Nicole Wildstein

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EDUCATION

ABOUT NICOLE WILDSTEIN

Dr. Wildstein values using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure response prevention therapy (ERP), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to teach patients specific, life-long skills that can improve their ability to cope with challenging emotions and resist unhelpful behaviors. She has extensive experience treating panic attacks, agoraphobia, social anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), generalized anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, body-focused repetitive behaviors (hair-pulling and skin-picking), binge eating, substance use, and insomnia. She specializes in helping college students and young adults, and has broad experience with individuals across the lifespan. Her patients often note her authentic style, insight, and helpful sense of humor. Dr. Wildstein received her Psy.D. and M.A. from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology (Yeshiva University) and her B.A. in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis. Her doctoral research focused on validating a measure of interpersonal problems to improve personality disorder assessment in older adults. She completed her predoctoral internship at Brooklyn College Personal Counseling Center, where she provided individual and group counseling to students of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, nationalities, and cultural backgrounds. She has also previously taught advanced courses, such as Social Psychology, Experimental Psychology, and Cognitive and Personality Assessment, to both undergraduate and graduate students.