Dr. Nazia Denese is a licensed clinical psychologist in New York and Massachusetts with almost a decade of clinical experience providing high-quality and effective therapy for adults, teens, and kids with a variety of mental health challenges.

In addition to her private practice in Massachusetts and New York, Dr. Denese is an Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School and provides in-person and virtual therapy for children and adolescents in Massachusetts as a Staff Psychologist at the Baker Center for Children and Families/Harvard Medical School. 

Dr. Denese earned her Ph.D. at Columbia University and received rigorous psychological intervention and assessment training, including through an APA-accredited internship at the Hawaii Psychology Internship Consortium and externships at the Child Mind Institute - Anxiety Disorders Center and SUNY Downstate Medical Center.

She also has a Certificate in Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery from the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma at Harvard Medical School and is a trained Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Advocate for youth and adults through Mount Sinai Hospital.

Dr. Denese has training in evidence-based therapy such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for Selective Mutism (PCIT-SM), and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), in which she is certified. Additionally, she has significant experience conducting comprehensive diagnostic evaluations and administering neuropsychological, psychoeducational, and developmental assessments.

Dr. Denese is passionate about providing quality trauma-informed and culturally competent mental health treatment and psychoeducation to communities on a national and global scale. In her spare time, she facilitates a bi-weekly mental wellness support group for South Asian adults residing globally through the South Asian Mental Health Initiative and Network (see flyer below for more info!)