Debbie Magids, Ph.D., is a licensed Psychologist and author, with a private practice in New York City. Dr. Debbie’s approach is direct, open and honest. She encourages clients to go deeper into their level of self-awareness and acknowledge the barriers that keep them stuck. By recognizing and targeting old behaviors and thought patterns, Dr Debbie helps her clients gain the courage to start moving towards happiness - and ultimately living the life they want.

Dr. Debbie has frequently appeared as a guest expert on The Mike and Juliet Show and The Montel Williams Show; she has been featured on the Today Show, as well as Beauty and the Geek. She has also been seen on Good Day New York and Inside Edition, speaking about everything from cheating spouses, sexually active teens and grief and coping strategies.

Additionally, Dr. Debbie has been quoted in many magazines and newspapers including Cosmopolitan, The Daily News, Family Circle and Women’s World. She has also participated in several national radio broadcasts including Leeza Gibbons Live. In 2005 she wrote weekly articles for Match.com on relationship issues, and her book, All The Good Ones Aren’t Taken: Change the Way You Date and Find Lasting Love, was released in hardcover June 2006 and paperback June 2007.

Previously, Dr. Debbie was tenured at Kingsborough Community College where, as the Director of Counseling, she created the personal counseling center and internship program and mentored students training to be psychotherapists. Additionally Debbie was a Professor at Hunter College’s graduate counseling program.

Dr. Debbie received her Master of Arts in Organizational Psychology and her Master of Education in Psychological Counseling from Teachers’ College, Columbia University. She attained her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Fordham University. Debbie’s doctoral dissertation explored the effects the Holocaust had on the surviving children. Her article, “Personality Comparison Between Children of Hidden Holocaust Survivors and American Jewish Parents,” was published and can be found in the Journal of Psychology, 1998, 132 (3), 245 -245.

Dr. Debbie Magids has been a member of American Psychological Association since 1989.