Dr. Erez Harari

Dr. Erez Harari received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Fordham University. He completed his pre-doctoral internship at the Yale University School of Medicine, specializing in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for individuals struggling with emotion dysregulation, self-harm behaviors, and substance use disorders. He completed his post-doctoral fellowship at the Center for Cognitive and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Long Island, where he provided DBT and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) to adults and adolescents. In addition to his private practice, Dr. Harari is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Over the course of his graduate career, Dr. Harari has received extensive training in CBT, DBT, Relapse Prevention, Motivational Interviewing and General Psychotherapy and provides these treatments to adults and adolescents in his private practice. He is committed to providing the highest quality of psychotherapy through the use of evidence-based treatments and will work with you to develop the skills and strategies needed to achieve your goals.

Alessandra de Marchena

Alessandra de Marchena works as an associate in Dr. Harari’s practice. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who received her Masters in Social Work from New York University and a Masters in Child Developmental Psychology from Sarah Lawrence College. She has been intensively trained in both Multisystemic Therapy for Substance Abuse (MST-SA) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Alessandra has previously worked as a supervisor for the MST-SA program at Montefiore Medical Center and currently supervises conferences for multiple programs at the hospital.

Over the course of her training and career Alessandra has worked with adults, adolescents, and families in various settings. She is committed to delivering high quality, evidence based services in order to develop treatment solutions that are unique to each individual. Alessandra is aware that individuals function within their environmental context and strives to become knowledgeable of each person’s current life stressors to better understand barriers to long term goals. Her approach is to empower individuals to make needed changes in their lives while maintaining a warm, nonjudgmental manner to assist in making those changes.