Current Interns: 2024-25 Academic Year

Tahani Chaudhry, M.A.
George Mason University

Tahani Chaudhry is a doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology program at George Mason University. Her research focuses on the role of religious institutions, particularly religious leaders, in the resilience of survivors of intimate partner violence and the impact of religious help-seeking on their wellbeing.

Farahdeba Herrawi, M.A.
University of Massachusetts Boston

Farahdeba Herrawi (she/her) is a doctoral candidate in the Counseling Psychology program at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Farah has an interest in ethical and medical-legal issues related to academic-industry relationships. Clinically, Farah has worked across various settings, including community mental health clinics and hospitals.

Lushna Mehra, M.S.
Florida State University

Lushna Mehra is a doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology program at Florida State University. She earned a B.S. in Clinical Psychology with a minor in Latin from Tufts University. With experiences across community mental health, forensic settings, and homelessness programs, Lushna’s clinical interests especially lie in empowering individuals coping with complex trauma, anxiety, psychosis, and depression. She takes an adaptable approach to psychotherapy, integrating evidence-based modalities, such as CBT, DBT, CPT, STAIR, ACT, and MI, to meet evolving client needs. Valuing collaboration within multidisciplinary teams, Lushna aims to provide holistic care. She is committed to culturally responsive practices that acknowledge the multifaceted determinants of health. Lushna’s research focuses on identifying psychosocial and sociocultural factors that contribute to the biological risk of developing psychopathology in early life. For example, her dissertation examined the influence of parent and child experiences of everyday discrimination on the biological risk for childhood anxiety.

Jessica Reed, PsyM
Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Jess Reed is a doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology program at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. Outside of her professional life, she enjoys adventure and thrills —she has been skydiving (twice) and recently started taking trapeze classes!

Hannah Brody, PsyM
Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Hannah Brody is a doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology program at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. Her clinical and research experiences center on transdiagnostic treatments, including cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). Hannah utilizes a holistic, systems-based approach throughout clinical care, considering factors of personal identity, culture, history, and the lived environment. She has experience working with individuals and families throughout the lifespan and providing psychological care within outpatient, inpatient, and medical settings. Hannah is dedicated to building more accessible pathways to effective mental healthcare; she is thrilled to be part of the Montefiore psychology team.

Regina Roberg, M.S.
Suffolk University

Regina Roberg (she/her) is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at Suffolk University in Boston, MA. She earned bachelor’s degrees in psychology and Hispanic studies from Brandeis University, and a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Suffolk University. Regina is intensively trained in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and exposure and response prevention (ERP) for anxiety and obsessive-compulsive and related disorders and has also received training in grief and trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) and parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT) for children and families impacted by substance use. Her clinical and research interests center around supporting youth and caregivers struggling with OCD, anxiety, and trauma using a collaborative, culturally-informed approach that integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT). In her free time, Regina enjoys cooking, swimming, and spending time in nature with loved ones.

Elisa Cameron-Niang, LMHC, LPC, BC-TMH
The City College of New York, CUNY

Elisa Cameron-Niang (she/her) is a doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology program at The City College of New York, CUNY. She is passionate about providing responsive care to individuals and families throughout the lifespan. She utilizes a relationally oriented, psychodynamic approach to treatment and has specialized training in multiple modalities such as dialectical behavior therapy, emotion focused therapy, and family systems work. In her free time, Elisa enjoys trying new foods, playing sudoku, and creating musical mash-ups.

Sylvie Wong, Ed.M., M.Phil.
Teachers College, Columbia University

Sylvie Wong is a doctoral candidate in the Counseling Psychology program at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has directed her clinical craft and research efforts towards improving the quality of and access to mental health care for historically populations who have experienced complex trauma. Sylvie takes an integrative approach to therapy where she balances cognitive-behavioral interventions (e.g., CBT, DBT, ACT) to ameliorate symptoms with relational psychodynamic approaches to deepen understanding of the self and others. Above all, she works in a relationally attuned way that seeks to understand each patient’s lived experience and honor their complexities and uniqueness. She has worked with children, adolescents, and adults including families and couples at Mount Sinai Morningside Comprehensive Adolescent Rehabilitation and Education Service (CARES), Maimonides Medical Center, and New Alternatives for Children.

Garrett Thomas, M.S.
Pennsylvania State University

Garrett Thomas is a doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology program at Penn State University. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience from Bowdoin College in 2017 where he was involved in athletics and conducted an independent study assessing the effects of a mindfulness-based intervention on mood, stress, and burnout in injured student-athletes. More recently, Garrett earned his Master’s degree in Psychology from Penn State University. Garrett’s doctoral research has largely focused on the effects of secondary factors, like co-occurring depression and anxiety, on cognitive performance and outcomes in neuropsychological populations. Garrett is also interested in personalized medicine and the role of individual factors associated with neuropsychological evaluation, and his dissertation is focused on developing a machine learning model that can be used to predict recovery timelines following sports-related concussion. Clinically, Garrett is eager to continue his training in neuropsychological assessment across the lifespan with a particular emphasis on traumatic brain injury and other neurological conditions. In the future, he plans to complete a neuropsychology post-doctoral fellowship and pursue board certification in clinical neuropsychology.