About Dr. Maureen McSweeney

     Dr. McSweeney is a licensed psychologist.  She earned a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from New York University.  To her work with art therapy techniques, Dr. McSweeney brings a background as an artist, with a B.A. in Studio Art from Marymount College and M.P.S. (Masters in Professional Studies) in Art Therapy from Pratt Institute.

     Dr. McSweeney has recently expanded her training in trauma treatment by re-taking EMDR level I training and completing level 2 training with William Zangwill, Ph.D. of New York City in 2007.  She is currently in an ongoing advanced training group with Gina Collelli, LCSW, who is on the faculty of the Trauma Studies Center, New York, N.Y.  She completed a yearlong training program in "Integrating Spirituality and Science into Psychotherapy and Healing," focusing on Energy Psychology (Emotional Freedom Technique and Tapas Acupressure technique), with Dr. Henry Grayson (Founder of National Institute for the Psychotherapies and Director of the Center for Spirituality and Psychotherapy).

     Prior to full-time independent practice, Dr. McSweeney worked in distinguished institutions: as a psychologist and staff trainer at the Integrative Care Center at the Hospital for Special Surgery, University Pain Center, and Arthrofitness and Sports Rehabilitation, and as an intern at Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine. She worked as a creative arts therapist at the North Richmond Community Mental Health Center of St. Vincent's Medical Center.  She has special understanding of artists, in the visual and performing arts.

     Dr. McSweeney has taught at New York University in its graduate Department in Counseling Psychology and at the State University of New York.  She has conducted workshops for the patients and their families sponsored by the Arthritis Foundation and for the public sponsored by the Hospital for Special Surgery.  She has written journal articles in The Journal of GS0-SEHNAP and Pratt Creative Arts Therapy Review,

      Dr. McSweeney is a member of the American Psychological Association, New York State Psychological Association, and the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.

      She was interviewed on television on Good Morning America on ABC, the Discovery Health Channel, and the Annual Telethon of the Long Island Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation on WLNY.