February 2018

Dr. Schack is a clinical psychologist and maintains a private practice in NYC with over 20 years of experience in a variety of outpatient settings.

An expert consultant for the Center for Motivation and Change (CMC), she developed and runs the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) groups in their intensive outpatient day program along with onsite clinical supervision in DBT.

Dr. Schack is currently in practice with offices in Center City and in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia working with individuals and couples and the Center for Acceptance and Change and completed the first two levels of the Gottman training for couples therapy.

Early in her career Dr. Schack intensively trained in DBT, CBT for anxiety and psychodynamic treatment at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center and proceeded to work there as a supervising psychologist for 5 years and worked in the inpatient, day program, and outpatient units, becoming an expert at working with a variety of psychological disorders including depression, anxiety, substance abuse, eating disorders and personality disorders.

While intensely involved in the training and supervision of students in their internship program. After leaving Roosevelt Hospital, Dr. Schack spent several years as the Assistant Director of Student Counseling at Fordham University at Lincoln Center.