Elizabeth Merrill, PsyD, ABPP

Dr. Elizabeth Merrill is a Board Certified Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Certified Group Psychotherapist. Dr. Merrill has been working with adults, adolescents, and children in diverse clinical settings (inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, mental health centers, and private practice) for the past eighteen years.

She obtained her doctorate from The Wright Institute in Berkeley, California in 2007 and moved to New York City where she was employed within the city hospital systems for 10 years as a Supervising Psychologist and as the Assistant Director of Child and Adolescent Education and Training at Mt. Sinai-St. Luke’s Child and Family Institute.  Dr. Merrill was also the Assistant Professor of Psychology at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons and Clinical Instructor at Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Merrill’s honors and achievements include Supervisor of the Year at Mt. Sinai-St. Luke’s, President-Elect of the NY State Psychological Association’s Group Division, Treasurer of the Champaign Area Psychotherapy Society, Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society Board of Directors, Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Psychology, and Leadership Institute Fellow through the New York State Psychology Association.  She also founded the Animal Assisted Therapy Program at Mt. Sinai-St. Luke’s Child and Family Institute.

Dr. Merrill has been employed by the Department of Veteran’s Affairs for the past six and a half years where she supervises and teaches psychology interns and postdoctoral fellows, conducts compensation and pension evaluations, and has been formally trained and certified in the evidence-based practice entitled Cognitive Processing Therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder. She currently provides telehealth psychotherapy to Veterans. Dr. Merrill also maintains a group telehealth practice with Synergy eTherapy where she conducts individual, couples, and family counseling sessions to adults.