With every client I meet, I believe that we must work together as partners in therapy in order to achieve success. I will help you to define your goals for treatment and work together with you closely to meet your needs, ensuring that you feel safe in the process. We will explore how you view the world and evaluate if you would benefit from adjusting your ways of thinking. This process consists of learning strategies to improve your life situation when needed, and I will be there to cheer you on in both your successes and failures as they are both necessary at times to achieve change. In assessment, a variety of information is collected from you and possibly your significant others in order to help determine the nature of what has been troubling you. You will undergo an array of tests, as well, to provide further information needed for diagnosis and treatment planning. Still, you will be an important partner in this experience and I will always be forthcoming and explain the process fully to you.
Dr. Goodman has worked with older teens and adults across the lifespan. She has extensive experience in the assessment of problems related to memory and in treatments for memory wellness. She has specialized in helping individuals suffering from depression, post-traumatic stress, anxiety and panic, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and relational difficulties. She is highly effective in helping clients to manage stress and change their ineffective way of thinking.
Dr. Rachel Z. Goodman received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from St. John’s University, New York. She is a clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist with more than 25 years of experience in psychotherapy and psychological and neuropsychological assessment. Her areas of expertise include neurocognitive disorders, brain health and prevention, caregiver stress, trauma and PTSD, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and occupational mental health.
She previously served as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and as Co-Associate Director of the Alzheimer’s Risk Assessment Clinic at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal. Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, she received specialized training in PTSD treatments and worked with individuals affected by the attacks, including first responders. Her research has focused on Alzheimer’s disease risk and prevention, as well as caregiver stress.
Dr. Goodman is also the developer of the Dor L’Dor™ Model, an intergenerational framework promoting resilience, mental health, brain health, and healthy aging across the lifespan.