Lauren Webb, Ph.D.

Dr. Lauren Webb completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Georgetown University and earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Hofstra University where she received research and clinical training in evidence-based interventions for children, adolescents, and young adults. There, she developed an intensive group behavioral treatment program for young children with selective mutism. Her dissertation, which focused on evaluating this program, was nominated by the Department of Psychology for the H. Alan Robinson Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award. Dr. Webb has contributed multiple publications and presentations on clinical research.

Dr. Webb completed her clinical internship training at Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and her two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Pediatric OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders (POCAT) Program at Weill Cornell Medical Center, further specializing in cognitive behavioral treatments for children and adolescents with anxiety, OCD, and related disorders. She has worked and trained in multiple settings spanning inpatient hospitalization, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient psychotherapy. Further, Dr. Webb has trained in a number of different treatment modalities, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Trauma Focused CBT, and Enhanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Family Based Therapy for eating disorders. She is also a certified Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) clinician. Currently, Dr. Webb is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending Psychologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. In addition to her clinical work, she produces research in the areas of OCD, selective mutism, anxiety, and program development.