Nina Newman PHD

About:

Nina Newman, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist with advanced training in clinical psychology, neuropsychology, and reflective practice. She provides consultation and training for parents, caregivers, and professionals, alongside psychotherapy for adults, all with a focus on relational health across the lifespan.

Dr. Newman specializes in early relational and family mental health, reflective supervision, and interdisciplinary systems of care. Her work centers on strengthening the relational capacities of adults—parents, caregivers, and providers—to support children’s and adolescents’ social, emotional, and developmental wellbeing. She partners with healthcare systems, schools, mental health, allied health, and early intervention programs to build trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and developmentally grounded services.

In her clinical work, Dr. Newman supports families and providers raising or working with neurodiverse children, adolescents, and young adults, and those with learning or sensory differences and emotional, behavioral, developmental, or educational challenges. She also works with adults navigating life transitions, relational stress, caregiving demands, and professional or personal change.

Dr. Newman is Core Faculty in an interdisciplinary doctoral program in Infant and Early Childhood Development and co-developed New York City’s perinatal mental health advanced training initiative and, separately, a pediatric resident training program for a leading medical school.

Education & Advanced Training

· Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Fielding Graduate University

· Neuropsychology, UCLA

· NeuroRelational Framework (NFR™)

· Advanced training in reflective practice and mentalization

· Foundational training in DIR® / Floortime

· Perinatal Mental Health – UCLA