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Meet our team:
Elena Kazakina, Ph.D. |
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Elena Kazakina,
Ph.D.,
who holds a
doctorate in
Counseling
Psychology from
Columbia
University,
has been a
psychologist at
Comprehensive
Sleep Disorders
Institute since
it
originated in
2003. Dr.
Kazakina also
serves as a
Psychology
Consultant for
the
Metropolitan
Jewish Health
System,
Brooklyn, New
York. She is
licensed in New
York and in
New
Jersey where she
is currently in
private
practice. Prior
to this, Dr.
Kazakina was on staff at
the
Department of
Behavioral
Health and
Psychiatry at
Trinitas
Hospital,
NJ for 6 years.
Her
responsibilities
included
individual and
group
psychotherapy,
supervision of
psychology
interns, and
staff training.
Dr. Kazakina
earned her
doctorate from
Columbia
University.
She completed
her
psychological
internship
training at the
Department of
Psychiatry of
Maimonides
Hospital.
Her Master's
degree in
developmental
psychology was
obtained from
the University
of St.
Petersburg,
Russia.
Dr. Kazakina
specializes in
the diagnosis
and treatment of
insomnia, with
the emphasis on
adult and late
life insomnia.
Her extensive
clinical,
teaching and
research
experience
allowed her to
develop a unique
integrated
approach
combining
cognitive-behavioral,
supportive and
psychodynamic
interventions in
psychological
treatment of
insomnia.
She is a member
of the
American
Psychological
Association,
New Jersey
Psychological
Association,
and
New Jersey
Association of
Cognitive
Behavioral
Therapists.
She is involved
with rapidly
growing special
interest group
of health
psychologists
who carefully
review mind-body
connection under
the impact of
stress and
illness.
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