Specialty Areas: Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy; Anxiety, Depression, and Adjustment Difficulties; Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescents

Sameena Groves, Ph.D., is a psychologist in the Anita Saltz Institute for Anxiety and Mood Disorders at the NYU Child Study Center and a clinical instructor of child and adolescent psychiatry. Dr. Groves has received specialized training in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and family therapy. Her clinical expertise is in the evaluation and treatment of anxiety, mood, and adjustment disorders in school-age children, adolescents, and young adults.

As a member of the NYU Child Study Center's DBT team, Dr. Groves works with adolescents and young adults struggling with multiple emotional and behavioral difficulties, including suicidal and non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors, substance abuse, disordered eating, and strained interpersonal relationships. She also provides DBT supervision and leads the program's Graduate Group.

Dr. Groves earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where she completed her dissertation on the role that college students' romantic beliefs play in their dating relationships. She received her B.A. in English cum laude from Yale University where she was awarded a community service fellowship from the Yale Alumni Association. Dr. Groves also attended the postbacalaureate program in Psychology at Columbia University.

Dr. Groves completed her clinical internship in child and adolescent psychology with Dr. Alec Miller and colleagues at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Following internship, she finished a postdoctoral fellowship here at the CSC, also in the Anita Saltz Institute for Anxiety and Mood Disorders. Dr. Groves is a member of the American Psychology Association and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.