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About

Dr. Tara M. Kakaty

“It is never too late to be what you might have been”

~ George Eliot

 

 

Welcome to my practice! I am a licensed Psychologist who has experience working with children, adolescents, and adults with a variety of issues.
 
Every person is unique, and each life situation is different; therefore, I adapt a variety of interventions and techniques in order to help my clients achieve their personal goals towards emotional wellness and balance. 
 
I utilize an interactive, supportive, and multifaceted approach, and pull from a variety of theoretical approaches to help conceptualize and guide treatment for each of my clients. 
 
These approaches include:
 

- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 

- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

 

- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 

- Psychodynamic Therapy

Training & Experience 

I graduated with Honors in Human Development from Cornell University. I then received my Master’s and Doctoral Degrees in Clinical Psychology from Long Island University / C.W. Post in Brookville, New York, with a concentration in the study of serious and persistent mental illness. 

 

Experiences include: 

  • I am presently in practice, providing individual therapy to children, adolescents and adults on an outpatient basis

  • Externships include Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York, and at The Audrey Hepburn Children's House of Hackensack University Medical Center 

  • Internship in the Residential and Day Treatment Programs at Green Chimneys Children's Services in New York 

  • Worked with children and adolescents requiring a heightened level of care after receiving my doctoral degree, in a Residential Treatment Center at St. Christopher's, Inc. in New York, as well as in Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Programs at Stepping Forward Counseling Center

 

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