Debbie Magids, Ph.D. is a counseling psychologist with a thriving private practice in New York City. Always client-focused, Dr. Debbie’s groundbreaking methodology and results-oriented process consistently help her clients flourish so they can live their best life. The success of Dr. Debbie’s practice is due in large part to her unique ability to connect with people and gain the trust of her clients. She combines her supportive compassion and authenticity with her tough and direct style, providing the client with a safe environment in which they can confront their feelings. She invites you to transform your thinking and recognize that change CAN start today.
Dr. Debbie is the author of All The Good Ones Aren’t Taken: Change the Way You Date and Find Lasting Love. In addition, she regularly contributes her advice to Cosmopolitan, and has been quoted in Glamour, Self, and Time Out New York magazines, as well as on MSN.com. A popular television guest, Dr. Debbie has appeared on The Anderson Cooper Show, NBC’s Today and The Nate Berkus Show, HLN’s The Joy Behar Show, FOX’s The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, CNN Headline News, The Jane Velez-Mitchell Show, Your World with Neil Cavuto, The Tyra Show, The Montel Williams Show, and on primetime’s Pregnant in Heels. Dr. Debbie’s commentary has also been featured on The Howard Stern Show, where she’s offered her expertise on the mental health of Howard and the gang.
Previously, Dr. Debbie was tenured at Kingsborough Community College. As the Director of Counseling there, she created the personal counseling center and internship program, and mentored students training to be psychotherapists. Additionally, she was a Professor at Hunter College’s graduate counseling program.
Dr. Debbie holds a Master of Arts in Organizational Psychology and a Master of Education in Psychological Counseling from Columbia University’s Teachers College. She attained her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Fordham University. Dr. 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 in the Journal of Psychology [1998, 132 (3), 245 -245].
Dr. Debbie Magids has been a member of American Psychological Association since 1989.
