Education and clinical experience

Agnes Selinger is a licensed psychologist with expertise in cognitive behavioral therapies for young children, adolescents, and adults. Dr. Selinger has extensive experience providing exposure and response prevention (CBT) to individuals suffering from obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders and anxiety disorders, as well as depression, trichotillomania, Tourette’s and ADHD. In addition, Dr. Selinger has been intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) by Behavioral Tech and comprehensive behavioral intervention for tics (CBIT) by the Tourette Association of America.

Dr. Selinger earned her master’s and doctoral degrees from Hofstra University’s combined clinical and school psychology program, and has an additional master’s degree in psychology from New York University. Her clinical experience at the graduate level involved working primarily with individuals diagnosed with anxiety and depression. The school component of her training involved working in an elementary and high school where she ran groups, such as for children of divorce and stress management for high school seniors and conducted psychoeducational assessments. She completed her pre-doctoral clinical internship at the Southwestern Vermont Consortium, which included outpatient rotations providing individual and group therapy to clients of all ages. While there, she also provided individual treatment and parent training for children who participated in Head Start and conducted neuropsychological assessments at a memory clinic.

Other professional experiences have included an appearance on Columbia University’s radio show, “Uptown Radio” and in a phobia documentary by the NY Film Academy. She is a supervisor to graduate students in the School-Clinical Child Psy.D Program at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University and a consultant to various businesses. Dr. Selinger is an active member of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) and International OCD Foundation (IOCF).

Education

Hofstra University (APA Accredited), Doctoral Degree in Clinical and School Psychology, August 2011

Master of Arts in Clinical and School Psychology, Hofstra University, May 2006

Master of Arts in General Psychology, New York University, New York, NY, May 2005

Licenses

NY State Clinical Psychology License # 020034

NY State Provisional School Psychology Certificate, #1234660

Bilingual Education Assessment (BEA)-Polish- Certified

Bilingual Education Assessment (BEA)-French- Certified

training

Post-Doc

Cognitive-Behavioral Psychology of New York, New York, NY

Child and Family Psychology, Franklin Square, NY

Internship

Psychology Intern at the Southwestern Vermont Psychology Consortium, Bennington, VT

Externships

American Institute of Cognitive Therapy (AICT), New York, NY 

Bio-Behavioral Institute (BBI), Great Neck, NY

High School West and Signal Hill Elementary School, Dix Hills, NY

Pilgrim Psychiatric Hospital, Brentwood, NY

Saltzmann Community Center, Anxiety and Depression Clinic, Extern and Intake Coordinator, Hofstra University, Hempstead NY