Dr. Annette Borenstein

Dr. Borenstein is a clinical psychologist with 15+ years’ experience, who has worked in hospitals, residential treatment centers, outpatient clinics, and schools, with adolescents, and adults. Providing both short- and long-term psychotherapy, Dr. Borenstein specializes in treating individuals, and couples presenting with anxiety, depression, trauma, sexual abuse/assault, sexual orientation and gender identity issues and/or personality disorders.

Dr. Borenstein’s therapeutic approach can best be described as integrative, combining psychodynamic and evidenced-based approaches.

She draws upon mindfulness, CBT and DBT, while at the same time, employing self and relational psychology, to facilitate client understanding of how past and present underlying experiences – physical, emotional, and sociocultural – influence client thoughts, emotions, behaviors. Through the lens of the mind-body connection, certain holistic practices, and empathic attunement, therapist and client work together to lessen client distress and foster client relationships with others.

Working with Dr. Borenstein, clients can expect connection and to be challenged. Through reflection and a touch of humor, rather than merely addressing symptoms,

Dr. Borenstein hopes to open the door to greater client self-development and awareness and the creation of more lasting client change.