ADAPT Lab Graduate Students
Joy Shen, MA
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Joy is a fifth year in the Adult Clinical Psychology PsyD Program and is interested in working with LGBTQ+ populations and patients struggling with anxiety and depression disorders. Their research focuses on school-based universal prevention programs targetting depression and anxiety. Joy received their B.S. in Applied Psychology from NYU and has extensive experience working in clinical research with young adults dealing with executive functioning issues. They've conducted clinical training at New York-Prebyterian's Substance Abuse Unit where they provided short term individual therapy and running groups, and the CUNY Graduate center where they worked with a diverse range of graduate students in individual and group therapy. Joy is interning at the Nashville VA.
Amalia Tobias, MA
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Amalia is a fifth year student in the Adult Clinical Psychology Psy.D. Program. She received her B.A. in psychology from Hamilton College and has clinical and research experience working with anxious and depressed adolescents and their families. Her clinical interests include the treatment and prevention of individuals struggling with depression, anxiety disorders, and executive functioning issues. Amalia has received clinical training at Together CBT, a private practice, working with children and adults through a CBT lens and running groups and at NYP Track 7, a specialty inpatient unit tailored for Orthodox Jewish individuals, where she ran groups and indiviudal therapy using CBT and DBT. She also externed at LIJ Zucker Hillside Hospital on the Combined OCD and Bipolar Track, providing outpatient treatment to those specific populations. Amalia is interning at Montefiore in the adult program.
Rachel Fried, MA
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Rachel is a fifth year student in the Adult Clinical Psychology Psy.D. Program. She received her B.A. in psychology from the University of Delaware. Her clinical interests include anxiety and depression treatment and prevention in adolescents. She has had clinical training at Academics west, working with students, and at Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) College Counseling, where she worked with college students conducting group and individual therapy. Rachel is interning at Jamaica Hospital.
Rachel Baitch, MA
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Rachel is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Adult Clinical Psychology Psy.D. Program. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women. Her clinical and research interests focus on the treatment and prevention of mood disorders in both adults and adolescents. Currently, she is training at Northwell Health’s psycho-oncology program, where she provides
comprehensive evaluations and mental health services to individuals with cancer. She has previously conducted her clinical training at the
CBT/DBT Center, where she provided evidence-based therapies for individuals and groups, as well as Brooklyn College’s Personal Counseling Program, where she provided short and long term therapy forundergraduate and graduate students.
Jaclyn Mehl, MA
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Jaclyn is a fourth year student at the Adult Clinical Psychology Psy.D. Program. She graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2019 with a BS in Business Administration. Jaclyn has experience researching and working with individuals who suffer from PTSD and other trauma related disorders as well as comorbid alcohol and substance use disorders. Jaclyn's clinical interests include prevention and treatment of anxiety, depression and OCD as well as trauma related disorders. This year, Jaclyn is externing at Northwell LIJ’s OCD and Bipolar Centers, conducting both individual and group CBT. Previously, Jaclyn has externed at the Horizon inpatient unit at New York Presbyterian Westchester Behavioral Health and at Academics West. In the ADAPT lab, Jaclyn is conducting research on cognitive and behavioral vulnerability factors for OCD.
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Leeba Goldenhersh, MA
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Leeba is a fourth year student in the Adult Clinical Psychology Psy.D. Program. She received her B.A. in psychology from Yeshiva University Stern College for Women. Leeba has experience researching eating disorders, specifically the efficacy of a mindfulness-based treatment for eating disorders. Her clinical interests include the prevention and treatment of OCD, anxiety disorders, and eating disorders. Currently, Leeba is providing therapy for college and graduate students at the College of Staten Island (CUNY) counseling center. This year, she will be externing at NYP Track 8, an inpatient eating disorder unit, where she will be providing CBT and DBT to individuals suffering from eating disorders and comorbid disorders.
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Rachel Baitch, BA
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Jahnvi Bhojwani, MA
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Jahnvi is a fourth-year student in the Adult Clinical Psychology PsyD Program. She received her B.Sc. in Human Development, with minors in Psychology and Gerontology from Cornell University. She has clinical training working with children with developmental difficulties in both school and private settings, as well as with adolescents and adults with eating disorders in the inpatient program at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Her clinical interests include the treatment and prevention of depression and anxiety, particularly among adolescents and adults. This year, Jahnvi is externing at the Northwell Zucker Hillside Perinatal Psychiatry Center, providing outpatient treatment for women and couples across the perinatal period. She also serves as a clinical interventionist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, delivering Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy to caregivers of patients with advanced cancer as part of a randomized controlled trial.
Sophia Glinski, MA
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​​Sophia Glinski is a third year student in the Adult Clinical Psychology Psy.D. Program. She received her B.A. in psychology with honors from the University of Pennsylvania in 2023. Sophia has experience conducting research on, presenting, and publishing on anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and gastrointestinal distress. Her research and clinical interests include anxiety disorders, OCD, and eating disorders. Sport psychology is of particular interest to Sophia, and her dissertation research focuses on a psychological first aid intervention for college athletes. Sophia received specialized clinical training working with adolescents and young adults in the treatment of eating disorders at the Mount Sinai Weight and Eating Disorders Program. This year, Sophia is externing at New York Presbyterian on an inpatient unit for young adults with a range of diagnostic profiles.
Abigail Goldberg, MA
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Abby is a third year student at the Adult Clinical Psychology PsyD. Program. She attended Yeshiva University Stern College for Women and graduated with a BA in Psychology and Biology. Her research experience includes neuroscience research at the Bar-Ilan University as well as working as a data scientist at Achieve Behavioral Health. Abby has experience working with individuals from neurodivergent populations as well as experience volunteering on the Crisis Text Line. Her clinical and research interests involve the prevention and treatment of anxiety, depression, and OCD amongst adults.
Felicia Rosen
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Felicia is a second-year student in the Adult Clinical Psychology Psy.D. Program. She received her B.A. summa cum laude in psychology from Skidmore College, where she developed her research interest in positive psychology interventions for anxiety disorders. Her research thesis, an experiment on savoring as an intervention for GAD, was published in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders. After graduating, she worked at the Child Mind Institute as a Research Assistant in the Autism Center. She also has experience working with adults with developmental disabilities and children on an inpatient psychiatric unit. This year, Felicia will be externing at the Brooklyn College Personal Counseling Center. She will be continuing her research on savoring interventions in the ADAPT lab.
Gilad Ginsberg
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Gilad is a second-year student in the Adult Clinical Psychology Psy.D. Program. He received his B.A. in Psychology from Touro University. Gilad has conducted research at Achieve Behavioral Health examining psychotherapy duration and investigating ways to improve efficiency in large practices. His doctoral research focuses on the etiology and vulnerabilities that contribute to the development of PTSD. He is currently externing at the College of Staten Island’s Counseling Center. Gilad is passionate about serving emerging adults and adults struggling with anxiety, depression, and trauma histories, and he has a particular interest in meaning-centered psychotherapy.
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Lila Bruynesteyn, MA
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Emily Amouyal
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Emily is a second-year student in the Adult Clinical Psychology Psy.D. Program. She attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with her B.A. in 2021 and her M.A. in Behavioral and Decision Sciences in 2022. She researched problem-based learning and taught Grade 8 Mathematics in New York City for two years prior to pursuing her doctorate. Emily has experience working with neurodivergent adolescents, and has experience volunteering for Crisis Text Line and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Her clinical and research interests involve the prevention of anxiety, OCD, and depression amongst school-aged populations and the use of school-based interventions and social and emotional learning curricula.
Research Assistants
Joshua Plutchik
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Joshua is a New York University graduate who studied psychology and marketing. He has long been captivated by the workings of the mind, from both a neurobiological and psychological standpoint. He intends to pursue a doctoral degree in psychology. His areas of research interests include mood and anxiety disorders, working with LGBTQIA+ adolescents and adults, mindfulness-based interventions, and trauma. Joshua is also passionate about portrait and landscape photography and videography. He hopes to contribute to the burgeoning utilization of technology to assist in evidence-based psychological interventions to increase access to at-risk populations.
Joy Shen, BS
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Joy Shen, BS
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