Dr. Rachel Ojserkis

Biography

Rachel Ojserkis, PhD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Brown University specializing in clinical psychology with a focus on evidence-based treatments for anxiety and trauma-related disorders. She is a member of the Trauma Track team at the Adult Partial Hospitalization Program at Rhode Island Hospital. Dr. Ojserkis earned her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Fordham University and completed her internship and postdoctoral fellowship training at the Brown Clinical Psychology Training Consortium. Her expertise includes working with individuals suffering from PTSD and anxiety disorders, employing cognitive behavioral therapy with a strong emphasis on exposure treatments and mindfulness-based approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). In addition to her clinical role, she actively contributes to the Brown psychology training program, providing clinical supervision to interns and postdoctoral fellows, and serving on the internship admissions committee. Dr. Ojserkis's research interests encompass affective processes, particularly disgust, and mindfulness-based approaches to anxiety and trauma-related disorders, and she has authored peer-reviewed publications and presentations. She is a member of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science.

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