I listen empathically to help my patients develop self-compassion and awareness so they can develop acceptance and create change. I see my role as listener, supporter, and guide into the internal world. My job is to thoughtfully explore with you, this unknown terrain and come to know the resources, resiliency, and best self that already exists. I also believe that life is not all rainbows and unicorns. There are many up and downs. The question is how we get through them. We must explore all aspects of life to fully engage and fulfill our greatest potentials.
I am trained to work with people experiencing all kinds of emotional and mental challenges with special training in parenting, postpartum mood and anxiety disorders as well as grief and loss. My NICU experience lends to working with people who have experienced fertility difficulties, challenging pregnancies, and medically-complicated beginnings.
I have worked in school, hospital, and outpatient clinic settings, with varied experiences across the life span and diagnostic spectrum. My belief is that much of the therapeutic work relies on the therapeutic relationship/match in addition to skills and therapeutic models. I’m looking forward to meeting you.
Shelly earned her BA from Brandeis University, M.S.Ed. in School Psychology in 2008, and her Psy.D. in School and Clinical Psychology in 2011. Her clinical experience includes work in psychiatric in-patient and out-patient units in urban hospitals in the Bronx. In 2014, she became an Instructor of Clinical Medical Psychology and staff psychologist for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Columbia University Medical Center. Prior to this role, she served as the Assistant Director of the McShane Center for Psychological Services, a community-based out-patient clinic affiliated with Pace University’s Psychology Doctoral Training Program. Shelly also continues to provide consultation services to the NICU at NYP/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital while primarily focusing on her private practice.
In addition to her clinical work, Shelly has contributed to co-authored posters, articles, and a book chapter, and has presented talks at conferences and as an invited guest lecturer. She has pursued further training and certifications through Resolve Through Sharing (Grief and Bereavement), Feeling Good Institute (CBT), Postpartum Support International (PMH), the Institute for Creative Mindfulness (EMDR), and Journey Clinical (Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy).
She is also the founder and director of a non-profit called Gesher Campus Care. Its mission is to connect Jewish college students and faculty to safe, supportive, and culturally competent therapists. We help students access mental health services and ensure financial limitations do not prevent anyone from receiving the emotional support they need. Find more information here: www.geshercampuscare.org
Certificate: American Psychological Association / 67544415
Certificate Date: 2006
Certificate: Pace University / Psy.D.
Certificate Date: 2010
NYS 68 020509
NPI 1740680966
EIN 82-2189659
Connecticut Psychologist license number 4654 effective 11/07/2023
Florida telehealth registration # TPPY2573
145 Palisade Street, Suite 368
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
(646) 490-0300