental health issues such as ADHD and Autism, substance abuse problems and major life transitions.
I am a multicultural, bilingual (in Spanish and English) Marriage and Family Therapist with almost 40 years of experience across Latin America, California, and the New York City area. My goal is to help clients discover new ways to communicate, heal trauma, and navigate emotional experiences to achieve balance and integration in their lives.
I specialize in trauma, anxiety, and the neurobiological responses underlying human behavior. Many of my clients are able to cope and manage conflicts better within just a few sessions.
My focuses include: relationship difficulties, divorce, parenting, child-focused mental health issues such as ADHD and Autism, substance abuse problems and major life transitions.
I am a multicultural, bilingual (in Spanish and English) Marriage and Family Therapist with almost 40 years of experience across Latin America, California, and the New York City area. My goal is to help clients discover new ways to communicate, heal trauma, and navigate emotional experiences to achieve balance and integration in their lives.
I specialize in trauma, anxiety, and the neurobiological responses underlying human behavior. Many of my clients are able to cope and manage conflicts better within just a few sessions.

As a New York State licensed psychologist, I work with children, teens, and adults experiencing a wide range of stressors including symptoms related to anxiety and depression.
Most frequently, I employ techniques from psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and attachment related theories. I believe in creating a warm space for people to reflect on their life experiences and identify areas for change on their journey towards relief and self-fulfillment.
As a New York State licensed psychologist, I work with children, teens, and adults experiencing a wide range of stressors including symptoms related to anxiety and depression.
Most frequently, I employ techniques from psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and attachment related theories. I believe in creating a warm space for people to reflect on their life experiences and identify areas for change on their journey towards relief and self-fulfillment.

She specializes in helping children, adults, and families to not only address issues like anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, behavioral problems ( child/teen), and autism, but to find their overall path towards happiness and well-being.
Caitlin utilizes a holistic approach to therapy. She employs CBT, the gold standard in mental health treatment, both in efficacy and speed of results, and incorporates ACT to help you embrace life’s challenges, develop mindfulness, and foster personal growth. She uses SPACE techniques to equip parents with tools to support their children’s emotional needs.
She specializes in helping children, adults, and families to not only address issues like anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, behavioral problems ( child/teen), and autism, but to find their overall path towards happiness and well-being.
Caitlin utilizes a holistic approach to therapy. She employs CBT, the gold standard in mental health treatment, both in efficacy and speed of results, and incorporates ACT to help you embrace life’s challenges, develop mindfulness, and foster personal growth. She uses SPACE techniques to equip parents with tools to support their children’s emotional needs.
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She specializes in working with children, teens, and adults and has worked across various settings, including private practice, school, residential, and community mental health.
Dr. Dobbs has a profound understanding of mood, anxiety, OCD, parenting, ADHD, executive functioning, life transitions, adjustment issues, and perinatal mental health. Clients describe her as a keen listener, solution-focused, nonjudgmental, and approachable. Her sense of humor adds a touch of warmth, creating an environment conducive to growth and healing.
She specializes in working with children, teens, and adults and has worked across various settings, including private practice, school, residential, and community mental health.
Dr. Dobbs has a profound understanding of mood, anxiety, OCD, parenting, ADHD, executive functioning, life transitions, adjustment issues, and perinatal mental health. Clients describe her as a keen listener, solution-focused, nonjudgmental, and approachable. Her sense of humor adds a touch of warmth, creating an environment conducive to growth and healing.

I'm a psychologist who works with children, adolescents and adults, specializing in loss, trauma, and family issues, in English and Spanish.
I am an Adjunct Psychology Professor at Columbia University and NYU. Formerly an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Attending Psychologist at Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. I received my Ph.D and masters from Columbia University, my postdoctoral fellowship at New York University School of Medicine/Bellevue with 9/11 first-responders.
I'm a psychologist who works with children, adolescents and adults, specializing in loss, trauma, and family issues, in English and Spanish.
I am an Adjunct Psychology Professor at Columbia University and NYU. Formerly an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Attending Psychologist at Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. I received my Ph.D and masters from Columbia University, my postdoctoral fellowship at New York University School of Medicine/Bellevue with 9/11 first-responders.

Ellie Becker
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
New York, NY 10011
I specialize in working with young children and their caregivers who are experiencing a variety of behavioral and developmental challenges resulting from trauma, autism spectrum disorders, depression, anxiety and other social-emotional concerns.
My treatment approach incorporates relational, play-based models of therapy that address the goals and needs of the family. I assess the child's individual needs through a developmental lens including the child's sensory profile to determine the best course of treatment. I work collaboratively with other therapists and teachers.
I specialize in working with young children and their caregivers who are experiencing a variety of behavioral and developmental challenges resulting from trauma, autism spectrum disorders, depression, anxiety and other social-emotional concerns.
My treatment approach incorporates relational, play-based models of therapy that address the goals and needs of the family. I assess the child's individual needs through a developmental lens including the child's sensory profile to determine the best course of treatment. I work collaboratively with other therapists and teachers.

I work with individuals across the lifespan and have significant experience working with children and families.
I continue to be amazed by the power of relationships to heal the deepest, most persistent sources of pain. I am committed to helping people make contact with the parts of themselves that are whole and healthy, those that remain intact despite the traumas and difficulties they have endured. I do this by paying close attention to the feelings and thoughts that emerge in the present, while also listening for outdated, limiting or wounded parts of the self. Leading with my belief in the potential to heal, we work collaboratively to harness innate resources for growth, resilience, and change.
I work with individuals across the lifespan and have significant experience working with children and families.
I continue to be amazed by the power of relationships to heal the deepest, most persistent sources of pain. I am committed to helping people make contact with the parts of themselves that are whole and healthy, those that remain intact despite the traumas and difficulties they have endured. I do this by paying close attention to the feelings and thoughts that emerge in the present, while also listening for outdated, limiting or wounded parts of the self. Leading with my belief in the potential to heal, we work collaboratively to harness innate resources for growth, resilience, and change.

I treat Adults, Adolescents, and Children.
Since 1993, I have been providing a combination of all my years of training tailoring specific treatments based on the individual needs and challenges of my patients, facilitating healing. I make every effort to accommodate the busy schedules of my patients by offering evenings, Saturdays, Sundays, Phone, and Virtual appointments (Telemental Health).
I treat Adults, Adolescents, and Children.
Since 1993, I have been providing a combination of all my years of training tailoring specific treatments based on the individual needs and challenges of my patients, facilitating healing. I make every effort to accommodate the busy schedules of my patients by offering evenings, Saturdays, Sundays, Phone, and Virtual appointments (Telemental Health).

She specializes in working with children, teens, and adults and has worked across various settings, including private practice, school, residential, and community mental health.
Dr. Dobbs has a profound understanding of mood, anxiety, OCD, parenting, ADHD, executive functioning, life transitions, adjustment issues, and perinatal mental health. Clients describe her as a keen listener, solution-focused, nonjudgmental, and approachable. Her sense of humor adds a touch of warmth, creating an environment conducive to growth and healing.
She specializes in working with children, teens, and adults and has worked across various settings, including private practice, school, residential, and community mental health.
Dr. Dobbs has a profound understanding of mood, anxiety, OCD, parenting, ADHD, executive functioning, life transitions, adjustment issues, and perinatal mental health. Clients describe her as a keen listener, solution-focused, nonjudgmental, and approachable. Her sense of humor adds a touch of warmth, creating an environment conducive to growth and healing.

I provide child, adolescent and adult individual and family therapy sessions.
My approach is derived from an integrative psychodynamic perspective, utilizing key tenets from humanistic, interpersonal, and trauma focused foundations.
I provide child, adolescent and adult individual and family therapy sessions.
My approach is derived from an integrative psychodynamic perspective, utilizing key tenets from humanistic, interpersonal, and trauma focused foundations.

I specialize in the testing and treatment of ADD/ADHD and Autism in children, teens and adults.
I know how scary it can be when you are facing a problem in your life that you can't solve by yourself. For most of us, reaching out for help is not easy. My approach to therapy centers around the belief that we need CONNECTION in order to heal.
I specialize in the testing and treatment of ADD/ADHD and Autism in children, teens and adults.
I know how scary it can be when you are facing a problem in your life that you can't solve by yourself. For most of us, reaching out for help is not easy. My approach to therapy centers around the belief that we need CONNECTION in order to heal.

She specializes in helping children, adults, and families to not only address issues like anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, behavioral problems ( child/teen), and autism, but to find their overall path towards happiness and well-being.
Caitlin utilizes a holistic approach to therapy. She employs CBT, the gold standard in mental health treatment, both in efficacy and speed of results, and incorporates ACT to help you embrace life’s challenges, develop mindfulness, and foster personal growth. She uses SPACE techniques to equip parents with tools to support their children’s emotional needs.
She specializes in helping children, adults, and families to not only address issues like anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, behavioral problems ( child/teen), and autism, but to find their overall path towards happiness and well-being.
Caitlin utilizes a holistic approach to therapy. She employs CBT, the gold standard in mental health treatment, both in efficacy and speed of results, and incorporates ACT to help you embrace life’s challenges, develop mindfulness, and foster personal growth. She uses SPACE techniques to equip parents with tools to support their children’s emotional needs.
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Child Therapists
Child psychologists in New York, NY provide mental health therapy to children and are experts in child development.
Every comprehensive review of therapy with children shows that all credible approaches, when performed by a competent mental health clinician, produce almost the same results. About half of all kids will get better. Of those that improve, 80% will show progress in a relatively short time, while the remaining 20% will need longer-term support.
The best child therapists in New York build great relationships with the child and the parent. They also see the child's strengths and are open to hearing the child's possible solutions to the challenges the child faces. Finally, a good therapist appreciates the child's culture and is sensitive to the values of the child's community.
Every comprehensive review of therapy with children shows that all credible approaches, when performed by a competent mental health clinician, produce almost the same results. About half of all kids will get better. Of those that improve, 80% will show progress in a relatively short time, while the remaining 20% will need longer-term support.
The best child therapists in New York build great relationships with the child and the parent. They also see the child's strengths and are open to hearing the child's possible solutions to the challenges the child faces. Finally, a good therapist appreciates the child's culture and is sensitive to the values of the child's community.