Dennis Tirch, Ph.D.

Dr. Tirch serves as the Director of Clinical Services at the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy, an internationally known Cognitive Therapy training facility and clinical practice. He has co-authored several journal articles and book chapters concerning mindfulness training and CBT principles, and has presented research in the USA and Europe, at conferences of the International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy.

As an educator, Dr. Tirch serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor and Clinical Supervisor at Albert Einstein Medical School, an instructor to psychiatric residents at New York Medical College, and regularly conducts mindfulness and CBT training seminars for healthcare professionals in New York. Dr. Tirch is a Co-Director of the CBT training initiative for the Beijing Suicide Research and Prevention Center, where he has lectured.

His internship and post-doctoral residency took place at the Veterans' Affairs Medical Center in Bedford, MA., where he served as the Assistant Director of the Bedford Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Center, co-authored articles based on research supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, and developed the “Continual Awareness” mindfulness-meditation based group therapy for trauma survivors. Dr. Tirch is currently engaged in an active research program examining the relationships among psychological flexibility, mindfulness, and emotion regulation. He received his PhD from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Dr. Tirch is a NY State licensed psychologist, Certified Cognitive Therapist and Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. http://www.newyorkcognitivetherapy.com/

In addition to his training in Western psychology, Dr. Tirch has had extensive experience in Eastern meditative and philosophical disciplines over the past 25 years. This training includes work in Japanese Zen and Vajryana Buddhism, Tibetan Kagyu Buddhism, and Central Asian meditative disciplines.