Psychologist, PsyD
Dr. Sierra has over six years of experience in adolescent mental health, trauma-informed care, substance use treatment, and family systems. Her work integrates psychodynamic and relational psychotherapy with trauma-informed and evidence-based approaches, such as motivational interviewing and DBT skills.
Dr. Sierra earned her Psy.D. and M.Psy. from The George Washington University. She completed clinical training at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School, where she provided psychotherapy, psychological testing, family therapy, and school consultation within the Latino Mental Health Clinic and Child and Adolescent Outpatient Services. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Family and Teen Recovery Services (FuTuReS) Program and Child and Family Institute at Mount Sinai. Most recently, she served as an Assistant Faculty Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai within the Comprehensive Adolescent Rehabilitation and Education Service (CARES).
Dr. Sierra is currently an Adjunct Faculty Professor at Yeshiva University's Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, where she teaches and supervises doctoral-level psychology trainees. She is also a Consulting Psychologist for The Center for Career Development and Ministry (CCDM), a not-for-profit, ecumenical, church-related agency that supports clergy and religious leaders.
Psychologist