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Dr. Rebecca R. Berry

Clinical Psychologist and Mental Health Media Consultant

Prior to transitioning to independent practice, Dr. Rebecca R. Berry served as a Clinical Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. At the Child Study Center of NYU Langone Health (NYULH), she coordinated the Intensive Anxiety and OCD Treatment Program, facilitated parent workshops and adolescent social anxiety groups, and co-founded and directed the Tics, Tourette’s Disorder, and Trichotillomania Program. Dr. Rebecca R. Berry also led the nationally recognized NYULH Tourette’s Center of Excellence, working with a multidisciplinary team of experts to offer cutting-edge interventions and research for individuals with tics. She maintains affiliation with NYULH as an adjunct faculty member consulting with the Tourette’s Center of Excellence. 

Before joining the faculty at NYU, Dr. Berry served as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, where she helped establish the Early Life Stress and Pediatric Anxiety Program under the mentorship of Victor Carrion, MD. She also worked extensively in the Stanford Eating Disorders Clinic, Stanford DBT Clinic, and the university Sports Psychiatry Program, helping Division I athletes struggling with performance challenges as well as body image issues and disordered eating. Dr. Berry is dedicated to training and teaching and has almost two decades of experience training future mental health providers (psychology interns, psychiatry residents and fellows), undergraduate and graduate students, as well as  other care professionals in cognitive behavioral interventions. She is a diplomate with the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies, certifying her qualifications and commitment to evidence-based treatments. Furthermore, Dr. Berry has been involved in research and publications aiming to improve access to these treatment approaches for youth with anxiety and related impairments, and maintains active collaborations with clinical researchers in cutting edge interventions for individuals with anxiety disorders, OCD, and Tourette’s Disorder.

As featured on:

    • Graduated cum laude and with Highest Honors in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley

    • Ph.D. in Psychology, Columbia University in the City of New York

    • Clinical and Pediatric Psychology Internship, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford

    • Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

    • Certified Practitioner, Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics

    • Certified Practitioner, Comprehensive Model for Behavioral Treatment for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors

    • Certified Practitioner, Family-based treatment (also known as Maudsley Method) for Anorexia Nervosa

    • Diplomate in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies

    • Attending Psychologist, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford

    • Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

    • Clinical Associate Professor, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 

    • Director, Tourette’s Center of Excellence, NYU Langone Health 

    • Coordinator, Intensive Anxiety and OCD treatment programs, NYU Child Study Center

my APPROACH

My practice is dedicated to empowering individuals and families by shifting cognitive and behavioral patterns using practical, efficient, evidence-based approaches. I have expertise in providing cognitive-behavioral therapy, as well as extensive training in acceptance and commitment therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Where appropriate, I incorporate exposure and response prevention, habit reversal training, values work, acceptance, mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal skills into my clinical work to assist clients with achieving their goals.

My top priority when beginning any treatment program is establishing a supportive and collaborative partnership with all of my clients.  My approach is genuine, warm, non-judgmental, active, and results driven. I work hard to teach clients problem-solving and skill building while ensuring they feel heard and understood. Together, we will understand and disentangle unhelpful emotional, cognitive, and behavioral patterns, learn to embrace uncertainty (and what we can’t control), and confront and overcome anxiety, fears, as well as other challenges with confidence and flexibility. Through this process, individuals develop the tools to thrive internally and take meaningful, value-driven actions toward a return to leading satisfying and productive lives. As an empathic guide and active listener, I empower you to recognize strengths you may not see in yourself and live better from the inside, and out.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Exposure and Response Prevention

Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction

Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics

Comprehensive Behavioral Treatment for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors

Family-Based Treatment for Anorexia

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