Faigy Mandelbaum

Faigy Mandelbaum, MA is a 7th-year doctoral candidate in the Ph.D. Clinical Psychology program at Hofstra University. She received her M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Hofstra University, post-bac in Psychology from Brooklyn College, and B.S. in Behavioral Science and Human Services from Bellevue University. She completed practicums at McLean Hospital-Harvard Medical School in the 3 East DBT outpatient and partial hospital programs located in Boston, MA, at the Suicidal and Self-Injurious Behaviors unit and Orthodox Jewish unit in New York Presbyterian-Cornell Hospital, located in Westchester, NY, and in the Phobia and Trauma Clinic and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Clinic (PCIT) at Hofstra University's Psychological Evaluation Research and Counseling Clinic, located in Long Island, NY. Her thesis examined the impact of childhood trauma on PTSD development in active-combat Israeli lone soldiers. She found that lone soldiers (soldiers serving without family support) have significantly more childhood trauma than non-lone soldiers and are 8.54x more likely to develop PTSD when compared to non-lone soldiers. Her research Fulbright to Israel and dissertation studied how childhood trauma, loneliness, and level of social support impact the development of C-PTSD in military populations. She is passionate about working with children, families, and veterans who have experienced trauma. In her free time, she enjoys scuba diving to explore beautiful corals and historical shipwrecks.