About Me    

Dr. Sam Klugman, PsyD

I’m a licensed clinical psychologist in New York City with over 15 years of experience helping adults work through anxiety, OCD, relationship challenges, and major life stress.

My work integrates evidence-based treatments, especially CBT, ACT, and exposure-based approaches, with a personalized understanding of each clients’ unique identities, needs and values.

My Specialties

  • Social anxiety

  • OCD

  • Couples therapy

  • Perfectionism

  • Struggles with shame, self-criticism, self-worth

  • Men’s issues, masculinity

  • Depression + mood disorders

  • Bereavement + loss

  • Gay, bisexual, and queer men’s issues 

  • Relationships

  • Major life transitions including career, relationship and family changes

  • Coping with chronic illness or pain

  • Workplace issues 

  • Identity concerns

  • Trauma

  • Substance use disorders

Availability

We see clients at our NYC offices in Greenwich Village and NoMad and via telehealth across New York, New Jersey, and Florida.

My Approach

Therapy with me is collaborative, active, and focused on helping you create real change in your daily life.

I view my clients as whole people with unique values and strengths, not just a collection of symptoms or problems. My approach tailors evidence-based methods and skills address your specific needs. Some areas that I commonly help clients with:

  • Building capacity to tolerate and modulate difficult emotions

  • Overcoming patterns of avoidance

  • Developing new relationships with stuck patterns of thinking, including worry and rumination

  • Clarifying and understanding values

  • Deepening understanding and insight into behavioral and relational patterns

  • Adopting curiosity and compassion toward self and others

  • Cultivating deeper and meaningful relationships

  • Exploring roles and identities, including sexual & gender identity, racial and ethnic identities, family, career, and relationship roles

I utilize a pragmatic approach in my work with clients and incorporate methods that are grounded in research while prioritizing a flexible, targeted approach in supporting you in your goals.

My Background

Prior to my work in private practice, I was a staff psychologist at Columbia University Medical Center and completed my postdoctoral fellowship at NYU Counseling & Wellness Services.

In addition to my practice, I enjoy writing and presenting on a variety of topics in the field of psychology, including burnout prevention, clinical supervision, and the needs of LGBTQIA+ populations in healthcare and workplace settings.

I am also an adjunct supervisor at the NYU Clinical/Counseling Ph.D. program and a volunteer evaluator at the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights

Education, Credentials, & Trainings

  • Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Rutgers University

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Brown University

  • Licensed Clinical Psychologist (NY, NJ, FL-Telehealth)

  • Adjunct Clinical Supervisor, NYU Steinhardt Counseling PhD Program

  • Former Staff Psychologist, Columbia University Medical Center

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, NYU Counseling & Wellness Services

  • Internship/Residency, Brooklyn VA Hospital

  • Training in CBT, ACT, ERP, mindfulness-based interventions

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