Hello! My Name Is Jaclyn Levy (She/Her). I am pleased to connect with you.

My graduate studies began at The New School for Social Research, where I earned my Ph.D in Clinical Psychology. My specialties include: working with individuals who have depression and anxiety; self-esteem and identity concerns; adjustment and career difficulties; grief and loss; couples counseling; early childhood traumas; parenting skills and concerns; and interpersonal struggles.

My clinical training began at the Jewish Board for Family and Children’s Services (JBFCS) working in a daycare center for families and preschool-aged children experiencing poverty. At this time, I was appointed lead research liaison between the JBFCS and The New School for Social Research to examine the efficacy of group play therapy offered at the daycare centers. At the JBFCS, I helped to expand and improve treatment for families and children in need. Across this work, my team and I published numerous studies with the goal of spreading knowledge on group play therapy, resulting in an expansion of that treatment both nationally and internationally.

Then, my clinical training continued at Beth Israel Medical Center by working on an inpatient unit for adults providing group psychotherapy to patients with severe mental illness. At Brooklyn College Counseling Center, I gained high quality training in DBT, CBT, suicide prevention, and coping skills interventions. After, I fine-tuned my treatment approach while providing a broad array of interventions to a general outpatient population at Lenox Hill Hospital.

I completed my doctoral training at Maimonides Medical Center, working with a diverse set of patients across multiple settings, including an Adult Inpatient Unit, Day-Treatment recovery program for the severely mentally ill, Adult and Pediatric Emergency services, General Child and Adult Outpatient services, and Pediatric Neuropsychology. There, I created a specialized program to provide individualized behavioral treatment plans to patients on the Adult Inpatient Unit. The program was designed to help aggressive and disruptive patients utilize adaptive coping skills, help staff decrease the need for physical restraints and medication-based interventions, and decrease the length of hospital stays for patients.

I rounded out my post-doctoral training in private practice settings, gaining enhanced knowledge of working within a private setting to deliver treatment uniquely tailored to a wide variety of people.

Outside of private practice, I taught at Pace University in their Clinical Doctoral Program, provide consultations for Clinical Ph.D students at The New School for Social Research, and was previously a staff psychologist at The Zirinsky Family Center for Bipolar Disorder.

Now, I am thrilled to bring my expertise and passion to my patients, by integrating the worlds of psychotherapy, evidence-based treatment, and creativity to provide the highest quality patient-centered care.