Dr. Rahimeh Andalibian
Psychologist, Author, Conscious Entrepreneur
Dr. Rahimeh Andalibian
Owner, Psychologist, Author, Conscious Entrepreneur
Dr. Rahimeh Andalibian (Dr. A) is a clinical psychologist licensed in New York, California, and Washington, D.C. For more than two decades, she has worked with multidisciplinary teams conducting psychological evaluations and providing therapy services for individuals, families, couples, and groups.
Dr. A welcomes individuals, couples, and families into her practice. She holds advanced certifications in family interventions and specializes in trauma and neurodivergent profiles. Dr. A understands the family dynamics that are unique to individuals struggling with neurodivergence and trauma. She is also skilled at incorporating her understanding of culture and community with diverse populations and their unique experiences.
Dr. A is also trained in Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration and helps clients navigate treatment options while ensuring safety and comfort.
Dr. A incorporates EMDR, grounding and resourcing the body with Sensorimotor psychotherapy tools, trauma-focused CBT, mindfulness, and narrative work. Her experience in systemic intervention enables her to seek solutions to problem areas based on strengths while appreciating all the effective, protective parts that have served the client.
Dr. A has been an entrepreneur for over 15 years, and she is the owner and director of Spectrum Services NYC, where she leads a team of 8 diagnosticians who conduct comprehensive neuropsychological assessments, as well as a team of 20 therapists and life coaches who specialize in working with individuals, couples, and families with autism, ADHD, OCD, and trauma.
Dr. A has owned and operated two cognitive-based learning centers in southern California specializing in the remediation of executive functioning skills, learning disabilities, dyslexia, and cognitive deficits. In addition, she has been an adjunct professor and supervisor for graduate students.
Dr. A has also authored her memoir, The Rose Hotel, which was published in 2012 and tells the story of her family’s post-trauma resilience and healing – the experiences which became the inspiration for her decision to become a psychologist. The Rose Hotel is now being adapted into a screenplay.
“A brave, beautifully written memoir…skillfully crafts into an insightful, passionate immigrant’s story with cross-cultural resonance.” – Publishers Weekly 2015
EXPERTISE
Individuals, couples, and families
Trauma
Autism/Asperger’s
ADHD, especially in women
Family interventions
Culture, race, diversity, multigenerational and geopolitical trauma
Psychological evaluations for children and adults
OCD
THERAPY APPROACHES
Strengths-based, collaborative, mutual decision making
Trauma work
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Sensorimotor psychotherapy body oriented work, mindfulness, grounding, resourcing
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration
Autism
- Ron Kurtz
Trauma
- Peter Levine
OCD
ADHD
- Jonathan Mooney