Sameena Groves

My Approach
I enjoy working with a diverse array of adolescents (13+) and adults. My clients often seek therapy to address some combination of low or anxious mood, sleep disturbance, relationship struggles, distraction, unwanted habit loops, distressing thinking, parenting roadblocks, performance fears, and/or impairment in their ability to function in the areas of life that matter most to them.

My approach to therapy is grounded in the years of training I received in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). I help clients identify their strengths and values, as well as their areas of desired change; together we experiment with empirically-supported skills and practices to build a richer life.

Often treatment includes making changes to sleep, movement, food, and other patterns of consumption, as we know that mental health is not just in our heads. Our lifestyles move us closer to – or pull us further away from – our vision of wellbeing.

The throughline in my approach is skills, teamwork, experimentation, and humor; I laugh often with my clients at some of the absurdities of having a human brain and body. I help my clients become more aware of themselves, learn powerful tools for change, and commit to whole body mental health.

I currently see clients via telehealth and in my Bronxville, New York office. I periodically touch base with my New York City clients in my midtown office.

Training Background
I received my doctoral degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University and completed my clinical internship at Montefiore Medical Center, where I trained in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) with Dr. Alec Miller (one of the co-developers of DBT for adolescents). I was able to continue my DBT and CBT training in a postdoctoral fellowship at the NYU Child Study Center. Since that time, I’ve pursued ongoing training in ACT and enjoy taking the best of what these evidence-based approaches offer clients.

Prior to my graduate studies, I graduated from Yale University and completed a post-baccalaureate program in psychology at Columbia University. More recently I have undergone training in motivational interviewing, health coaching and nutritional psychiatry.

Throughout my career I’ve participated in various conferences and workshops to keep my knowledge current and my connections to colleagues strong; I have supervised at NYU and Yeshiva University and have been part of a peer supervision group for the past 8 years.