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I am a mindfully compassionate licensed psychologist with a temperament that is innately optimistic. Over the past 25 years, I am grateful to have had many opportunities to provide evidence based therapeutic services to a diverse client population that encompass a wide range of cultures, developmental ages and psychiatric issues. As a passionate life-long student, I obtained a doctor of psychology degree in Applied Psychology from New York University Steinhardt School of Human Development and Education as well as a master’s of science in education and an advanced certificate in school psychology from Brooklyn College.

I have a broad-based understanding of the human condition that is grounded in the belief that each of us has an innate capacity for self-determination and can consistently experience his/her personal best in all of life’s circumstances. My goal with every patient encounter is to find an organic solution-oriented therapy that facilitate ever evolving insight

My therapeutic approach starts with a “whole person” (cognitive, social, and developmental) assessment and goes on to utilize cognitive-behavioral techniques. I also concurrently explore the role that neuropsychology might play in daily emotion/behavioral responses to situations or stimuli.

Dr. Vorstenbosch is a Clinical Psychologist registered with the College of Psychologists of Ontario and she is the Co-Director and Founder of Waterloo Psychology Group in Waterloo, Ontario. She offers individual psychological services (i.e., comprehensive assessment and treatment) to adults residing in Ontario, Canada. She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) in 2013 and she completed a postdoctoral fellowship through the Frederick W. Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ontario, which offers specialized services in the assessment and treatment of OCD and Related Disorders, including BFRBs such as hair pulling and skin picking. Dr. Vorstenbosch's therapeutic approach is primarily based on cognitive behavioral principles and for the treatment of BFRBs, she offers Habit Reversal Training (HRT) and Comprehensive Behavioral Treatment (ComB).

Specializes in treating trichotillomania and compulsive skin picking, using Habit Reversal Training, cognitive behavioral therapy and more. Treats all ages. Dr. Penzel works with sufferers and their families to come to terms with these disorders without being defined by them, and to be prepared for those times or places where the behaviors are difficult to control.

Dr. William Benson is a staff psychologist at CBT/DBT Associates in midtown Manhattan. He has extensive training in evidence-based, behavioral and cognitive-behavioral treatments for a wide variety of concerns in children, adolescents, and adults. He has specialty training in the treatment of BFRBs as well as tics and Tourette's through his experience with the Rutgers Tourette Syndrome Therapeutic Program. After graduating summa cum laude with departmental honors in psychology at Tulane University, Dr. Benson obtained his doctorate at Rutgers University. He then completed an APA-accredited internship at Nationwide Children's Hospital and a postdoctoral fellowship at The Child Study Center at NYU Langone. Dr. Benson is a licensed psychologist in the state of New York. In addition to his professional membership with the TLC Foundation for BFRBs, Dr. Benson is a member of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) and the Society for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

Bilingual: Spanish/English services provided. Habit Reversal Training (HRT) and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) services provided for hair pullers and skin pickers of all ages. Services offered for trichotillomania, skin picking, anxiety disorders such as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), phobias, panic, etc. and depression.