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Dr. Meredith Poster, NY Psychologist

Based in New York Online sessions

Compassionate psychologist for parenting challenges

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Years in practice
17
Credentials
NY Psychologist
Licensed in
New York
Languages
English
Focus
Stress, Anxiety
Focus
Relationship issues
Focus
Family conflicts
About

About Meredith

Dr. Meredith Poster greets readers with a calm, straightforward style. She is a clinical psychologist practicing in New York with 17 years of experience and a focus that includes parenting concerns.

Her approach is practical and collaborative, aimed at helping people manage stress, relationship strain, anxiety, and changes that affect family life. She blends several approaches in sessions, including client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, and attachment-based perspectives. Sessions typically mix skill teaching and problem-solving with moments that examine patterns from the past.

Background and approach

The goal is to leave people with tools they can use between meetings. Meredith earned a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University. She also completed undergraduate studies in psychology at Tufts University.

Her background includes work with testing and neurobehavioral assessment methods for young children as well as training in psychodynamic and cognitive approaches. In practice she emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental tone and collaboration. Treatment plans are individualized and built around the client's needs and daily realities.

She pairs empathy and validation with clear, solution-focused steps so people can try new behaviors and notice tangible change. Many clients choose video or phone sessions with her because she adapts well to online work.

Conversations tend to be practical, paced to the client, and focused on skills that support parenting, coping with life transitions, grief, and recovery from substance or behavioral problems.

Focus areas and approaches

What Meredith works with

Everything Meredith lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Meredith helps people with.

Approaches Meredith lists

Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.

Online support

How her approaches translate to online care

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape patterns today and helps people notice and change repeating dynamics in relationships. It can be useful for parents, people handling intimacy issues, or anyone wanting more stable connections.

Client-centered therapy centers the person's experience, using empathy and reflective listening so clients feel heard and understood. This approach supports people who need emotional validation as they learn new coping skills.

Cognitive behavioral techniques teach practical skills for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. These exercises often focus on sleep, eating, anxiety, low mood, and everyday problem-solving, and they lend themselves well to homework between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their goals and daily life, and she adjusts the plan as progress is tracked.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video can mirror in-person conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection and coaching between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules and to keep momentum between sessions.
Questions

Questions people ask about Meredith

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, relationship strain, grief, trauma, addictions, and sleep or eating concerns.

What is her therapy style like?

Her style blends client-centered listening with problem-solving and cognitive behavioral tools, plus mindfulness and attention to attachment patterns.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 17 years of clinical experience working in a range of settings and with many related concerns.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a New York psychologist, credential listed as NY Psychologist 014041, and practices from New York.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can I work with her from another country?

International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How does payment and scheduling work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.

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