Specialty Areas: Anxiety, Depression, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Dr. Barzvi is a child and adolescent psychologist with expertise in the evaluation and treatment of anxiety and mood disorders in children, adolescents, and young adults. She is the Clinical Director of our Institute for Anxiety and Mood Disorders and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Barzvi has extensive experience treating Social Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, School Refusal, and Separation Anxiety, and she is a skilled parenting coach and is expert in the use of virtual reality treatments of anxiety. Dr. Barzvi frequently appears on national and local news programs and is the co-author of Who Invented Lemonade: The Power of Positive Perspective.

Dr. Barzvi earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Connecticut. She completed her internship training at Bellevue Hospital and at NYU Medical Center. She is a member of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy and the Anxiety Disorders Association of America.

Books by Dr. Barzvi

Who Invented Lemonade?: The Power of Positive Perspective

In the News

Talking with Your Spouse to Send the Right Messages to Your Kids
Dr. Alexander Barzvi spoke with Bruce Barber on "The Real Life Survival Guide" on Sirius Satellite Radio. In this episode Dr. Barzvi talks about working with your spouse to help instill the qualities, values, and characteristics you would like to see in your children. (December 1, 2007)

School Anxiety
Dr. Alexandra Barzvi appeared on WNBC's News 4 You with Perri Peltz. This segment, on school anxiety, was the first of a three-part series on different types of anxiety that afflict children and adolescents. Dr. Barzvi provided tips on how parents could help their children overcome anxiety. (October 5, 2007)

The Praise Craze
Dr. Alexandra Barzvi spoke to correspondent Tiki Barber of The Today Show about the negative consequences of overpraising children. Dr. Barzvi recommends that parents should focus on their child's effort, not outcome, when giving praise. (July 10, 2007)

Squabbling Siblings
Dr. Alexandra Barzvi appeared live on the CBS Early Show to talk about sibling rivalry. (May 19, 2007)

Perfect Parenting: Less Praise is More
Dr. Alexandra Barzvi appeared live on the CBS Early Show to talk about effective praising techniques for parents. Dr. Barzvi’s tips include: use praise selectively; be very specific; and praise the effort, not the outcome. (May 7, 2007)

Take My Teen Angst... Please!
Dr. Alexandra Barzvi spoke to the Associated Press about "Mortified," a comedy show where original authors read their journals, letters, and poems, which they refer to as "teen angst artifacts." Dr. Barzvi said it can be therapeutic and healthy to laugh at yourself. (February 22, 2007)

Perfect Parenting: Children, Chores, and Stereotypes
Dr. Alexandra Barzvi was on the CBS Early Show (Windows Media file) speaking about parents unconsciously tasking sons and daughter with gender-specific chores. Dr. Barzvi suggested parents use a "job jar"—where everyone selects chores at random—as a fair way of assigning chores to the whole family. (January 29, 2007)

Dealing with Back-to-School Jitters
Dr. Alexandra Barzvi was on WNBC's Live at Five newscast yesterday offering tips to parents for calming back-to-school jitters. (September 4, 2006)

The Importance of Play
Dr. Alex Barzvi discusses why play is necessary for adults and what kids can teach us about play on New Morning, which airs on the Hallmark Channel. (March 29, 2006)

Have You Ever Caught Yourself in Hyper-Parent Mode?
Dr. Alexandra Barzvi talked about "overparenting" on the Morning, which airs on the Hallmark Channel. (January 16, 2006)