Amanda Oliva, PsyD

Dr. Oliva (she/her) is a licensed clinical psychologist who graduated with her Psy.D. from Long Island University – Post. She received dual orientation training in both CBT and psychodynamic therapy, with clinical concentrations in DBT and serious mental illness. She completed her post-doctoral fellowship through Stony Brook's Consortium program, splitting her time between the DBT program and the adult psychiatric impatient unit (10N). She also completed pre-doctoral training at Stony Brook and at Zucker Hillside's OCD and Bipolar Disorder specialty clinics. Clinically, Dr. Oliva works with adults presenting with chronic suicidality, emotion dysregulation, anxiety, complex trauma, perfectionism and neurodiversity. Dr. Oliva provides evidence based therapy, integrating elements of behavioral treatments (DBT, CBT) and relational styles of therapy (narrative and attachment-focused). Her research focuses on existential themes of grief and mortality. Additionally, she seeks to increase access to quality outpatient care for low-income individuals, minority groups and patients in acute care settings to reduce hospital readmission rates.