Nancy Nereo, Ph.D.

Degree

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology

Title

Clinical Psychologist

Clinical Appointments/Hospital Affiliation

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University

Description of Practice/Services Offered

Psychotherapy for individuals & couples, adults & adolescents, using an integrative approach that combines psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral techniques. Areas of interest include anxiety, depression, life transitions and relationship/family issues. Psychological and neuropsychological assessment of children for evaluation of learning disabilities and psychological concerns also available.

Areas of Research

Women’s functioning in the maternal role, particularly in the context of a child’s medical illness or developmental delay.

Professional Education

Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Derald Ruttenberg Cancer Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY (1999-2001)
Pre-Doctoral Clinical Psychology Internship: Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY (1998-1999)
Ph.D. Columbia University, New York, NY (1999)
B.A. Trinity College, Hartford, CT (1990)

Credentials/Board Certification

New York State Psychology License (since 2001)

Selected Publications

Nereo, N.E., Tian, H., Hinton, V.J., & Hesdorffer, D. C. (In submission). Maternal stress after a child’s first febrile seizure: A case-control comparison.
Nereo, N. E., Fee, R. J., & Hinton, V. J. (2003). Parental stress in mothers of boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 28, 473-484.
Nereo, N. E., & Hinton, V. J. (2003). Three Wishes and psychosocial functioning in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 24, 96-103.
Nereo, N. E., Farber, B. A., & Hinton, V. J. (2002). Willingness to self-disclose among late adolescent female survivors of sexual abuse. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 31, 303-310.
Manne, S. M., Nereo, N. E., DuHamel, K. N., Ostroff, J., Parsons S., Martini, R., Williams S., Mee, L., Sexson S. & Redd, W. H. (2001). Anxiety and depression in mothers of children undergoing bone marrow transplant: Symptom prevalence and use of the Beck Depression and Beck Anxiety Inventories as screening instruments. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69, 1037-1047.

Contact

117 West 72nd Street, Suite 5E
New York, NY 10023

Phone: (917) 952-6064
nen2@columbia.edu

Appointment Scheduling: Call (917) 952-6064

Office Hours: By appointment

Insurances Accepted/Managed Care Accepted: Oxford, Aetna, United Health Care