Rebecca B. Skolnick, PhD

MindWell NYC provides CBT, DBT, and mindfulness-based approaches. We treat all ages with a range of presenting issues. I personally specialize in anxiety, OCD, and eating disorders in adults, with a special interest and experience in exposure and response prevention. At any given time, about one quarter to one half of my clients present with OCD.

I provide individual CBT and DBT depending on the client’s presenting issues. For instance, for someone who is struggling with OCD and emotion dysregulation, I often provide comprehensive DBT and OCD exposure and response prevention (EX/RP) concurrently. This involves weekly or twice weekly appointments as well as DBT Skills Group. If someone has an eating disorder and OCD, I typically meet with them weekly or twice weekly and provide CBT-E for the eating disorder and EX/RP for the OCD. I also provide EX/RP for eating disorders where relevant.

I have been working with OCD for 18+ years, starting as an intern during graduate school and then as a licensed clinician. I trained at the Center for Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy as well as Hofstra University’s community mental health center and Northwell Health’s Zucker Hillside Hospital. I specialize in exposure and response prevention for OCD and anxiety, specific phobias, and eating disorders.