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Personal Statement

Avital Falk, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in evidence-based interventions for children, adolescents and young adults suffering from anxiety and mood disorders. She is the Director of the Weill Cornell Pediatric OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Program (POCAT), and specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and exposure and response prevention (ERP) for OCD and anxiety disorders. She provides a variety of clinical services including diagnostic assessments, therapy and consultations. In addition to working at the Weill Cornell Specialty Center, Dr. Falk is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending Psychologist at New York Presbyterian Hospital.

Biographical Info

Dr. Avital Falk completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where she received research and clinical training in evidence-based interventions for children, adolescents and adults. She has received numerous awards for her research, including the Norma and Seymour Feshbach Doctoral Dissertation Award and, as the recipient of the UCLA Clinical Psychology Training Program’s Scientist Practitioner Award, Dr. Falk has contributed multiple publications and presentations on clinical research.

Dr. Falk completed her clinical internship training at the NYU Child Study Center and Bellevue Hospital Center. She has trained in multiple settings spanning inpatient, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and outpatient psychotherapy, and additionally has worked with a number of treatment modalities, including dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT). Following her internship year, she completed a year as a postdoctoral fellow at Weill Cornell Medical College, where she joined the Youth Anxiety Center to work with emerging adults in addition to children and adolescents. She founded the Intensive Treatment Program (ITP) for OCD and Anxiety and is currently the Director of the Weill Cornell Pediatric OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Program (POCAT).

Honors and Awards

Norma and Seymour Feshbach Doctoral Dissertation Award (2013)

UCLA Psychology Department Scientist Practitioner Award (2012)

Dr. Ursala Mandel Scholarship  (2012)

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention (2010 and 2011)

UCLA Graduate Summer Mentorship Fellowship (2010 and 2011)

Clinical Expertise
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Anxiety
Social Anxiety Disorder
Separation Anxiety
Panic Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Specific Phobia
Selective Mutism
Parent Education
Depression
Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
Trichotillomania
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Behavior Therapy
Tics
Tic Disorders
Languages
English
Education 
  • Ph.D.
    University of California, Los Angeles
    2014
  • M.A.
    University of California, Los Angeles
    2010
  • B.A.
    University of Pennsylvania
    2009
Appointments 
  • Associate Attending Psychologist
    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
  • Associate Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry
    Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University

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