Psychologist
Jorge Cienfuegos Szalay, PhD is a New York licensed clinical psychologist and AASECT Certified Sex Therapist who provides evidence-based therapy in English and Spanish to adolescents, adults, and couples. He draws from CBT, ACT, ERP (for OCD/BDD), PE and CPT for trauma disorders, and Gottman Method and EFT for couples work. He has specialized expertise in sexuality and intimacy, sexual concerns, and gender-affirming care.
He is available to see clients in person/virtually in NYC and virtually in New Jersey, Florida, and Vermont.
Dr. Cienfuegos Szalay earned his PhD in Health Psychology and Clinical Science from The Graduate Center, CUNY. He trained at Mount Sinai Morningside & West, Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian, and NYU Langone, where he completed his postdoctoral fellowship and then served as Faculty and Assistant Clinical Instructor in the Child Study Center’s Gender and Sexuality Service, supervising psychology externs and teaching undergraduate courses at NYU. His NIH-funded research on stigma, sexual health, and mental health among sexual minority men has been published in journals including the Journal of Sex Research.
Currently, he co-hosts the official APA Division 38's (Health Psychology) podcast Health Psych Currents.
Psychologist