Dr. Shira Dreyfuss, Psychologist
Alloy Psychotherapy Practice Co-Founder
Post-Doc Therapist at JTS Counseling Center
About Shira
Shira Dreyfuss, PsyD, is a limited permit psychologist in New York and a graduate of Yeshiva University’s Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. Her clinical training spans private practice, university counseling centers, and psychiatric inpatient care. She has trained in CBT, ERP, and DBT at Together CBT, a Manhattan-based private practice. She continued her DBT training at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, where she worked with the perinatal psychiatric inpatient mental health team. Shira is currently a staff psychologist at Columbia University’s Jewish Theological Seminary and a member of the Society for Psychotherapy Research. Her specialties include anxiety, depression, OCD, women’s mental health, and relationships.
My Approach to Therapy
I take a relational approach to therapy, meeting you where you are and working collaboratively toward where you want to be. I believe meaningful change begins with feeling understood, discovering new insight, and creating lasting behavioral change.
I have specialized training in trauma and resilience work, with particular focus on women’s mental health and post-traumatic growth. I support clients in making sense of their past while cultivating strength, agency, and new possibilities for relating to themselves and others.
FAQ
"I don't just want validation and agreement. How is this therapy going to be different?"
Good psychotherapy is often a dynamic, collaborative, and challenging process. Validation alone is not a mechanism of change, nor is it synonymous with therapeutic dialogue. A skilled psychotherapist can be relied upon to listen for “what isn’t being said.” Meaningful change often involves identifying the mechanisms that maintain entrenched patterns of thought, feeling, and behavior, many of which reside just outside conscious awareness.
How long will therapy take to see results?
Therapy should be goal-oriented and time-limited. Every therapeutic relationship develops at its own pace, and patients progress at different rates. Therapist and patient should have open dialogue about the goals of therapy and an estimate of the timeframe in which those goals can be achieved.
What is the cost of therapy?
Your first consultation is free. The session fee is $300, and Dr. Dreyfuss is in-network with Aetna. For other plans this practice offers courtesy out-of-network insurance billing: if you have OON benefits, you may be reimbursed for part of the session cost once your deductible has been met.