Tanya Singh, Ph.D.
Dr. Tanya Singh (she/her) is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the CBT Center for Anxiety and OCD and has been in the field of psychology for over a decade. She completed her APA-accredited pre-doctoral internship at the Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care. She holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Montclair State University, NJ. Tanya also holds a Master’s Degree in Psychology in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Dr. Singh finds her clinical work to be extremely rewarding both professionally and personally. Her goal in therapy is to help provide the best possible psychological care for her patients by using a holistic and person-centered approach that involves understanding the human behind the presenting problems. She has extensive experience using a variety of Evidence-Based Treatments (EBTs), such as, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Behavior Therapy (BT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and has used these approaches to help individuals of all ages with complex psychological presentations including anxiety, OCD, panic, BDD, perfectionism, health anxiety, mood disorders, personality disorders, chronic pain and substance use problems. Being an immigrant woman of color, she is particularly interested in working with individuals from marginalized communities and those with intersectional identities. Dr. Singh hopes that through their work together, her clients are able to have a better quality of life and come closer to embodying their best and most authentic selves.
In her free time, Tanya enjoys learning new things, traveling, eating and cooking new foods, watching movies, taking nature walks and spending time with the kids in her life. Her interests include understanding the nature of consciousness, Buddhism, spirituality and philosophy.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Montclair State University, NJ
- M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Montclair State University, NJ
- M.A. in Psychology in Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY
- B.A in Psychology, Jacksonville University, Fl.
- B.A. in Communications, Jacksonville University, Fl.
Training:
- Postdoctoral Fellowship: CBT Center for Anxiety & OCD
- Predoctoral Internship: Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care, New Brunswick, NJ
- Externship: Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
- Externship: Behavioral Associates, New York, NY
- Externship: SUNY Downstate Medical Center – Children’s Mental Health Center, New York, NY
- Externship: Hoboken University Medical Center – Partial Hospital Program, Hoboken, NJ
Dissertation:
- Factors Related to Formal and Online Help-seeking Behaviors among Latinx College Students