Dr. Deborah Teng is a Clinical Psychologist, specializing in anxiety, ADHD, self-esteem, infertility, and chronic health conditions. Known for her expertise in both hypnosis and mindfulness-based interventions, Dr. Teng offers advanced, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help clients not only manage but transcend their mental health challenges. Her approach is deeply personalized, designed to address the complex emotional and psychological factors that underlie each individual’s struggles.
With a profound commitment to fostering resilience, emotional well-being, and self-awareness, Dr. Teng empowers her clients to break free from anxiety, enhance their self-esteem, and lead more purposeful, fulfilling lives. By integrating a holistic understanding of chronic health conditions and mental health, Dr. Teng helps her clients achieve a greater sense of balance, emotional strength, and improved relationships, setting them on a path to long-term well-being.
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Clinical Psychologist Dr. Deborah Teng is a recognized expert in treating anxiety, ADHD, self-esteem, chronic health issues, relationship challenges and infertility. She has developed a comprehensive, integrative approach that blends her specialties in these areas with her strong belief in the mind-body connection. By incorporating clinical hypnosis into her therapeutic practice, Dr. Teng offers clients a powerful tool to address these issues holistically. Hypnosis is particularly effective for managing anxiety, regulating emotional responses, and alleviating chronic pain and health conditions, making it an essential part of her work. Dr. Teng combines hypnosis with other evidence-based therapies to create personalized treatment plans that target both psychological and physical symptoms.
With extensive experience working with LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities, Dr. Teng is committed to providing inclusive, culturally competent care. Her holistic, person-centered approach empowers clients to navigate life's challenges, improve their overall well-being, and foster long-lasting growth.
Dr. Teng’s academic journey began at Douglass College-Rutgers University, where she initially pursued Biology before discovering her passion for Psychology and its connection to physical health. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and later advanced her education at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University, where she completed both a Master of Science in School Psychology and a Doctorate in School-Clinical Child Psychology.
Throughout her career, Dr. Teng has held several key clinical positions, including a pivotal role at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, where she specialized in intensive outpatient (IOP) and inpatient (IP) care for anxiety, depression, and co-occurring disorders. During her time at St. Luke’s, Dr. Teng also served as a mentor to early-career clinicians, providing supervision, guidance, and fostering their professional growth to ensure high standards of care.
Dr. Teng’s therapeutic practice is enriched by a range of modalities, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), family systems therapy, and psychodynamic approaches. Her expertise in these therapies allows her to integrate them seamlessly with clinical hypnosis, creating a dynamic and multifaceted approach tailored to each client's unique needs.
Dr. Teng’s deep expertise in anxiety, combined with her collaborative and compassionate approach, makes her a powerful advocate for her clients' healing and personal growth. By blending hypnosis, mindfulness, and evidence-based techniques, she helps clients overcome their personal challenges, strengthen their resilience, and achieve meaningful, lasting change. Through this integrative, action-oriented approach, Dr. Teng empowers her clients to take control of their mental and physical well-being.
Dr. Deborah Teng’s therapeutic approach is deeply shaped by her upbringing in a household that embraced alternative medicine practices such as acupuncture, acupressure, herbal medicine, tai chi, and qi-gong. These early experiences nurtured her belief in the strong connection between mind and body, a principle she seamlessly integrates into her practice today. Dr. Teng combines these holistic insights with her expertise in clinical hypnosis and modern therapeutic techniques to foster profound change in her clients.
A strong advocate for action-oriented therapy, Dr. Teng is particularly passionate about helping individuals who struggle with anxiety and health conditions, two conditions that are closely intertwined and can have both mental and physical impacts. Anxiety often fuels excessive worry and fear, leading to heightened stress responses in the body, such as increased heart rate, muscle tension, and shortness of breath. Similarly, health conditions can bring about physical symptoms like fatigue, body aches, and digestive issues, creating a cyclical relationship where emotional distress affects the body, and physical discomfort reinforces emotional struggles.
Dr. Teng works with clients to understand how anxiety and other issues are interrelated, often arising together and feeding into each other, and how both can manifest in physical symptoms. Her approach is designed to not only address the psychological roots of these conditions but also to help clients recognize and manage the physical sensations that accompany them. By integrating the mind-body connection into her work, Dr. Teng equips clients with tools to regulate their emotional responses, reduce physical symptoms, and restore balance.
Dr. Teng has completed advanced training in clinical hypnosis through the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH), where she mastered techniques such as hypnotic inductions, deepening methods, and the art of suggestion. This training has allowed her to effectively use hypnosis as a powerful tool for transformation, particularly in reducing anxiety. She has further refined her skills in applying clinical hypnosis to areas such as pain management, behavioral change, and emotional regulation, enhancing therapeutic outcomes through personalized interventions.
In her practice, Dr. Teng expertly integrates hypnosis with other therapeutic modalities, such as psychodynamic, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and humanistic approaches. This dynamic and multifaceted approach allows her to address the emotional and physical dimensions of anxiety empowering her clients to actively overcome their challenges.
Dr. Teng’s holistic, person-centered approach ensures that therapy is not only insightful but also practical and goal-oriented. She collaborates closely with clients, providing a supportive and empowering environment where they can take active steps toward healing. Through her integrative blend of hypnosis, mindfulness, and evidence-based techniques, Dr. Teng helps clients experience lasting, meaningful change, improving both their mental and physical well-being.
