Dr. Meredith Poster , NY Psychologist 014041

Dr. Meredith Poster is a clinical psychologist based in New York who brings 17 years of professional experience to work with adolescents, adults, and families. As a mother of three teens and young adults, she combines clinical expertise with lived experience to support clients through life transitions, relationship challenges, and parenting concerns.

She uses an integrative, evidence-informed approach that blends client-centered techniques with mindfulness and cognitive behavioral strategies. Her training includes an undergraduate degree in psychology from Tufts University (1990) and a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University. She has received specialized training in cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic therapy, educational and cognitive testing, projective assessment methods, and neurobehavioral evaluations with infants and children.

Dr. Poster currently focuses on divorce, remarriage, blended family dynamics, and parent education and counseling, and she also addresses health-related and chronic illness concerns. She creates a warm, nonjudgmental therapeutic environment and partners with clients to develop individualized treatment plans. Combining empathy and validation with practical problem-solving and solution-focused strategies, she helps clients build skills to improve coping, strengthen relationships, and pursue meaningful change. She is an attentive listener and experienced in delivering services in virtual formats.

Approaches and Online Therapy with a Family-Focused Clinician

Dr. Meredith Poster draws from client-centered therapy, which emphasizes empathy, active listening, and supporting clients to discover their own solutions; this approach is helpful for strengthening self-understanding, building confidence, and navigating relationship or parenting challenges. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns - it is practical for treating anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching coping skills and problem-solving strategies. Mindfulness therapy offers tools to increase present-moment awareness, reduce reactivity, and improve emotional regulation, which can support clients coping with grief, trauma-related stress, or day-to-day overwhelm.

Finding the right blend of techniques is part of the therapeutic process, and Dr. Poster works collaboratively with each person to select approaches that align with their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they evaluate what is most effective and adjust the plan over time.

Online therapy offers flexibility across formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to schedule sessions around family, work, and other commitments. These options expand access to consistent care and allow therapists and clients to maintain momentum even when in-person visits are not feasible.