How to Manage the Psychological Impacts of Living with Dizziness

This week, Dr. Abbie Ross, PT, NCS and Dr. Danielle Tolman, PT
connect with Joanna Wolfson, PhD, ABPP about what people living
with dizziness may experience on a day to day basis, and what can
be done about it from a psychological point of treatment. Joanna
Wolfson, PhD, ABPP is a board-certified senior psychologist on
the Adult Outpatient service at Rusk Rehabilitation, NYU Langone
Health and Clinical Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation
Medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. She holds a
doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson
University, completed her internship at NYU Rusk, and her
postdoctoral fellowship at the Manhattan VA in Health Psychology
and Primary Care. She is board certified in clinical health
psychology. Dr. Wolfson provides individual and group
psychotherapy to patients with a wide range of medical
presentations, including vestibular conditions. She co-leads a
vestibular stress management group, which has been running for
the past 8 years. She also supervises interns in the field of
health psychology and presents on topics including integrated
healthcare, motivational interviewing, and health anxiety.  
Dr. Wolfson can be reached at: Joannawolfsonphd@gmail.com Episode
Resources:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/psychological-trauma-coping-and-resilience/202302/communicating-and-feeling-understood-long


 


https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychological-trauma-coping-and-resilience/202102/why-am-i-so-tired


Gordon, R. M., Dahan, J. F., Wolfson, J. B., Fults, E., Lee, Y.
S. C., Smith-Wexler, L., Liberta, T. A., & McGiffin, J. N.
(2020). Existential–humanistic and relational psychotherapy
during COVID-19 with patients with preexisting medical
conditions. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 002216782097389.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022167820973890 Hosted
by Dr. Abbie Ross, PT, NCS, and Dr. Danielle Tolman, PT For
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