Jill Backfeild-Weiss, PhD
Jill Backfield-Weiss
“I help clients negotiate all forms of barriers to creative expression and professional achievement.”
Over the course of a 26-year career as a licensed clinical psychologist I have striven to bring understanding, emotional warmth, and creative insights and solutions to clients in an accepting, non-judgmental therapeutic environment. My overall goal is to help clients embrace the possibility of change and growth. I have considerable experience working with culturally diverse adults, couples, and families. In my practice I focus on treating relationship conflicts and difficulties, unproductive behavior patterns, mood difficulties, workplace related stress, academic and neurodiversity related struggles, and distress due to longstanding or severe medical conditions. Overall I help clients negotiate all forms of barriers to creative expression and professional achievement. I also have experience conducting neuropsychiatric assessments to aid in the diagnosis of a range of neurological and psychological conditions.
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Training and Experience
Dr. Backfield-Weiss completed an APA-approved Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Columbia University, NY, and two Masters’ degrees (M.S.,M.Phil.) at Teachers College, Columbia University, NY. She completed her postdoctoral Fellowship at State University of New York, Downstate and her predoctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology at Kings County Hospital, NY. Following graduation, Dr. Backfield-Weiss taught and trained doctoral clinical psychology students at Teachers College, Columbia University.