Alan Supraner, PHD

Alan Supraner, Ph.D.

The Century Building
2600 Netherland Avenue Suite 108
Riverdale, New York 10463

Education/Degrees/Certifications
Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (1993), Training Institute of Mental Health Practitioners

Ph.D. (1989), Institute for Cognitive Studies, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey

B.A. (1975), Herbert Lehman College of the City University of New York

Licensure New York State Licensed Psychologist (1991)

Fellowships, Practicums and Internships
Florence Roswell Fellowship in Learning Disabilities, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1985-1988
Internship in Child Clinical Neuropsychology, North Shore University Hospital – CornellUniversity, 1984-1985
Clinical Neuropsychology Practicum, Montefiore Hospital, 1980-1981

Employment/Clinical
Psychologist, Montefiore Autism Center, Department of Neurology, Montefiore Hospital, 2011 - Present

Psychological Consultant for Group Homes, Abbott House, 2005 –2006.

Clinical Consultant, F.E.G.S., 2000 – 2005

Independent Provider of Related Services (Counseling), Board of Education, 1996-Present

Senior Psychologist, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Morrisania Diagnostic andTreatment Center, 2002-2006

Senior Psychologist, Child Developmental Clinic, Morrisania Diagnostic and Treatment Center, 1993-2002

Private Practice, Riverdale New York, 1991 - Present, Child Developmental Clinic, Morrisania Diagnostic and Treatment Center,1988-1993

Psychologist, Therapeutic Nursery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1988-1995

Staff Psychotherapist (Part time), Consultation Center of the Training Institute of MentalHealth Practitioners, 1983-1993

Employment/Teaching

Substitute Instructor and Adjunct Lecturer in Psychology, Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York, 1978-1985

Adjunct Lecturer in Psychology, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey, 1978-1980

Teaching Assistant, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey, 1975-1978

Clinical Skills

• Evaluations of cognitive, educational, and emotional functioning.
• Individual and group therapy with children, adolescents, and adults.
• Teaching Social Skills with specific focus for those on the Autistic Spectrum.
• Couples and family therapy.
• Parenting skills and behavior management.
• Specific work with youngsters and young adults with Autistic Spectrum Disordersand with ADHD including support and treatment for their families.
• Therapy and coaching of young adults with issues related to decreased motivation and/or attentional problems. For example, coaching high school or college students with Attention Deficit Disorder or with other issues related to motivation, organization, monitoring of  attention and resources, etc, that interfere with academic and social functioning.
• Therapy and coaching of adults with the above noted issues as they relate to job performance. Mindfulness approaches with the purpose of stress reduction and increasing the capacity to become conscious of the choices one makes in directing attentional resources.
• Brief and long term treatment modalities with a cognitive and/or psychodynamic orientation depending upon the particular situation.
  
  

New York State Psychological Association