Laura Silberstein Explained

Laura Silberstein
Education:	Yeshiva University
Work Institutions:	Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Laura Silberstein is an American psychologist, psychotherapist and author.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Education

Silberstein earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University.<^[4]

Psychology

Silberstein is the founding director of The Center for Compassion Focused Therapy in New York. She specializes in evidence-based techniques for treating an array of psychological issues. She also trains therapists with CFT, ACT and DBT.^[5]

Silberstein is an assistant professor consultant at the Ferkauf School of Psychology and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her research interests consist of compassion-focused therapy, emotions, mindfulness and psychological flexibility. Her research on the fundamentals of Emotional Schema Theory was published in the International Journal of Cognitive Therapy.^{[6] [7]}

Works

• The ACT Practitioner's Guide to the Science of Compassion: Tools for Fostering Psychological Flexibility (2014) with Benjamin Schoendorff and Dennis Tirch^[8]
• Buddhist Psychology and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (2015) with Dennis Tirch, Russell L. Kolts^[8]
• How to Be Nice to Yourself: The Everyday Guide to Self Compassion: Effective Strategies to Increase Self-Love and Acceptance (2019)^[9]
• Experiencing ACT from the Inside Out: A Self-Practice/Self-Reflection Workbook for Therapists (2019) with Martin J. Brock, M. Joann Wright, R. Trent Codd and Dennis Tirch^[10]

Notes and References

1. News: 13 Badass Psychologists…Who Happen to Be Women . 15 January 2021 . New Harbinger. 8 March 2017 . en.
2. News: Lindley . Jennifer King . What Is Resilience? Psychologists Explain How to Grow From Painful Moments . 15 January 2021 . Health.com . EN.
3. News: Kippert . Amanda . It's Time We Start Being Nicer to Ourselves . 15 January 2021 . DomesticShelters.org.
4. Web site: Staff: Dr. Laura Silberstein-Tirch . The Center for Compassion Focused & Therapy & ACT-NYC . 15 January 2021.
5. Web site: Laura Silberstein-Tirch, PsyD . Praxis Continuing Education and Training . 15 January 2021.
6. Tirch . Dennis D. . Leahy . Robert L. . Silberstein . Laura R. . Melwani . Poonam S. . Emotional Schemas, Psychological Flexibility, and Anxiety: The Role of Flexible Response Patterns to Anxious Arousal . International Journal of Cognitive Therapy . 15 January 2021 . 380–391 . 10.1521/ijct.2012.5.4.380 . 1 December 2012. 5 . 4 .
7. Web site: Laura R. Silberstein's scientific contributions . ResearchGate . 15 January 2021.
8. Book: Tirch . Dennis D . Schoendorff . Benjamin . Silberstein . Laura R . The ACT practitioner's guide to the science of compassion tools for fostering psychological flexibility . WorldCat . 15 January 2021 . English . 2014. 984816945 .
9. Book: Silberstein . Laura R . How to be nice to yourself: the everyday guide to self-compassion : effective strategies to increase self-love and acceptance . WorldCat . 15 January 2021 . English . 2019. 1120084285 .
10. Web site: Experiencing ACT from the Inside Out: A Self-Practice/Self-Reflection Workbook for Therapists (Self-Practice/Self-Reflection Guides for Psychotherapists) Association for Contextual Behavioral Science . Association for Contextual Behavioral Science . 15 January 2021.