MICHAEL S. KEREN, PSYD

Licensed Psychologist #3325

Specialization and Expertise:

• Adult (Individual) psychotherapy, Couple’s Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Psychotherapy, Psychological testing and assessment.

• LGBTQ Issues, Relationship Issues, Caregiver Issues, Coping with Illness and Loss; Trauma; Depression; post-divorce parenting, work-life issues.

• Integrative approach including psychoanalysis (Self Psychology and Relational Approaches, Family Systems therapy, Solution Focused therapies, CBT and DBT.

• Pre-Operative Bariatric Surgery Psychological Evaluation 

Dr. Keren has been practicing psychotherapy for nearly 30 years.  His work is grounded in his advanced trainings in Psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic therapy, and Family Systems Therapy. Years of working first in community mental health and later in forensic settings, including state prisons and forensic psychiatric units, have helped Dr. Keren develop an approach to therapy that is practical and accessible. In addition to his clinical work Dr. Keren has taught on both the undergraduate and graduate level. He has been on the adjunct faculty of numerous doctoral programs and internship sites. He is currently on the faculty of the clinical psychology pre-doctoral internship program and co-coordinator of psychology extern training at Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital.

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Education:

• Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University     Psy.D.

• Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University     M.A.

• University of Massachusetts/ Amherst          B.A.

• The Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity

• University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ program in Family Therapy

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Contact:

(908) 273-5558 Ext. 126

"I believe that healing best happens in relationship to an other or others. I strive in my work to provide a connection that can heal both within the consulting room and in life at large."