With Positive Mindset Psychology you get the exceptional service you deserve to empower yourself!
Transforming mental healthcare
As a mental health professional, I understand that it is hard to discuss your mental health, but you already took that important step to transform your mental health by being here.
By utilizing an integrative approach that includes selecting techniques from different therapeutic orientations best suited for your particular needs, we will work together to help you achieve that mindset to give you a different perspective in life.
Techniques such as Deep Breathing, Guided Imagery Relaxation, Dropping Anchor, and Progressive Muscle Relaxation are used to improve coping skills and better manage stress.
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Amita Marks, PHD
I am a licensed psychologist specializing in depression, anxiety, Trichotillomania, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Adjustment Disorder, relationship issues, and stress management. I understand that no one technique is appropriate for every individual, so I prefer an eclectic approach to provide clients the necessary tools to improve their lives. However, my primary approach is evidenced-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Using CBT, I help clients develop improved insight into their thought processes and how they can impact their emotional experience. I recognize that it requires courage and willpower to seek therapy. I therefore seek to improve self-efficacy and empower people to assert control over their own mental health. Helping clients believe in themselves, become more attuned to their thoughts, and utilize mind over mood affords me enormous gratification.
I graduated from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York with a Ph.D. in Clinical Neuropsychology and have conducted and published research examining the cognitive profiles, parenting attributes, and developmental trajectories of preschoolers with ADHD. During my graduate training, I worked with children and adolescents and their parents to manage behavioral difficulties through parent management training at Queens College as well as Mount Sinai School of Medicine. I also worked with geriatric population in Winthrop University Hospital.
During my pre-doctoral internship, I provided individual and group therapy to children and adults with developmental delays, intellectual disabilities, and traumatic brain injuries at AHRC. While completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weil Cornell Medical Center, I worked with school- aged children, adolescents, and adults with anxiety, school phobia/avoidance, OCD, Social Anxiety Disorder, and depression using exposure therapy and cognitive restructuring.
Over the years, I have been fortunate to work with individuals across the developmental spectrum (from young children to elderly populations) with a variety of needs and honed my expertise in anxiety, depression, OCD, and relationship issues. I have worked within both healthcare facilities and private practice using in-office and telemedicine platforms, and am privileged to be multilingual (English, Hindi, and Bengali) and multicultural. These assets help me relate to others, facilitate a healthy perspective of themselves, and strengthen their relationships with loved ones by setting healthy boundaries.