About Dr. Geffen Godder
Dr. Godder's professional experience spans a wide range of clinical, research, and educational settings. Her extensive experience includes providing individual, family, play, and parent-child dyadic therapy, as well as in conducting school observations, consultations, and therapeutic groups.
Dr. Godder received New York University's prestigious Mitchell Leaska Dissertation Award for her research on the impact of parental loss and trauma on children. Dr. Godder's area of clinical expertise includes helping children, adolescents, adults and families navigate significant life transitions, stressors, loss, and emotional challenges, and helping those clients to foster resilience and growth during times of change.
Education and Background
Dr. Godder earned her Ph.D. from NYU and completed her child and family clinical psychology internship at St. Luke’s – Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City.
While training in New York, Dr. Godder's clinical experience included training with the NYC Department of Education, Abraham Joshua Heschel School, Beth Israel Medical Center Department of Psychiatry, St. Luke's Adolescent Day Treatment Program, NYU University Counseling Center, and A Caring Hand, Bereavement Center.
In addition to her clinical training, Dr. Godder participated in a randomized treatment outcome clinical trial, and a NIMH sponsored prevention study at the NYU Child Study Center.
After receiving her doctorate, Dr. Godder worked as a psychologist at the Parent-Infant Center at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, and as an adjunct professor of psychology at NYU, teaching both undergraduate and graduate students. Following her move to Florida, Dr. Godder managed the school, child, and family program at the Faulk Center for Counseling in Boca Raton and was clinical supervisor for the Center's doctoral candidates.