Allison Abrams

About Allison Abrams

Allison Abrams is a licensed psychotherapist, author, and mental health advocate. She is a contributing writer for Psychology Today, The Huffington Post, GoodTherapy, and Verywellmind, and a media expert for national and international publications such as NBC, Business Insider, Washington Post, BBC, USA Today, and Women\'s Day. Allison works with corporations across business sectors as an executive coach to help employees manage stress and improve communication and leadership skills. Allison is the co-author of A Contemporary Approach to Clinical Supervision: The Supervisee\'s Perspective, published by Routledge, and the author of the Psychology Today Blog: Nurturing Self-Compassion. She currently works in private practice in NYC.

Experience

1. Shesource Expert

   Women\'s Media Center

   Jan 2017 — Present

   Founded by Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda and Robin Morgan, the Women\'s Media Center SheSource is an online braintrust of female experts on diverse topics designed to serve journalists, producers and bookers who need female guests and sources.

Education

• NYU School of Medicine Institute for Psychoanalytic Education

  Fellowship in Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

  2010 — 2012

• Contemporary Freudian Society of New York Psychoanalytic Institute

  Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

  2012 — 2015

• The City University of New York

  Master of Social Work (MSW), Clinical Social Work

  2007 — 2009

• Harvard University

  Certificate in Meditation and Psychotherapy, Mindfulness

• Georgian Court University

  Bachelor's degree, Psychology

  1994 — 1998

• Center for Executive Coaching (CEC)

  Executive and leadership coaching