Mount Sinai Doctors
Philippa S Connolly, PhD
Psychology
About Me
Dr. Connolly is a licensed clinical psychologist, Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry, Director of the Family and Couples Center for Treatment and Training, and Assistant Director of Research for the Center for Complex Trauma. She is a graduate of Columbia University where she received her PhD in Clinical Psychology, graduating in 2019. Following this, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in complex trauma and criminal justice at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Dr. Connolly is the Director of the Family and Couples Center for Treatment and Training at the Mounst Sinai Behavioral Health Center, where she trains and supervises advanced clinical psychology trainees and psychiatry residents in the delivery of trauma-informed evidence-based approaches for couples, families with adult childrena and families with minor children.
Dr. Connolly maintains a private practice with Mount Sinai Faculty Practice Associates where she provides individual psychotherapy, and conducts forensic evaluations, psychological assessments and neuropsychological assessments with children, adolescents, and adults. She has expertise with a range of mental health difficulties including anxiety, mood disorders, adjustment and transition challenges, and relationship problems. She specializes in the treatment of traumatic stress, particularly complex trauma. Dr. Connolly utilizes a range of approaches including relational psychodynamic, CBT, DBT, MI, ACT, Interpersonal Neurobiological, and mindfulness-based techniques, and is passionate about working collaboratively to find what works best for each individual.
Dr. Connolly’s research focuses on trauma and criminal justice. She evaluates, designs and develops innovative trauma-informed, trauma-focused programs for underserved urban communities, particularly those who are justice-impacted or at high-risk for justice-involvement, with a view to informing policy change, funding, and accessibility of effective community-based trauma-informed treatments. She currently manages several grants including those from SAMHSA, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, and the Manhattan DA’s Criminal Justice Investment Initiative. She is also co-chair of the Juvenile Justice Consortium for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.
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- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
About Me
Dr. Connolly is a licensed clinical psychologist, Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry, Director of the Family and Couples Center for Treatment and Training, and Assistant Director of Research for the Center for Complex Trauma. She is a graduate of Columbia University where she received her PhD in Clinical Psychology, graduating in 2019. Following this, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship in complex trauma and criminal justice at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Dr. Connolly is the Director of the Family and Couples Center for Treatment and Training at the Mounst Sinai Behavioral Health Center, where she trains and supervises advanced clinical psychology trainees and psychiatry residents in the delivery of trauma-informed evidence-based approaches for couples, families with adult childrena and families with minor children.
Dr. Connolly maintains a private practice with Mount Sinai Faculty Practice Associates where she provides individual psychotherapy, and conducts forensic evaluations, psychological assessments and neuropsychological assessments with children, adolescents, and adults. She has expertise with a range of mental health difficulties including anxiety, mood disorders, adjustment and transition challenges, and relationship problems. She specializes in the treatment of traumatic stress, particularly complex trauma. Dr. Connolly utilizes a range of approaches including relational psychodynamic, CBT, DBT, MI, ACT, Interpersonal Neurobiological, and mindfulness-based techniques, and is passionate about working collaboratively to find what works best for each individual.
Dr. Connolly’s research focuses on trauma and criminal justice. She evaluates, designs and develops innovative trauma-informed, trauma-focused programs for underserved urban communities, particularly those who are justice-impacted or at high-risk for justice-involvement, with a view to informing policy change, funding, and accessibility of effective community-based trauma-informed treatments. She currently manages several grants including those from SAMHSA, the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, and the Manhattan DA’s Criminal Justice Investment Initiative. She is also co-chair of the Juvenile Justice Consortium for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.
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Position
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- The Mount Sinai Hospital