Professional statement
Dr. Yacoob is a Cornell trained clinical psychologist in Manhattan specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for adults and adolescents coping with a variety of symptoms and life stressors, including anxiety and mood disorders as well as relationship and work stressors. She also has expertise in working with patients who are coping with chronic and acute medical conditions, having completed advanced training in behavioral medicine and psycho-oncology at such facilities as Weill Cornell Medical College, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the Institute for Behavior Therapy, and Bellevue Hospital Cancer Center. Dr. Yacoob offers a warm, empathic, and collaborative approach to help individuals achieve their goals within a reasonable time frame. She often draws from schema, psychodynamic, meaning-based and mindfulness-based therapies to create a personalized program of treatment to best meet the needs of each individual. Dr. Yacoob supervises advanced doctoral candidates in her academic roles as a Visiting Scholar and Clinical Supervisor at Columbia University and as an Adjunct Clinical Supervisor at Yeshiva University. She is the recipient of a National Research Service Award, a prestigious fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health that funded her research on anxiety in cardiovascular disease. Dr. Yacoob has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications on a variety of topics related to health psychology and the neurobiology of mental illness, and she is the main author of chapters in widely adopted books such as the Handbook of Health Psychology and the Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development. ** Kindly fill out all check in forms prior to visits, thank you **
Specialties
- Psychologist
Practice names
Education and training
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, PhD in Clinical Psychology
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Master’s in Clinical Psychology
- New York University (Bachelor’s)
Professional memberships
- NYC Cognitive Therapy
- American Psychological Association
- Women's Mental Health Consortium
- New York State Psychological Association
Awards and publications
- Honorarium for Invited Workshop: Treating Health Anxiety, Center for Anxiety, New York, NY, 2013
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, National Institute of Mental Health, July 2010
- Graduate School Excellence Fellowship, Rutgers University, 2006
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Languages spoken
- English
Provider's gender
Female
NPI number
1790006872
Office locations
Dr. Julia Yacoob
333 Hudson St., Suite 907
New York, NY 10013
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