Aileen Blitz, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist

Dr. Aileen Blitz is a clinical psychologist in currently practicing in Westchester, New York. She has worked for over 23 years in private practice in NYC and Westchester, NY, with adults, couples, and families. Dr. Blitz has several years of postdoctoral training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. She works within a developmental, relational, and object relations framework. Contemporary psychodynamic principles and attachment theory inform her work. Dr. Blitz has training in couples’ therapy, including emotionally focused couples therapy as well as in structural family therapy. Her training in clinical hypnotherapy allows her to help clients address issues of anxiety, chronic pain, and test and performance anxiety, along with other issues, in a unique and creative manner. In addition, Dr. Blitz works with individuals with adult ADD/ ADHD and executive functioning issues. Her practice includes working with older teens (18 and older), adults, and couples/families.  She also provides clinical supervision to psychologists, clinical social workers, and psychologists in training. 

Dr. Blitz has expertise in medical/health psychology. She worked within a multidisciplinary team for 22 years in a hospital setting with individuals with craniofacial differences. The focus of this work was on issues of self-concept/self-esteem, psychological aspects of surgical procedures, and the psychology of appearance and difference. She has published on this topic and presented both nationally and internationally. Currently, she sees individual adults and older teens with facial differences in her private practice. She also works with families of children who have special needs associated with having craniofacial medical conditions. She has co-facilitated several hospital-based groups on this topic.

Dr. Blitz is currently working virtually and, on a limited basis, in person (in Northern Westchester).

Educational Background

• Doctor of Philosophy, Clinical Psychology
  The New School for Social Research, New York, NY

• Master’s of Education, Masters in Counseling Psychology
  Teacher’s College, Columbia University, New York, NY

• Bachelor of Science Degree, Psychology Major
  Washington University, St. Louis, MO

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Psychodynamic psychotherapy

Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a process that involves helping you to better understand yourself and your experiences so that you are able to move through life in a more meaningful and creative way.  Together we will explore the complex underlying feelings and repetitive patterns that have affected your life in an effort to expand emotional/psychological self-awareness, personal freedom, and intimacy in relationships. Through collaborative and consistent sessions, psychodynamic psychotherapy will provide a safe and confidential space to help you through difficult emotional experiences, develop deeper self understanding and cultivate better interpersonal/relational skills to live a more expansive and easeful life.

In addition to working within a psychodynamic orientation, I also teach individuals how to use clinical hypnotherapy/mindfulness to help reduce anxiety, chronic pain, sleep disturbances, phobias, and other symptoms that can interfere with healthy living and personal growth. 

Working with Individuals and Families with Craniofacial Conditions

I have over 23 years of experience working with individuals who have congenital or acquired craniofacial medical conditions. I provide psychotherapy to young adults and adults who have craniofacial medical conditions. I also work with the parents of children (from birth to late adolescence) providing psycho-education, psychotherapy, couples and family therapy.

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