CBC Team

Alisa Gudz, PsyD., is a staff psychologist and coordinator of the PCIT and SM programs at CBC where she conducts individual, family and group therapy with children, adolescents and adults with a range of clinical presentations. Alisa is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). She has extensive training in providing evidenced-based interventions to children, adolescents and adults with generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, selective mutism, ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder, school refusal, obsessive-compulsive disorder(OCD), and various mood disorders. Alisa is a certified Parent-Child Interaction Therapist (PCIT) and a certified Parent-Child Interaction for Selective Mutism therapist (PCIT-SM). Alisa also has extensive experience conducting exposure therapy and exposure with response prevention for youth, adolescents and adults with anxiety and OCD.

Alisa completed her pre-doctoral internship and externship at CBC and prior to her time at CBC, Alisa worked as a social worker at the Child Mind Institute and as a social work intern in the Mount Sinai Hospital System outpatient department. Alisa has also trained in public school settings in elementary, middle and high school levels. Alisa is passionate about helping her clients and families reach their goals.

She earned her Master’s Degree and Doctoral Degree in School Psychology from St. John’s University. Alisa previously earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Psychology from New York University. Alisa’s doctoral research focused on school professional’s knowledge in working with students with selective mutism. Alisa is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), Selective Mutism Association (SMA) and Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT).