Doctoral Student Lab Leaders

Hannah Ades

Hannah Ades is a first-year doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology PhD program at Teachers College. She was born in NYC but raised between New York, Argentina (where her family is from), and Uruguay (she grew up going to school in Punta del Este during summer breaks). She graduated from Harvard in 2018 with a concentration in Psychology and a secondary in Theatre. Recently, she completed her master’s in clinical psychology at TC. Before pursuing her master’s, she worked at various advertising agencies as a producer for several years. While at TC, she worked for Dr. Barry Farber as an RA for Shana Dickstein, looking at the impact of self-disclosure of identity on the therapeutic alliance. She also worked with Dr. Christine Cha, exploring patterns related to future thinking, suicidality, and disclosure in suicidal and non-suicidal adolescents. In pursuit of her Integrative Project, she sought to identify variations in suicidal ideation, disclosure patterns, and help-seeking tendencies among ethnically and racially minoritized adolescents. As a first-year doctoral candidate, she hopes to shift her focus toward examining romantic relationships, their nature, impact, and dissolution among college-age and young adults. Hannah can be reached at ha2647@tc.columbia.edu

Rachel Cherner, LMSW
Rachel Cherner, LMSW, is a second-year doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology PhD program at Teachers College. She leads the Relationships and Psychotherapy (RAP) Lab, where her research focuses on understanding attachment in the context of psychotherapy and romantic relationships. She holds a master's degree in social work from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree from Cornell University. Prior to beginning doctoral studies, Rachel worked as a school counselor at a DOE public school, as a child and family therapist in the Child and Family Outpatient Department at Mt. Sinai, and as a program manager and clinical staff member in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department at the New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University Medical Center

Rachel can be reached at rc3382@tc.columbia.edu. 

Shana Dickstein
Shana Dickstein is a fourth-year doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology PhD program at Teachers College working with faculty member Dr. Barry Farber. Her research investigates therapist and patient disclosure within session with an interest in better understanding the “mental math” patients conduct when deciding whether or not to disclose aspects of their internal lives. She is also interested in understanding the importance of timing in patient and therapist disclosures, with a particular curiosity in how disclosures relates to Kohut’s concept of “optimal frustration.”  Shana is currently leading The Disclosure Lab in designing a study which investigates how patients come to learn about various aspects of their therapists identity. Shana can be reached at sd3218@tc.columbia.edu.

Mossie Lierle
Mossie Lierle is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology program with a B.S. in psychology and French from Tulane University. Previously, she led a project at Arizona State University assessing the extent to which knowledge of self-construal and cultural identity can improve therapeutic outcomes, and she also volunteered for a text-based crisis hotline. Her interests lie in understanding how positive regard can be better integrated into modern psychotherapies, as well as how culture may influence perception of positive regard. Prior to her time at Teachers College, Mossie received a grant to teach English in France and Russia and worked as a sommelier. She can be reached at mrl2191@tc.columbia.edu.

Gus Mayopoulos
Gus Mayopoulos is a sixth-year doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology program and has been a member of the Psychotherapy, Affirmation, & Disclosure Lab since 2019. Before coming to Teachers College, Gus received a B.A. in history from Harvard College and researched childbirth-related posttraumatic stress disorder at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is interested in better understanding how the benign side of the Internet's disinhibiting nature can be and is currently used for psychotherapeutic purposes, both inside and outside the therapy room. He is currently on internship at the University of California, Los Angeles Counseling Center. Wherever he has Internet access, he can be reached at pam2197@tc.columbia.edu.

Jackie Patmore
Jackie Patmore's involvement in the eating disorders field spans multiple roles of researcher, educator, clinician and advocate. As a Program Manager at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, Jackie was involved with studies that implemented evidence-based treatments for eating disorders in clinical settings. She assisted in the creation of an online CBT intervention and assisted in a project providing FBT for children with BED. Additionally, Jackie helped to establish IPT as a primary treatment for eating disorders, depression and anxiety in university clinics nationwide. Prior to coming to TC, Jackie worked in a mental health treatment center and did work with veteran-centered initiatives. She was also involved with  government-funded interventions, assessing barriers to care. Currently, Jackie manages the Eating Disorder and Disclosure Lab, supervising 8 master's students on research initiatives related to therapeutic communication in eating disorder treatment. The group has a specific interests in the areas of sexual abuse, trauma, self-injury, and eating disorders. Jackie can be reached at jmp2267@tc.columbia.edu

Mandy Newman
Mandy Newman is a recent doctoral graduate of the Clinical Psychology program and the Psychotherapy, Affirmation, & Disclosure Lab at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has presented and published research on patient and therapist dishonesty, Carl Rogers and person-centered therapy, psychological assessment, and psychoanalytic thought. She has also taught courses in group dynamics, individual counseling skills, comparative psychotherapies, and psychotherapy through fiction and film.

Daisy Ort
Daisy Ort graduated from the Clinical Psychology PhD program. May 2024 Her research experience with the Psychotherapy, Affirmation, & Disclosure Lab began as a Masters student at Teachers College in 2013. Prior to beginning her doctoral studies, Daisy worked within New York City’s mental health and legal systems conducting research at a criminal justice nonprofit, co-leading weekly support groups at federal jails, and facilitating forensic psychological evaluations for immigration purposes. As a graduate student, Daisy is interested in better understanding the relational aspects of psychotherapy across different contexts. Previous research projects assessed the role of informal supervision among psychotherapy trainees, and client disclosure in correctional settings. Currently, Daisy and her research team are exploring factors associated with therapists' perceptions of positive regard, as well as clients’ experience of teletherapy since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Daisy can be reached at co2313@tc.columbia.edu

Catherine Crumb
Catherine Crumb is a fifth-year doctoral candidate with an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University and a B.A. in International Politics from Emory University. She has been a member of the Therapist Tact and Dishonesty Lab since its inception and is interested in the roles of honesty and disclosure within the therapeutic relationship. She is currently working on a project exploring clients' perceptions of therapist dishonesty in session. Prior to starting the doctoral program, Catherine worked as a psychology graduate trainee within the Child and Adolescent Unit at Montefiore Hospital, where she provided intervention to adolescent patients diagnosed with severe learning disabilities, neurodevelopmental disorders, and other comorbid disorders. Catherine can be reached at cec2230@tc.columbia.edu.