About Dr. Kathy Cosgrove
Experienced Psychologist
Dr. Kathy Cosgrove is a licensed psychologist with over 20 years of clinical experience in individual therapy with adolescents, teenagers, and adults. By focusing on symptom resolution while also increasing insight and self-awareness, Dr. Cosgrove hopes to support her clients in making long-lasting changes.
Dr. Cosgrove received her undergraduate degree from the College of the Holy Cross, postbaccalaureate from Columbia University, and doctorate from Fordham University. Having served as the Director of Student Support Services and the School Psychologist at the Marymount School of New York for nearly two decades, alongside a private practice for 25 years, Dr. Cosgrove has seen the landscape of mental health drastically change. She has worked diligently to address the needs through individual therapy, parent education, and systemic changes. She has also worked at multiple college counseling centers in the New York City area, within the Veterans Health Administration, and at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, utilizing these experiences to inform her work as a clinician and school administrator. In addition, Dr. Cosgrove has been a professor at Fordham University and a guest lecturer at Barnard College.
Dr. Cosgrove currently works in private practice.
Services Offered
Approach to Therapy
Conditions Treated
Dr. Cosgrove offers the following services:
- Individual therapy (informed by CBT, DBT, and psychodynamic theory)
- Parent education (individual, group, or workshop)
- Supervision for early career clinicians
- Consultation to private/independent schools on mental health initiatives and policy
- Expert opinions
Conditions Treated
Approach to Therapy
Conditions Treated
Dr. Cosgrove provides compassionate care to clients ages 12 and over.
While Dr. Cosgrove is trained to meet the individual needs of all clients, her areas of experience include:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Relationship difficulties and interpersonal effectiveness
- Identity development
- Self-esteem
- Women's health
- Stress management
- Trauma
Approach to Therapy
Approach to Therapy
Approach to Therapy
Starting therapy takes strength and courage, as it can be hard to acknowledge one's own struggles and commit to addressing them. Often times what leads a person to therapy is an individual crisis, such as a loss of a relationship, a traumatic event or loss, or problems created by symptoms or symptom use.
Dr. Cosgrove believes the therapy
Starting therapy takes strength and courage, as it can be hard to acknowledge one's own struggles and commit to addressing them. Often times what leads a person to therapy is an individual crisis, such as a loss of a relationship, a traumatic event or loss, or problems created by symptoms or symptom use.
Dr. Cosgrove believes the therapy process has two steps (which can occur simultaneously). The first step in therapy is to manage the current crisis by developing coping strategies, processing feelings, and addressing ways of thinking that get in the way of being healthy. As the crisis or symptoms become manageable, it is then necessary to engage in self-exploration of one's life history and patterns of being in the world to ensure long-standing change and self-awareness.