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Ariella Soffer

Psychologist | Clinical

Ariella Soffer, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist based in Columbus Circle. She employs a blend of psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral therapies to assist clients in overcoming obstacles and achieving personal development. Ariella works with individuals of all ages to address some of the most profound and personal challenges they face. Additionally, she serves as a faculty member in the Clinical PhD Program at Fordham University, where she focuses on supervision and training. At Fordham, she instructs graduate-level courses and oversees the Training Clinic.

Ariella has a particular focus on maternal health, passionately supporting women and families during the prenatal and postnatal periods. Her practice provides psychotherapy and parent coaching/consultation for expectant, new, and experienced parents. She offers consultations in-home, online, and in-office to facilitate postpartum initial assessments, helping to remove barriers to accessing support.

Common issues she addresses include:

- Concerns surrounding parenthood
- Postpartum blues, anxiety, or depression
- Sleep disturbances
- Feeding challenges
- Sibling adjustment to a newborn
- Single parenting
- Marital conflict or tension
- Career transitions

Her areas of expertise encompass anxiety and panic disorders, depression, parenting, pregnancy (prenatal and postpartum), and sports performance. Her treatment approaches include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), integrative methods, psychodynamic therapy, and relational techniques.
24 years Experience
Ariella Soffer
  • New York, NY
  • Brandeis University
  • Accepting new patients

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a condition that is characterized by worry and rumination. Often, people who struggle with GAD find their worry uncontrollable and situations tend to feel more scary than is warranted by the event or scenario. Therapy that challenges the beliefs leading to an exaggerated sense of worry and helping to better identify and shift thoughts and behaviors can help reduce symptoms. This kind of therapy is called CBT or Cognitive Behavior Therapy.