Emily Becker-Weidman, Ph.D., is a Post-doctoral fellow at the NYU Child Study Center with expertise in cognitive behavioral therapy for children, adolescents, and young adults and attachment focused family therapy. Dr. Becker-Weidman has training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and is a member of the DBT program in the Anita Saltz Institute for Anxiety and Mood Disorders. She is currently a clinician with the Autism Spectrum Disorders Clinical and Research Program and conducts evaluations for young children with suspected Autism Spectrum Disorders. She also provides individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for children, adolescents, and young adults as well as conducting psychiatric diagnostic evaluations.

Dr. Becker-Weidman earned her B.A. in psychology and health and societies from the University of Pennsylvania and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine under the mentorship of Dr. Mark Reinecke. She completed her psychology internship at New York University/Bellevue Hospital Center and the CSC.

Dr. Becker-Weidman is a member of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) and the American Psychological Association (APA). She has presented research at several national conferences, co-authored two book chapters on child/adolescent psychopathology, and published three articles in peer-reviewed journals.