How to Manage the Psychological Impacts of Living with Dizziness

Talk Dizzy To Me

This week, Dr. Abbie Ross, PT, NCS and Dr. Danielle Tolman, PT connect with Joanna Wolfson, PhD, ABPP about what people living with dizziness may experience on a day to day basis, and what can be done about it from a psychological point of treatment. Joanna Wolfson, PhD, ABPP is a board-certified senior psychologist on the Adult Outpatient service at Rusk Rehabilitation, NYU Langone Health and Clinical Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. She holds a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University, completed her internship at NYU Rusk, and her postdoctoral fellowship at the Manhattan VA in Health Psychology and Primary Care. She is board certified in clinical health psychology. Dr. Wolfson provides individual and group psychotherapy to patients with a wide range of medical presentations, including vestibular conditions. She co-leads a vestibular stress management group, which has been running for the past 8 years. She also supervises interns in the field of health psychology and presents on topics including integrated healthcare, motivational interviewing, and health anxiety. Dr. Wolfson can be reached at: [e-mail] Episode Resources: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/psychological-trauma-coping-and-resilience/202302/communicating-and-feeling-understood-long

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Gordon, R. M., Dahan, J. F., Wolfson, J. B., Fults, E., Lee, Y. S. C., Smith-Wexler, L., Liberta, T. A., & McGiffin, J. N. (2020). Existential–humanistic and relational psychotherapy during COVID-19 with patients with preexisting medical conditions. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 002216782097389. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022167820973890 Hosted by Dr. Abbie Ross, PT, NCS, and Dr. Danielle Tolman, PT For Episode Recommendations or Requests, email us [e-mail] Where to find us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://link.me/balancingactrehab⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.BalancingActRehab.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook: @BalancingActRehab Instagram: @BalancingActRehab Twitter: @DizzyDoctors TikTok: @BalancingActRehab Check out our self guided self help courses! How to Live with Dizziness How to Treat Positional Dizziness https://balancing-act-rehab-s-school.teachable.com/courses/