Caroline Harvey, PsyD is a staff psychologist at Kurtz Psychology Consulting (KPC). She is the Director of Mighty Mouth Kids Camp, an intensive selective mutism camp for children 3 thru 9 years of age. Dr. Harvey runs several selective mutism groups at Kurtz Psychology for young children and adolescents with selective mutism as well as an online parent PCIT-SM skills group. She also provides PCIT-SM throughout the year at KPCPC, coaching parents in highly specific skills to target their child’s brave talking and living an exposure-based lifestyle.
Dr. Harvey is a licensed clinical psychologist in New York State. She provides individual and family therapy to children, adolescents, and parents utilizing evidence-based approaches. She specializes in treating youth who suffer from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), as well as children suffering from child anxiety disorders, including a subspecialty in selective mutism (SM). Dr. Harvey is trained in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), parent management training (PMT), and additional cognitive behavioral approaches. She has a passion for empowering parents to appropriately manage their children’s challenging behaviors while also improving the parent-child relationship. She additionally is committed to collaborating with teachers and other providers (e.g., psychiatrists) to best support children across all settings.
Dr. Harvey obtained her BA in Psychology from the State University of New York at Geneseo and her PsyD in Clinical-School Psychology from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology of Yeshiva University. She received pre-doctoral training at the ADHD and Behavior Disorders Center at the Child Mind Institute as well as at Children and Youth Services at South Beach Psychiatric Center. Dr. Harvey then completed her APA-accredited pre-doctoral internship at The Help Group in Los Angeles, California where she provided individual, group, and family therapy and administered comprehensive psychodiagnostic assessment batteries to children and adolescents in school and outpatient settings. She lastly completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Therapy West and Academics West in New York City where she provided individual, group, and family therapy, and trained, consulted, and coached teachers in vivo in the use of effective behavior management strategies with students.
New York Licensed Psychologist #022956
