Natalie Javadi, PhD

Natalie Javadi, Ph.D. is an Instructor in Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry) within the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University. She is a licensed clinical psychologist in the ABC Early Childhood Program at ColumbiaDoctors. Dr. Javadi received her B.S. in Applied Psychology from New York University and her Ph.D. in Psychology (Clinical Science) from Florida International University. She completed her APA-accredited predoctoral internship training at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Javadi has extensive experience assessing and treating youth with anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, disruptive behaviors, developmental delay, and autism spectrum disorder. She specializes in cognitive-behavioral, exposure-based, and behavioral parenting interventions and she is a Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) International certified Within-Agency Trainer. Dr. Javadi’s program of research focuses on optimizing youth mental health care through innovative treatment redesign. She is particularly interested in developing an evidence-base for informed clinical decision-making for individuals who exhibit slower or fewer improvements throughout the course of treatment, as well as examining the utility of delivering care in naturalistic settings, in intensive doses, and/or with the support of technology.