Degree/Date: Ph.D. 2013

Institution: City University of New York

Specialization: Clinical Psychology

Degree/Date: M.A. 2010

Institution: City College of New York

Specialization: Psychology

Degree/Date: B.A. 2004

Institution: Haverford College

Specialization: Anthropology

Sasha Rudenstine’s research examines the manifestation of psychopathology over the life course with a particular focus on urban marginalized populations, psychological repercussions of cumulative trauma, patterns of psychiatric symptomatology, and how to apply a life course framework to clinical interventions.

Dr. Rudenstine founded and runs the INTERSECT Lab, a clinical and epidemiological research program that examines the intersection of trajectories of well-being among an urban under-resourced population.  What are extraordinary events for many individuals are daily experiences in the lives of this population. While such stressors may become commonplace within this subpopulation, they affect daily functioning and arguably long-term health outcomes. The INTERSECT Lab adopts a multi-level approach and ecological framework to understanding the cumulative effect of these chronic, yet quotidian experiences on well-being. 

The INTERSECT Lab is actively examining three distinct dimensions of health as well as points of intersection: (i) Marginalized urban populations, (ii) Stressors over the life course, (iii) Clinical care: Access, outcome, and psychotherapy process

Sasha Rudenstine is a licensed clinical psychologist in New York State and a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Psychology at CCNY.  She is also on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, City University of New York and an Adjunct Research Scientist at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. After completing her doctoral training at CUNY in 2012, Dr. Rudenstine did her internship at Beth Israel Medical Center and was a Department of Epidemiology Merit Fellow at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.

At The Psychological Center, Dr. Rudenstine runs the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Group Program, the RISE Group Therapy Program, and the Therapeutic Alliance Assessment Project.  In addition, Dr. Rudenstine is started and runs for the two psychotherapy research programs at The Clinic that examine psychotherapy process and outcomes of the services provided to child and adult patients.

Dr. Rudenstine is also the founder and editor of The Point, a tri-annual newsletter produced by The Psychological Center. The Point shares insights from the research conducted at The Psychological Center and we hope it will contribute to current and future collaborations throughout our community.

Selected Publications

Rudenstine, S., Espinosa, A., Kumar, A. (2020). Depression and anxiety subgroups across alcohol and types of substance use in a National Epidemiologic Study. Journal of Dual Diagnosis.

Espinosa, A., Rudenstine, S. (2019). The contribution of financial well-being, social support, and trait emotional intelligence on psychological distress. British Journal of Clinical Psychology.

O’Neill, S., Rudenstine, S. (2019). Inattention, emotion dysregulation and impairment among urban, diverse adults seeking psychological treatment. Psychiatric Research, 282.

Rudenstine, S., Espinosa, A., Cancelmo, L.*, Puliyampet, P.* (2019). Treatment goals as predictors of emotion regulation over 8 months of psychotherapy. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. June.

Rudenstine, S., Espinosa, A., McGee, A., Routhier, E. (2018). Adverse Childhood Events, Adult Distress and the Role of Emotion Regulation. Traumatology. October.

Rudenstine, S., Wright, L., Morales, A.M., Tuber, S. (2018). The value of integration: Psychoanalytic psychotherapy meets ego psychology in a psychotherapy group for children. Journal of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 17(4).

Rudenstine, S., Espinosa, A. (2018). Latent comorbid depression and anxiety symptoms across sex and race/ethnic subpopulations in a national epidemiologic study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 104, 114-123.

Rudenstine, S, Espinosa, A. (2018). Examining the role of trait emotional intelligence on psychiatric symptom clusters in the context of lifetime trauma. Personality and Individual Differences, 128, 69-74.

Espinosa, A, Rudenstine, S. (2018). Trait Emotional Intelligence, Trauma and Personality Organization: Analysis of urban clinical patients. Personality and Individual Differences, 123, 176-181.

Rudenstine, S, Prescott, MR, Sampson, L, Liberzon, I, Tamburrino, M, Calabrese, J. Galea, S. Adverse childhood events and the risk for new onset depression and posttraumatic stress disorder among US National Guard soldiers. Military Medicine, 2015;180(9):972-978.
 
Rudenstine, S, Galea, S. Preventing brain disorders: A framework for action. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2015; 50(5): 833-841.
 
Galea, S, Fried, LP, Walker, JR, Rudenstine, S, Glover, JW, Begg, M. Developing the new Columbia Core Curriculum: A case study in managing radical curriculum change. American Journal of Public Health, 2015; 105: S17-21.
 
Rudenstine, S., Galea, S.  Terrorism and its impact on mental health. In Violence and mental health: Short and long term impact on affected populations. ed. Lindert, J., Levav, I., Weisskopf, M. Springer Publishers, 2015.
 
Rudenstine, S. Galea, S. The behavioral consequences of disasters: A five stage model of population behavior. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, January 2014.
 
Rudenstine, S, Galea, S. Reimaging emergency health policy, a focus on population mental health. Harvard Health Policy Review. 2014; 15(1); 14-16.
 
Koenen, K., Rudenstine, S, Susser, E, Galea, S (editors). Life Course Epidemiology of Mental Disorders. United Kingdom: Oxford Press, 2013.
 
Rudenstine, S. Life Course epidemiology of depression. In Lifecourse epidemiology of mental disorders. ed. Koenen, K., Rudenstine, S, Susser, E, Galea, S (editors). Life Course Epidemiology of Mental Disorders. Oxford Press, 2013.
 
Rudenstine, S. Life Course epidemiology of depression. In Lifecourse epidemiology of mental disorders. ed. Koenen, K., Rudenstine, S, Susser, E, Galea, S (editors). Life Course Epidemiology of Mental Disorders. Oxford Press, 2013.

Rudenstine, S, Galea, S. The Causes and Behavioral Consequences of Disasters: Models Informed by the Global Experience 1950-2005. New York, NY: Springer Publishers, 2011. 

Hadley C, Rudenstine S, Galea S. How vulnerabilities and capacities shape population health after disasters. In Interdisciplinary urban health research and practice. ed. Freudenberg N, Saegert S, Klitzman S. San Francisco, CA: John-Wiley and Sons, 2009.

Professional Activities

• Member of the Research Committee, Div 39, Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association - Summer 2018-Present
• Associate Editor of Research, Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Counseling January 2019-Present
• Associate Editor of SEPI Newsletter, Spring 2019-Present