Marriage counseling NYC | Michael D. Zentman, Ph.D.

Marriage Friendly Counseling : NY | Michael D. Zentman, Ph.D.

	Michael D. Zentman, Ph.D. Michael D. Zentman, Ph.D. 39 East 78th Street Suite 501 New York, NY 11021 Phone Number: (631) 754-3880 Email: drmdz@optimum.net My firm belief is that most marriages can be healed and can grow if both partners are committed to improving their relationship. My focus is on the current obstacles to emotional intimacy and how past relationship experiences and personal histories interfere with it.  In my work with couples I am careful to listen closely to each partner as they share their perspectives about the marriage. It is essential that a safe atmosphere be created in sessions in order to allow for the emotional vulnerability essential for change to occur. I am convinced that even in the most heated and volatile relationships, both partners are desperate to make emotional contact with each other. My job is to help them unpack the patterns that interfere with this desire. I have been a clinical psychologist for 30 years and teaching and supervising at the graduate and post-doctoral level for 22 years. After receiving my doctorate in clinical psychology, I completed five additional years of training in family and marital therapy. In addition to my practice, I am an Associate Professor of Psychology and director of the Postgraduate Program in Marriage and Couple Therapy at Adelphi University and on the faculty of the Marriage Therapy Program at The Training Institute for Mental Health in Manhattan.    Family and couple therapy has been the focus of my work since 1973 and I currently specialize in the following: Marital therapy with highly distressed couples, with couples that have severe and persistent problems, with couples struggling through the impact of an affair and with couples facing the prospect of divorce; Family therapy with adults and their parents, with adult siblings, and family business consultation. Gender: Male Graduate Degree: Ph.D. University: St. Johns University License: Psychologist *Certifications/Awards/Memberships/Publications:* Certificate in Family Therapy: Philadelphia Child Guidance Training Center (1 year) 1981. Advanced Supervisory Seminars: Ackerman Institute for the Family, (2 years) 1983. Advanced Seminar in Marital Therapy: Westchester Family Institute (2 years) 1989. Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy: Adelphi University Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (4 years) 1989. Certificate in Group Therapy: Adelphi University Postdoctoral Program in Group Therapy (3 years) 1989. Clinical member: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Member: American Psychological Association Publication: Chapter - Family Therapy, in Anxiety and Related Disorders: A Handbook. John Wiley & Sons, 1994. Publication: Chapter in Case Studies in Couple Therapy: Theory-Based Approaches. Routledge Press, 2011.

Michael D. Zentman, Ph.D.

39 East 78th Street Suite 501

New York, NY 11021

Phone Number: (631) 754-3880

My firm belief is that most marriages can be healed and can grow if both partners are committed to improving their relationship. My focus is on the current obstacles to emotional intimacy and how past relationship experiences and personal histories interfere with it.  In my work with couples I am careful to listen closely to each partner as they share their perspectives about the marriage. It is essential that a safe atmosphere be created in sessions in order to allow for the emotional vulnerability essential for change to occur. I am convinced that even in the most heated and volatile relationships, both partners are desperate to make emotional contact with each other. My job is to help them unpack the patterns that interfere with this desire.

I have been a clinical psychologist for 30 years and teaching and supervising at the graduate and post-doctoral level for 22 years. After receiving my doctorate in clinical psychology, I completed five additional years of training in family and marital therapy. In addition to my practice, I am an Associate Professor of Psychology and director of the Postgraduate Program in Marriage and Couple Therapy at Adelphi University and on the faculty of the Marriage Therapy Program at The Training Institute for Mental Health in Manhattan.   

Family and couple therapy has been the focus of my work since 1973 and I currently specialize in the following: Marital therapy with highly distressed couples, with couples that have severe and persistent problems, with couples struggling through the impact of an affair and with couples facing the prospect of divorce; Family therapy with adults and their parents, with adult siblings, and family business consultation.

Gender: Male

Graduate Degree: Ph.D.

University: St. Johns University

License: Psychologist

Certifications/Awards/Memberships/Publications:

Certificate in Family Therapy: Philadelphia Child Guidance Training Center (1 year) 1981.

Advanced Supervisory Seminars: Ackerman Institute for the Family, (2 years) 1983.

Advanced Seminar in Marital Therapy: Westchester Family Institute (2 years) 1989.

Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy: Adelphi University Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (4 years) 1989.

Certificate in Group Therapy: Adelphi University Postdoctoral Program in Group Therapy (3 years) 1989.

Clinical member: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

Member: American Psychological Association

Publication: Chapter - Family Therapy, in Anxiety and Related Disorders: A Handbook. John Wiley & Sons, 1994.

Publication: Chapter in Case Studies in Couple Therapy: Theory-Based Approaches. Routledge Press, 2011.