Dr. Rachel Altman is a psychologist who specializes in helping people navigate challenges in relationships, work through persistent depression, and cope with profound loss. She works with adults, couples, and families, offering a warm, structured, and compassionate space where people can explore the roots of their struggles, better manage overwhelming emotions, and develop more secure and fulfilling connections.

Dr. Altman has a special understanding of the pain that comes with intense emotions, rocky or unpredictable relationships, fears of abandonment, and sudden changes in self-esteem. Many of the people she works with feel chronically empty, act impulsively, or find themselves repeating patterns that keep them from the life and relationships they want. Dr. Altman helps them untangle these patterns, build emotional resilience, and create lasting change. Drawing from her advanced training in psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, she pays close attention to how past experiences shape current relationships, including the one between therapist and patient. She works collaboratively with her patients to strengthen self-awareness, integrate conflicting parts of the self, and build a steadier, more confident sense of self.

Dr. Altman is a published author in Frontiers in Psychiatry for her work on suicide prevention and has presented her research at national conferences, including the American Psychiatric Association’s annual convention, where she spoke on the impact of societal disconnection on mental health. She earned her Master's in Clinical and Counseling Psychology from Columbia University and her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University New England. Her clinical training includes work at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR), SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, and JCCA Foster Care Agency. She completed her doctoral internship at Middlesex Hospital in Connecticut where she was voted a patient-preferred clinician.