Dr. Lisa Goldfarb is Board-Certified in both Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry. A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dr. Goldfarb is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine and a lecturer at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.

Dr. Goldfarb completed her residency in psychiatry at the New York State Psychiatric Institute at Columbia University, and her addiction psychiatry fellowship at New York University Medical Center. Dr. Goldfarb completed her psychoanalytic training at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. Dr. Goldfarb  trained in EMDR with the Parnell Institute and has completed her 3-year SE Somatic Experiencing training with Peter Levine’s SEI.  She has also had training and experience in Ketamine guided psychotherapy and works with Ember Health to offer evidenced-based Ketamine treatment where appropriate.

Dr. Goldfarb serves in the Department of Psychiatry at NYU as a mentor and supervisor to residents and fellows. For the past 25 years, Dr. Goldfarb has also been a course director for the NYU psychiatry residency program in both the addiction and psychodynamic psychotherapy curriculums. In 1994, she organized and since then has taught the course Neurobiology of Addiction to second-year residents, and teaches classes in psychodynamics, most recently Introduction to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Technique. Previously, Dr. Goldfarb taught Object Relations and Introduction to Models of the Mind.

Dr. Goldfarb is on the faculty of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and she teaches in the Trauma Informed Psychotherapies course.

Dr. Goldfarb treats patients in Manhattan (50 East 72nd Street) and Brooklyn Heights (26 Court Street). She specializes in diagnostic evaluations, Complex Trauma, Addiction Psychiatry (including substance abuse, chemical dependency and behavioral addictions, among others), psychotherapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, affective and anxiety disorders, mood disorders, stress and women’s mental health issues.