Courtney Rennicke Ph.D.

Courtney Rennicke Ph.D.

Dr. Rennicke is a Columbia University trained clinical psychologist working in the vibrant Tribeca neighborhood of downtown Manhattan.

CONTACT

Courtney Rennicke Ph.D
Director
P: (212) 337-3565 Ext. 2
CR@rennickeassociates.com

AVAILABILITY

Tuesday 11AM – 7:30PM
Wednesday 11AM – 7:30PM
Thursday 11AM – 7:30PM
* Not currently taking new clients

CLIENT FOCUS

Adoptees
Children (6 – 12)
Teens (13 – 18)
Adults
Family Therapy
Family Intensive Program

“I think the big shift occurs when you can start seeing yourself as adaptive rather than pathological. The cascading impact on increased self-compassion and the broader lens with which you see the world that unfurls from that change is a privilege to bare witness to.”
Courtney Rennicke

LATEST POST

Dr. Rennicke specializes in attachment-focused approaches (DDP, AEDP) to working with adults, children and families. She is passionate about helping people and families understand their stories in order to form stronger connections within themselves and with others. Dr. Rennicke also enjoys teaching other mental health professionals, parents and organizations about how attachment based principles can improve the quality of their lives and the culture of their groups.

SPECIALIZATION

–    Anxiety, Depression and Bipolar Disorders

–    Post-Adoption Issues and Parent-Child Attachment Related Concerns

–    Children and Adolescents with ADHD and Disruptive Behaviors

–    Mental Health Issues Related to Medical Conditions

–    Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Trauma, and Bereavement

DDP GLOBAL TRAINING

Dr. Rennicke first began her journey with Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) over 10 years ago.
She has been fortunate to be directly supervised by Dan Hughes, Ph.D., the founder of DDP, in learning how to both practice and teach this rich model for working with children and families.

Dr. Rennicke emphasizes creating an atmosphere of emotional safety where learning one on one in supervision or amongst a group can feel grounded in order to play, explore and soar in your professional development. Dr. Rennicke has provided workshops and trainings in the United States, Finland, the Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Kenya, New Zealand and Australia and has observed that what is unifying across all these places is people’s remarkable dedication and tenacity in trying to connect with vulnerable children, and of course the unending awe sparked by resiliency.

LATEST POST

–    Level 1, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA for Compass Seminars 10/2017

–    Level 1, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND for Caring Families, Aotearoa 10/2017

–    Level 1, Nakuru, KENYA for Play Kenya, Rafiki Mwena, 7/2017

–    Level 2, Canterbury, England, UNITED KINGDOM with Julie Hudson, 5/2107

–    Level 1, Utrect, NETHERLANDS with Dan Hughes, Ph.D. 10/2015

–    Level 1, New York, NY USA for the Adoption/Foster Care Therapist Network with Dan Hughes, Ph.D. 2/2015

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University.
Dr. Rennicke’s dissertation, part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation, focused on the search for meaning of the events of September 11th among people who were in or around The World Trade Center and its impact on their well-being.

B.S. with Honors in Human Development and Family Studies from Cornell University.
Honors Thesis was an on-site study of the emotional and systemic impact of trauma on an intensive care burn unit in an urban hospital setting.

CURRENT CLINICAL POSITIONS, ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS, & AFFILIATIONS

President and Co-Founder of the Adoption Foster Care Therapist Network
A non-profit organization of attachment, adoptive and foster care specialized mental health professionals. view site

Board Member at Large for the United States of the Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Institute.
An international board dedicated to furthering the training of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy worldwide. view site

Consultant for National Institute of Mental Health (R01) Grant “Predicting Heterogeneous Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in School-aged Children with Early Caregiving Adversities”
Under Principal Investigator, Nim Tottenham, Ph.D., Director of the Developmental Affective Neuroscience Lab at Columbia University.  view site

Clinical Psychology Supervisor at Teachers College, Columbia University
Supervising doctoral students in their psychological testing and intake assessment practicum. view site

ADVANCED CLINICAL TRAINING

Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy © 
Certified Trainer, Consultant & Practitioner, with Daniel Hughes, Ph.D.

Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
Level III Certified Therapist

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Postdoctoral Fellowship at the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy with Robert Leahy, Ph.D.

Collaborative Problem Solving
Level I training in with Stuart Ablon, Ph.D. and Ross Green, M.D.

Emotion Focused Therapy
Level I training with Leslie Greenberg, Ph.D.

Theraplay©
Level 1 Training with Daphna Lender, LCSW

Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT)
Introductory training at AFCTN’s 2nd Annual Statewide Training in Albany, NY with Sue Bratton, Ph.D.

RECENT CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Clinical Supervisor
At Bellevue Hospital Center, NYU School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry providing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy supervision to PGY-III psychiatry residents and psychology interns.

Psychologist
For the Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation and Treatment Program at the New York Center for Child Development, a non-profit organization, provided assessment and treatment services for children aged 0 to 5 with emotional, developmental and attachment related issues in East and Central Harlem.

Assistant Director of Child and Family Treatment and Postdoctoral Fellow
At the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy, a private practice group in midtown Manhattan, provided treatment to children, teens, and adults, supervision to psychology externs, and professional training workshops to mental health clinicians.

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology
At the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, taught a core component of their curriculum, clinical interviewing, as well as provided supervision for first-year clinical psychology doctoral students conducting intake assessments

Group Therapist
at A Caring Hand, The Billy Esposito Foundation, a non-profit bereavement center that provides treatment and other services to families from diverse neighborhoods and cultural backgrounds throughout the metropolitan New York area, lead a group for adolescent girls.

Pre-doctoral internship
At Columbia University Medical Center in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Outpatient Adult Psychiatry Clinic, conducted outpatient psychotherapy with children, adolescents, families, and adults in the Disruptive Behavior Disorders, Consultation Liaison (patients from medical units at the hospital), and Long-Term Treatment clinics.

 

MEDIA

Rennicke, C. and Wright, J.A. (2012)
Helping Your Decision to Adopt, Part 2: Understanding the Role of Family Therapy in Supporting Healthy Attachment. Webinar for the Gladney Center for Adoption.

Rennicke, C. (2009-present)
Advisory Team Member and Mental Health Contributor for NYC Private Schools Blog:
Post 1: Yet Another Reason to Kill Your Television…
Post 2: The Fear of Falling Behind
Post 3: Making Sense of the Chaos: Identifying Triggers for your “Challenging” Child
Post 4: The Proactive, Purposeful, Power of Empathy: Preventing Chaos
Post 5: Drawing Restraint: Marshmallows and Metacognition

Rennicke, C. (May 28, 2008).
Is Creativity a Side Effect of Bipolar Disorder? HealthTalk Radio.

WORKSHOPS & PRESENTATIONS

Integrating AEDP into a DDP Family Intensive
Presented at the DDP Annual Conference in Kingson, Ontario, CANADA October 31,2017 with Leah Langsam, Psy.D.

Surprise! Using the Brain as a Guide to Heal Blocked Trust
Keynote Talk Presented at Fostering Kids New Zealand Annual Conference in Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND, September 29, 2017

Reawakening the Capacity to Connect in Hurt Children,
Workshop Presented at Fostering Kids New Zealand Annual Conference in Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND, September 28, 2017

Safe Brains Learn Best:
The Basic Attachment-Focused Principles of Helping Traumatized Children and Adolescents Learn and Thrive at School

Webinar Presented to MN Adopt on June 8, 2017

Healing Blocked Trust and Blocked Care:
The Basic Attachment-Focused Principles of Helping Traumatized Children and Adolescents at Home, Foster Care and School Presented at the NATAMA Conference

Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC on May 12, 2017

Healing Blocked Trust and Blocked Care:
The Basic Attachment-Focused Principles of Helping Traumatized Children and Adolescents at Home, Foster Care and School

Presented in Tampere, FINLAND on November 11-12, 2016

DDP Practice in NYC
Presented at the Annual DDP Conference in Stony Point, New York, USA on November 1, 2016 with Leah Langsam, Psy.D.

Putting Attachment Focused Family Therapy to Work for Children in Foster Care and Their Families.
Rennicke, C. (2013). Presentation at the VOLAG Quarterly Meeting at New York City Administration for Children and Families Headquarters in New York, NY.

Changing the Lens: Understanding Children in Foster Care through Attachment Theory.
Rennicke, C. (2012). Presentation to the Adoption Action Network in New York, NY.

Attachment Focused Family Therapy: What is Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy?
Rennicke, C. (2011). Presentation to the New York State Citizen’s Coalition for Children 22nd Annual Foster Care and Adoption Conference in Albany, NY.

The Socio-Emotional Health of Toddlers and Older Children Adopted form China and Taiwan.
Stanley, W., Rennicke, C., and McAleer, E. (2010). Workshop given at the 30th annual Adoptive Parents Committee (APC) Conference, Brooklyn, NY.

Overview of Adoptees Testing Results and Treatment Needs.
Rennicke, C. (2010). Presentation given to the Gladney Center for Adoption, New York, NY.

Beyond Stickers and Star Charts: How to Enhance your Treatment of “Difficult” Kids by Using Empathy, Attachment Theory, and Problem Solving.
Rennicke, C. (2009). Workshop given for mental health professionals at the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy in New York, NY.

PUBLICATIONS

Treating Explosive Kids: The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach.
Rennicke, C. (2008). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Book Reviews, 4, 5, 1-3.

Enhanced Creativity in Bipolar Disorder Patients: A Controlled Study.
Santosa, C.M., Strong, C.M., Nowakowska, C., Wang, P.W., Rennicke, C.M., Ketter, T. (2007). Journal of Affective Disorders, 100, 1, 31-39.

Self-Enhancement Among High Exposure Survivors of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks in New York City.
Bonanno, G., Rennicke, C., Dekel, S. (2005). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 6, 984-998.

Personality and Temperament Differences in Euthymic Bipolar Disorder Patients.
Rennicke, C.M., Strong, C.M., Santosa, C.M., Sachs, N., Wang, P.W., Winsberg, M.E., Ketter, T.A. (2000). Poster session presented at the 153rd Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Chicago, IL.

LICENSURE

Psychologist, New York State

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Psychological Association (APA)
Adoption/Foster Care Therapist Network (AFCTN)
New York State Psychological Association (NYSPA)
Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI)

 

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