Eliza M. Wierzbinska, Ph.D.

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Eliza M. Wierzbinska, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine and a Licensed Clinical Psychologist at NewYork-Presbyterian. She specializes in women’s behavioral health and reproductive and perinatal mental health, with expertise in complex clinical presentations, including postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder, trauma-related conditions and reproductive-related grief and loss.Dr. Wierzbinska earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from Adelphi University’s Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology and holds a Master of Arts in clinical psychology in education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Her clinical training took place within academic medical centers, including NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She completed her APA-accredited doctoral internship at Silver Hill Hospital in collaboration with the William Alanson White Institute, with training across inpatient, residential and outpatient levels of care. She subsequently completed advanced postdoctoral training in women’s behavioral health at Zucker Hillside Hospital, Northwell Health, and a specialized postdoctoral fellowship in reproductive mental health at Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian.She provides mental health care across the reproductive lifespan, including menstrual-related mental health concerns, fertility-related challenges, pregnancy, the postpartum period, birth trauma, reproductive loss, perimenopause and the menopausal transition. Her clinical approach integrates evidence-based modalities, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis (CBT-P), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), cognitive processing therapy (CPT) and psychodynamic psychotherapy, with an emphasis on relational and interpersonal frameworks. She works collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, partnering closely with psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, nursing and other medical providers to support integrated, patient-centered care. She works with individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, PTSD and complex trauma, with a focus on restoring a sense of safety, agency and autonomy in relationships.Dr. Wierzbinska is actively involved in teaching and clinical supervision and regularly presents within academic medical centers and at national conferences. She previously served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Psychiatric Research and has completed specialized training at the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights, where she conducts psychological evaluations in support of asylum applications. She is fluent in English and Polish.