Dr. Kathleen Mattran Taylor
meet Dr. Kathleen Mattran Taylor
Kathleen Mattran Taylor, Ph.D., DBT Program Coordinator, Clinician, is a licensed psychologist in New York, Connecticut, and Florida. She is committed to providing a supportive and collaborative therapeutic experience with a foundation of evidence-based therapies. She focuses on helping individuals make lasting and meaningful changes to reduce the distress of mental health problems and improve overall well-being. Dr. Taylor works with people suffering from anxiety, mood disorders, trauma, and borderline personality disorder. Dr. Taylor provides cognitive processing therapy (CPT), prolonged exposure therapy (PE), and dialectical behavior therapy – prolonged exposure protocol (DBT-PE) for the treatment of PTSD, and PTSD with co-occurring substance use disorders. Dr. Taylor is also well-versed in both cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), for the treatment of borderline personality disorder, and to help people struggling with their emotions. Dr. Taylor also provides therapy for couples in crisis, helping them improve communication and strengthen their connection using the Gottman method.
Dr. Taylor earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from George Mason University and her doctorate in Psychology and Neuroscience from Princeton University. She completed her postdoctoral respecialization in clinical psychology at Hofstra University and her psychology internship at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System in West Haven, CT. Dr. Taylor brings 25 years of neuroscience research experience and her expertise in the neural mechanisms of learning and motivation to her clinical practice. Dr. Taylor is a Clinical Lecturer in Psychology at Barnard College, where she teaches and advises the next generation of psychologists and collaborates in ongoing psychological research.
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