Research Awards

2025-2026 Outstanding Early Career Achievement Award from the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR)

2024-2025 Bergin and Garfield Emerging Scholar Award, Society for Psychotherapy Research ($2,500)

2023-2024 Bergin and Garfield Emerging Scholar Award, Society for Psychotherapy Research ($2,500)

2019-2020 Allies Muskin Career Development Leadership Award, Anxiety and Depression Association of America ($2,000)

2015-2016 Runner Up, George Stricker Research Award, Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University

2014-2015 Sylvia Sanger Foundation Award for Psychotherapy Research, Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University ($3,000)

Mentored Student Research Awards

Implicit Racial Bias and Clinician Emotional Responses in Psychotherapy: A Virtual Interaction Study

Conference travel award from the North American Chapter of the Society for Psychotherapy Research ($1,000).

Role: Research Mentor. Awardee: Ronit Shvarzman.

Empathy and Mindfulness as Moderators of Implicit Bias Effects on Therapeutic Alliance

Trainee Award from the North American Society chapter of SPR (NASPR)

Role: Research Mentor. Awardee: Amna Maryam.