About Dr. Schwalbe

 

Dr. Evan Schwalbe provides neuropsychological assessments and interventions for individuals who have sustained a neurological injury or illness. He also provides cogntive behavioral therapy to adolescents and adults.

 

 

Education

Dr. Schwalbe received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus. During his years as a graduate student, Dr. Schwalbe trained at a number of hospitals in the New York Metropolitan area including Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at New York University and the Zucker Hillside Hospital at Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

He completed his clinical internship at South Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center, a forensic psychiatric hospital in Miami, Florida where he gained experience in the area of forensic psychological assessment. After completing his internship, Dr. Schwalbe was selected for the Kessel Fellowship at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. During his fellowship, he trained under a neuropsychologist in the Department of Psychiatry where he conducted research and provided neuro-rehabilitative treatment to psychiatric patients who also suffered from neurocognitive disorders. As a fellow at Columbia University, Dr. Schwalbe gained experience in psychiatric rehabilitation, cognitive remediation and neuropsychological evaluation. Dr. Schwalbe then completed a second fellowship in neuropsychological assessment at Montefiore Medical Center, the University hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

 

Work History

Past apppointments include a medical staff affiliation at Montefiore Medical Center in the Department of Psychiatry, as well as a clinical assessment supervisory position in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program at Teachers College, Columbia University.

 

Publications

Schwalbe, E. & Medalia, A. (2007). Cognitive Dysfunction and Competency Restoration: Using Cogntive Remediation to Help Restore the Unrestorable. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 35, 518-525

Medalia, A. and Schwalbe, E. (2008). Cognitive Functioning in People who are Homeless, Columbia University: New York, NY.

 

About Karen D'Angelo Schwalbe

Karen D'Angelo Schwalbe, PhD, is a clinical psychologist. Her clinical work and research areas include attachment, childhood trauma and resilience, grief, and eating disorders. She treats children, adolescents, and adults presenting with a range of difficulties including depression, anxiety, behavioral problems, as well as eating disorders and problems associated with grief and loss. She is also available for psychological assessment.

Education

Dr. Karen D'Angelo Schwalbe completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Institute for Trauma and Resilience at the NYU Child Study Center. Her clinical internship was in the psychiatry department of Miami Children's Hospital. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Long Island University in Brooklyn, NY and her undergraduate degree from George Washington University.

Work History

Dr. Karen D'Angelo Schwalbe is an adjunct faculty member of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the New York University (NYU) School of Medicine and was previously the testing coordinator for the clinical psychology doctoral program at Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, where she supervised the training of doctoral students in psychological testing. She was also previously a staff psychologist at the NYU Counseling and Behavioral Health Service. Dr. Schwalbe trained as a graduate student at Beth Israel Medical Center, completing rotations in both adult and child psychopathology.

Publications

Dr. Karen D'Angelo Schwalbe recently co-authored a book published by the American Psychological Association on the treatment of grief in childhood (Pearlman, M., Schwalbe, K.D., & Cloitre, M. (2010). Grief in Childhood: A Guide to Treatment in Clinical Practice. American Psychological Association: Washington, DC).

Karen D'Angelo Schwalbe sees patients in Scarsdale, New York. She can be reached at (914) 246-7303.