Basha Silver, PsyD(She/Her/Hers)

Dr. Basha Silver is a licensed clinical psychologist and the founder of Silver Therapy Group, a team of dedicated psychologists practicing on the Upper West Side in New York City, providing both in-person and remote sessions.

Dr. Silver's approach is warm, interactive, and actionable, with an emphasis on helping her patients make tangible changes in the present, while also synthesizing the impact of the past. Dr. Silver specializes in working with individuals through the lens of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She utilizes Emotionally-Focused Therapy to support couples through relational hurdles with the goal of improving communication, navigating transitional periods more gracefully, and strengthening emotional bonds.

Dr. Silver's specializes in women's mental health, including perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, reproductive challenges (e.g. infertility, pregnancy loss) and stressors related to the adjustment to parenthood (e.g. changes in identity, relationship strains and evolutions, difficulties with work-life balance).

Additionally, she is passionate about working with individuals navigating generalized anxiety, social anxiety, OCD, perfectionism, career stress and professional burnout, and struggles with self-esteem.

Dr. Silver is a New York City native and obtained her bachelor’s degree from Colgate University and doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Cognitive Therapy for Women, where she received advanced training in women’s mental health and reproductive mental health. In addition to maintaining a private practice, she also provides clinical supervision to doctoral students at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology and runs a support group for predoctoral interns at Kings County Hospital. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her family, cooking, hiking, and swimming in the ocean.