Nicole Brozyna, MS, NCSP, is a school-clinical psychology intern at CBC, providing individual and group therapy to children, adolescents, and young adults. Nicole is a certified bilingual school psychologist in the state of New York, as well as a nationally certified school psychologist through the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP). Prior to her doctoral training, she received her M.S. in School Psychology from St. John’s University, where she is currently a fifth-year advanced-standing doctoral student in the PsyD program. Nicole earned her B.S. in Psychology from the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), with a specific focus on clinical and community psychology and a minor in Slavic languages. She speaks Polish fluently.
Nicole has received training in providing comprehensive, evidence-based assessments and interventions to children, adolescents and adults. She has been intensively trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Parent Management Training (PMT). More specifically, she has delivered services to individuals with ADHD, anxiety, selective mutism, depression, OCD, ODD, social (pragmatic) communication disorder, and cognitive and language-based disabilities. Nicole has provided individual, parent, and group therapy in both school and clinical settings. She uses a strengths-based approach to treatment. Nicole firmly believes that establishing rapport, collaboration with clients and their families, aligning treatment goals to their values, and tailoring interventions to their unique needs is key to therapeutic and life-long success.
Prior to her current assignment, Nicole served as a psychology extern at CBC, where she provided CBT and DBT treatment to children, adolescents, and young adults. Nicole completed her Master’s internship in the Pelham Union-Free School District in Westchester, New York. In this role, she provided school psychological services including evaluations for special education, behavioral consultation, as well as individual and group counseling at the elementary and high school level. As part of her training at St. John’s, Nicole served as a student therapist and evaluator for the St. John’s Center for Psychological Services, where she provided services to children, adolescents, and young adults with a variety of cognitive, behavioral, emotional, and academic needs.
Nicole’s doctoral research examines the obtained and predicted cognitive performance of English learners using the newly developed Diverse-Student Normal Ability Performance framework. She is a student member of the American Psychological Association (APA), National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) and New York Association of School Psychologists (NYASP).