About

About Dr. Herrera

Dr. Michelle Herrera is a licensed clinical psychologist in New York. She earned her Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University and completed an additional specialization in forensics. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Columbia University. Dr. Herrera completed her doctoral internship at Bellevue Hospital.

She has worked closely with a range of individuals from all walks of life in both inpatient and outpatient settings, including adults, adolescents, veterans, first responders, immigrants, attorneys, incarcerated individuals, and individuals with severe mental illness.

In addition to her private practice, Dr. Herrera is also a Faculty member at Columbia University where she provides supervision and training to psychology trainees. She is also a Staff Psychologist at New York Presbyterian-CUIMC where she provides psychological services on an outpatient basis in both English and Spanish. As part of her role at NYP, she developed and co-leads the Trauma Consultation Service for the Adult Outpatient Psychiatric Department.

Outside of her role as a clinician, Dr. Herrera works as a Senior Consultant for WorkHaven, a premier consulting firm geared to provide organizations and their employees with information, resources and support to help them thrive in high stress, high demand environments.

Specializes In:

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Psychodynamic

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

Michelle A. Herrera, PHD

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Areas of Expertise

Depression

Anxiety

Trauma (including PTSD)

Vicarious Trauma

Burnout

Gender-Affirming Care

LGBTQ+

BIPOC

Early Adulthood

Work Stress

First Responders

Military

Relationship Issues

Life Transitions