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Jennifer L. Taitz, Psy.D, ABPP
is board certified in cognitive behavioral therapy by the American Board of Professional Psychology and a Diplomate in the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. Dr. Taitz is among the first psychologists to merit Linehan Board Certification in DBT. Dr. Taitz is a licensed clinical psychologist in New York and California. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from New York University and earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University’s program at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine in New York. Dr. Taitz completed fellowships at Yale University School of Medicine and at the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy, where she served as the director of the DBT program for a decade prior to her move to Los Angeles.
Additionally, Dr. Taitz serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at U.C.L.A. and her writing appears in numerous prominent publications including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. At U.C.L.A., she trains psychiatry residents in evidence-based approaches to managing anxiety and leads a treatment group on ways to help a range of challenges by targeting core underlying processes using the Unified Protocol. Passionate about women’s mental health, Dr. Taitz has taught experts at the Women’s Life Center how to implement DBT interventions to empower women struggling with postpartum depression.
Dr. Jenny Taitz is the author of three books: End Emotional Eating: Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills to Cope with Difficult Emotions and Develop a Healthy Relationship to Food, How to be Single and Happy: Science-Based Strategies for Keeping Your Sanity While Looking for a Soul Mate, and Stress Resets: How to Soothe Your Body and Mind in Minutes.
MISSION:
Dr. Taitz believes the ideal therapist is validating, transparent, and practical. She emphasizes attentiveness, collaboration, and responsiveness, providing research-based tools to help clients overcome challenges in a nonjudgmental, supportive environment. As an intensively trained Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) therapist, Dr. Taitz incorporates mindfulness, acceptance, and motivational enhancement with traditional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Dr. Taitz has extensive expertise in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and finds meaning in helping individuals practice willingness to commit to their values by gaining distance from thoughts and behaviors that get in the way of meaningful actions.
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
In addition to treating a diverse range of problems such as depression, generalized anxiety, eating disorders, panic disorder, specific phobias, social anxiety, and borderline personality disorder, she also provides psychotherapy to patients with medical problems and chronic pain. Dr. Taitz has compassion and understanding for young adults struggling in academic settings with perfectionism, procrastination, inattention, anxiety, eating disorders, loneliness, avoidance, and substance use. In addition, Dr. Taitz has expertise in helping individuals navigate life transitions, relationships, career changes, and aging. Dr. Taitz is also empathetic to the uncertainty and demands that arise in creative and entrepreneurial paths, working with many clients in the entertainment industry.
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Dr. Taitz is a founding board member of the New York City Association for Contextual Behavior Science. She serves on several committees within her participation in the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), and maintains membership in the Association for Contextual and Behavior Science (ACBS), Academy of Cognitive Therapy (ACT), and American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). Dr. Taitz is DBT certified by the Linehan Board of Certification.