Together we can face your challenges and create positive change for life.
Hello – I’m Dr. Michelle Pearlman.
I founded Pearlman Psychology to create a space where people come to face challenges and conquer difficulties in a warm and supportive environment. I am a clinical psychologist with over twenty years of experience helping people feel less anxious, sad, and alone, and more capable and empowered to live their best lives.
I specialize in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which is a therapeutic approach proven effective in the treatment of a wide range of problems, from anxiety and depression to children’s behavior and positive parenting. Through decades of research and clinical work, I have developed my own model for how to apply CBT in a way that is readily applied to create lasting change.
Founding Director of the Trauma and Bereavement Service, and Clinical Director of the Institute for Trauma and Resilience at the NYU Child Study Center/NYU School of Medicine
Lead author of Grief in Childhood: Fundamentals of Treatment in Clinical Practice, presenting Dr. Pearlman’s model for helping bereaved children and families
Author of several book chapters and articles about helping people cope with stress
Featured as mental health expert in multiple television news segments as well as newspaper and magazine articles
Specialties in anxiety, depression, loss and trauma, positive coping, and effective parenting