Elaina Zendegui, PsyD

Welcome. I am a licensed clinical psychologist in Manhattan, New York, where I provide psychotherapy to individuals, families and parents as well as consultation to individuals, groups, and organizations. 

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I specialize in Cognitive Behavior Therapy and work with children, adolescents, adults, and families to clarify their values and learn individualized skills to meet their goals and make lasting changes. You will experience a warm, nonjudgmental, and collaborative environment. 

 

I specialize in the treatment of anxiety, eating disorders, disruptive behavior, and emotion dysregulation. I have expertise in a number of treatment approaches, including exposure and response prevention, Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy, family-based treatment for eating disorders, behavioral treatment for selective mutism, and Parent Management Training.

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I am an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where I direct the Clinic for Overcoming Anxiety in Adolescents and in Children (COAACH). I am also a Clinical Supervisor at Rutgers University. Previously, I served as the co-director of the Adolescent Dialectical Behavior Therapy program at Mount Sinai Health System. 

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Here are some things I've been up to recently:

• Webinar: Phone Coaching for School Refusal: Using Technology to Help Youth Get Unstuck

• Peer-reviewed academic paper: Evaluating Clinical Outcomes in Practice Settings: Beyond the Limits of Grant-Funded Clinical Research

• Quoted in Fast Company: These Mental Health Companies Want to Get You in the Chair

• Quoted in Self: 5 Helpful Things to Say to a Friend Who Self-Harms (and 3 to Avoid)

• Webinar: Coping Cat: A Gold-Standard CBT for Child Anxiety

• Quoted in the New York Times: 52 Hours at Breakup Boot Camp

• Served as Chair of the OCD Special Interest Group of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America

• Served as Ad Hoc peer reviewer for academic journals

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My training is from the following institutions:

• NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine, Postdoctoral Fellowship

• North Shore-LIJ Health System, Clinical Internship

• Bellevue Hospital, Clinical Psychology Externship

• Child Mind Institute, Clinical Psychology Externship

• Rutgers University, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

• McGill University, Bachelor of Arts, with Great Distinction