Laura Silberstein

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Laura Silberstein
EducationYeshiva University
Medical career
Institutions Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Laura Silberstein is an American psychologist, psychotherapist and author. [1] [2] [3]

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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]

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