Laura Silberstein
American psychologist, author
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Laura Silberstein is an American psychologist, psychotherapist and author.[1][2][3]
Laura Silberstein | |
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| Education | Yeshiva University |
| Medical career | |
| Institutions | Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
Education
Silberstein earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University.[4]
Psychology
Silberstein is the founding director of The Center for Compassion Focused Therapy in New York. She specializes in evidence-based techniques for treating an array of psychological issues. She also trains therapists with CFT, ACT and DBT.[4][5]
Silberstein is an assistant professor consultant at the Ferkauf School of Psychology and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her research interests consist of compassion-focused therapy, emotions, mindfulness and psychological flexibility. Her research on the fundamentals of Emotional Schema Theory was published in the International Journal of Cognitive Therapy.[6][1][4][7]
Works
- The ACT Practitioner's Guide to the Science of Compassion: Tools for Fostering Psychological Flexibility (2014) with Benjamin Schoendorff and Dennis Tirch[8]
- Buddhist Psychology and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (2015) with Dennis Tirch, Russell L. Kolts[8]
- How to Be Nice to Yourself: The Everyday Guide to Self Compassion: Effective Strategies to Increase Self-Love and Acceptance (2019)[9]
- Experiencing ACT from the Inside Out: A Self-Practice/Self-Reflection Workbook for Therapists (2019) with Martin J. Brock, M. Joann Wright, R. Trent Codd and Dennis Tirch[10]