What patients are saying
Overall rating
4.53
Average wait time
4.87
Bedside manner
4.58
“I would definitely return. Dr Waldman is courteous, knowledgeable, helpful, easy to communicate with, non-judgmental, professional, empathetic, and in tuned with the patients challenges.”
Michelle L.April 15, 2025
“Dr. Waldman is incredibly knowledgeable and experienced in her field. I appreciate her commitment to her patients, myself included, and the different approaches she takes in our sessions. I’ve only been seeing her for a short time but I can already see improvements in my every day life and I would highly recommend booking an appointment with her. Her insights have been invaluable and my only regret is not booking my first appointment sooner!”
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About Dr. Penni Waldman
Focus areas
Adolescent / Teen Issues
Couples Therapy
Relationship Struggles
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Marriage Counseling
Stress
Cognitive Therapy
Relationship Counseling
Clientele seen
Children (<13)
Adults (25-64)
Families
Teenagers (13-17)
Seniors (65+)
Young adults (18-24)
Couples
Treatment approaches
Biofeedback
Coaching
Christian Counseling
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors
Cognitive Processing (CPT)
Identity
Gender
FemaleEthnicity
White
Languages spoken
English
Getting to know Dr. Penni Waldman
Dr. Penni Waldman is a clinical/health psychologist, interfaith minister, and holistic nutritional consultant with over 25 years of experience. She earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Walden University. Dr. Waldman works with children, teenagers, couples, geriatrics, and families. Some of her specialties include anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, substance abuse, eating disorders, grief, chronic illness, school counseling, parenting, autoimmune diseases, viruses, and men’s issues. Utilizing evidence-based therapies such as CBT, DBT, and ACT are important interventions she integrates with the needs of each patient. It is not “one size fits all.” She uses what each individual needs. Dr. Waldman works with patients from different cultures, religions, and ethnicities to bridge gaps in understanding one another.
Most of us go through life with uncontrolled thoughts, allowing our minds to dictate perceptions and meaning to situations we encounter, often in unproductive and distressful ways. Beliefs drive behaviors, and as a result, people often complain that they repeat unproductive behaviors that do not lead to healing. Breaking this cycle is possible by altering our perceptions, which breaks the cycle of repeating behaviors and can positively influence others in our lives.
According to psychiatrist William Glasser, there are four levels to responding to situations: (a) what we think, (b) emotions, (c) behaviors, and (d) our body’s response. These responses influence our interactions with ourselves and others. While we do not have direct control over our emotions or our body’s responses (such as increased heart rate or blood pressure), by manipulating our thoughts and behaviors, we can influence change in how we feel emotionally and physically, as well as indirectly make these changes.
What should a new client know about working with you?
Dr. Penni Waldman is a clinical/health psychologist, interfaith minister, and holistic nutritional consultant with over 25 years of experience. She works with children, teenagers, couples, geriatrics and families. Some of her work includes anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, substance abuse, eating disorders, grief, chronic illness, school counseling, parenting, autoimmune diseases, viruses and men’s issues are just a few of the specialties she works with. Utilizing evidence based therapies such as CBT, DBT and ACT are important interventions. They are integrated with the "needs of the patient." It is not "one size fits all." She uses what each individual needs. She works with patients from different cultures, religions and ethnicities to bridge the gaps of understanding one another.
Most of us go through life with uncontrolled thoughts allowing our minds to dictate perceptions and meaning to situations we encounter, often in unproductive and/or distressful ways. Beliefs drive behaviors and, as a result, often people complain that they repeat unproductive behaviors that do not lead to healing. Breaking this cycle is easy and by altering our perceptions, we break the cycle of repeating behaviors which in turn could influence others in our life in more positive and productive ways. According to William Glasser, a psychiatrist, there are 4 levels to responding to situations: (a) what we think, (b) emotions, (c) behaviors, and (d) our body’s response. These responses influence our interactions with ourselves and others, while we do not have direct control over our emotions or our body’s responses (i.e. increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, etc.), by manipulating our thoughts and behaviors we influence change in how we feel emotionally and physically as well as how we can indirectly make these changes.
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Popular visit reasons
Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Depression
Mood Swings
Pre-Move In Couples Counseling
Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD)
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy Intake / Initial Visit
Therapy
Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Depression
Mood Swings
Pre-Move In Couples Counseling
Education and background
Practice names
Education and training
- Walden University, PhD in Clinical Psychology
NPI number
1467407015
Patient reviews
All reviews have been submitted by patients after interacting with the practice.
Overall rating
4.53
Wait time
4.87
Bedside manner
4.58
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Dr. Waldman is kind, very generous with her time, and professional. My teenage son is happy to chat with her each week.
More than 1 year agoInitials hiddenSource: Partner
Dr. Waldman is prompt and a delight to work with. My sessions with Dr. Waldman are constructive and focus on self discovery.
More than 1 year agoKL
Dr. Waldman is prompt and a delight to work with. My sessions with Dr. Waldman are constructive and focus on self discovery.
More than 1 year agoKL
She is super sweet, understanding, fun, not judgmental at all. This is the longest I’ve been with a therapist.
More than 1 year agoInitials hiddenSource: Partner
Looking forward to my next appointment! Really felt comfortable!
January 11, 2025Linda B.Verified patient
Dr. waldman has excellent bed manner and is attentive to her patients needs.
August 13, 2023Gordon B.Verified patientVideo visit
A savvy,smart, kind and helpful session. I am impressed
August 24, 2024Maria S.Verified patient
The doctor was very aggressive and intimidating in our first session, and I was triggered by her aggression. She also seemed to have a big ego and mentioned multiple times that her PhD is a 13 year degree while other social workers only has 6 year degree. She constantly implied the symptoms I’m describing are not serious enough, until she made me cry then she seemed satisfied and became less aggressive.
Less than 1 year agoInitials hiddenVideo visit
I would definitely return. Dr Waldman is courteous, knowledgeable, helpful, easy to communicate with, non-judgmental, professional, empathetic, and in tuned with the patients challenges.
April 15, 2025Michelle L.Verified patient
Dr. Waldman is incredibly knowledgeable and experienced in her field. I appreciate her commitment to her patients, myself included, and the different approaches she takes in our sessions. I’ve only been seeing her for a short time but I can already see improvements in my every day life and I would highly recommend booking an appointment with her. Her insights have been invaluable and my only regret is not booking my first appointment sooner!
More than 1 year agoInitials hidden
Dr. Waldman was helpful and attentive. She took the time to listen to my concerns and provided clear, informative explanations. She also proposed a plan of action for handling the problems going forward.
More than 1 year agoInitials hidden
A great listener, provides proactive solutions and kind reasoning in a professional, judgement-free setting. Thank you, Dr. Waldman! I have seen her for 20+ sessions. - ND
More than 1 year agoND
A great listener, provides proactive solutions and kind reasoning in a professional, judgement-free setting. Thank you, Dr. Waldman! I have seen her for 20+ sessions. - ND
More than 1 year agoND
Dr. Waldman is truly one of a kind. Her approach seems genuine and yet extremely knowledgeable. You feel seen, heard and always supported.
I look forward to our weekly sessions because I have unquestionably had improvements in my personal and professional life due to our meetings. I would wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone seeking a kind yet thoroughly experienced therapist.
More than 1 year agoBB
Dr. Waldman is truly one of a kind. Her approach seems genuine and yet extremely knowledgeable. You feel seen, heard and always supported.
I look forward to our weekly sessions because I have unquestionably had improvements in my personal and professional life due to our meetings. I would wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone seeking a kind yet thoroughly experienced therapist.
More than 1 year agoBB
Penni is great! One thing that I felt from the start is when you are speaking with her, she is not judging you. She listens and provides insight, and is super friendly. I can appreciate what she does to help others.
I have to say that this is the longest I have stayed with a therapist, because of how Penni is. She is accommodating to time, and is always available.
I’m really glad I found her as my therapist and see great changes coming with her help.
More than 1 year agoVM
Penni is great! One thing that I felt from the start is when you are speaking with her, she is not judging you. She listens and provides insight, and is super friendly. I can appreciate what she does to help others.
I have to say that this is the longest I have stayed with a therapist, because of how Penni is. She is accommodating to time, and is always available.
I’m really glad I found her as my therapist and see great changes coming with her help.
More than 1 year agoVM
I truly appreciate my sessions with Dr. Waldman. From my first session, she created a truly safe space to talk and she possesses a tremendous amount of empathy. She quickly became a trusted guide on my path to self discovery.
More than 1 year agoLF
I truly appreciate my sessions with Dr. Waldman. From my first session, she created a truly safe space to talk and she possesses a tremendous amount of empathy. She quickly became a trusted guide on my path to self discovery.
More than 1 year agoLF
She is one of the most amazing people I’ve spoken to, very understanding amazing listener always willing to help at any given point
More than 1 year agoKJ
I have been seeing Dr. Waldman for over a year. She has helped so much during this time. She is a straight shooter with keen insight (even when I don’t want to hear it), but her manner is very friendly and disarming, which makes the hard work much less daunting. Very happy I met her; I highly recommend her.
More than 1 year agoYF
She is one of the most amazing people I’ve spoken to, very understanding amazing listener always willing to help at any given point
More than 1 year agoKJ
I have been seeing Dr. Waldman for over a year. She has helped so much during this time. She is a straight shooter with keen insight (even when I don’t want to hear it), but her manner is very friendly and disarming, which makes the hard work much less daunting. Very happy I met her; I highly recommend her.
More than 1 year agoYF
I would not recommend this provider to anyone; very unprofessional and dismissive tone and took little to no time to understand why I was seeking therapy during the intake call, was just preoccupied with filling out paperwork.
More than 1 year agoInitials hiddenVideo visit
Really attentive doctor!
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Is Dr. Penni Waldman accepting new patients?
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What practice does Dr. Penni Waldman work with?
Dr. Penni Waldman works with Rula Health - New York.
What are common reasons for patients to see Dr. Penni Waldman?
Dr. Penni Waldman frequently sees patients for Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Depression, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy Intake / Initial Visit, and Therapy. You can see other visit reasons for Dr. Penni Waldman on their profile.
What languages does Dr. Penni Waldman speak?
Dr. Penni Waldman speaks English.
How do patients rate Dr. Penni Waldman in reviews?
40 patients have reviewed Dr. Penni Waldman. The overall rating for this doctor is 4.53/5. They have a 4.58/5 rating for bedside manner and a 4.87/5 rating for wait time. You can read individual reviews and ratings on their profile.