CBC Team

Dr. Elizabeth Lax is a licensed clinical psychologist at CBC where she provides individual, family, and group therapy to children, adolescents, and adults. Elizabeth first earned her bachelor of arts in psychology from Wesleyan University. She then went on to Hofstra University where she completed her doctorate degree with distinction in clinical psychology.

Elizabeth has received intensive training in various evidence-based treatments, including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Family Based Treatment (FBT). She specializes in treating mood, anxiety, and eating disorders.

Elizabeth served as a postdoctoral fellow at Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Eating Disorders Program and DBT for Adolescents specialty tracks. At Montefiore she worked with youth and their families presenting with a wide range of concerns including eating disorders, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, emotional dysregulation, personality disorders, trauma- and stressor-related disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, and high-risk behaviors such as suicidality and self-harm. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at New York Presbyterian / Columbia University Medical Center in the child track where she expanded her skills in CBT, family therapy, consultation liaison services, and neuropsychological assessment.

Prior to her internship, she was a psychology extern at Cohen Children’s Medical Center / Northwell Health, where she provided treatment for youth with eating disorders on the medical inpatient unit and in the outpatient day treatment program. Elizabeth also worked as a psychology extern within the Mood Disorders Center at Child Mind Institute where she provided CBT and DBT to children, adolescents, young adults, and caregivers. Concurrently she treated individuals across the lifespan in the ACT and DBT specialty clinics at Hofstra University.

Regarding research, Elizabeth has contributed to studies in a variety of domains such as the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder, mind-body interventions as complements to care, self-care for mothers of young children, and development of a mentorship program for therapists from underrepresented backgrounds. Her dissertation focused on a novel, virtually delivered self-care intervention which utilized ACT and DBT-informed skills and emphasized accessibility. Elizabeth is a member of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) and has presented her research at their annual conference among others.