Cori Galdo, MA, LMHC, is an experienced licensed psychotherapist working with individuals and groups from diverse backgrounds, helping those struggling with a multitude of mental health challenges, including anxiety, depression, anger management, and overall life changes.

She uses an individualized integrative approach utilizing scientifically supported techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure response prevention, acceptance commitment therapy, and mindfulness.

After receiving her BS with magna cum laude honors from Santa Clara University, she later earned an MA in counseling for mental health and wellness from NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. She is a member of the academic honors society Phi Beta Kappa.

Cori has received specialized training at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, the Albert Ellis Institute, and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences. She also completed further education in PMADs, grief, loss, and fertility-related distress at Seleni to later train hundreds of therapists on behalf of Seleni in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders in Colombia back in 2017. 

Outside her practice, Ms. Galdo has continued to be involved in philanthropic work by assisting the psychology department at CANIA in her hometown of Venezuela, a center for malnourished kids and adolescent mothers, and providing psychoeducation seminars at St. Jerome’s HANDS community center in the Bronx. She is a friend of the for a Brighter Venezuela Foundation.

How Cori practices self-care

In the past years I have consciously worked to expand my forms of self-care by joining a weekly guided meditation practice, staying physically active, making sure I regularly see my family and friends, eating consciously, and taking long, quiet baths. When I think about all these practices, there seems to be a consistent thread that links all of them and that is music—upbeat Latin music, to be precise. When it comes to self-care, I find myself thinking of music as an ally. Playing this type of music connects me to my roots, grounds me, and allows for some form of self-expression by making me dance, sing, or jog a little faster.

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