About Me
I bring an international perspective to my work, having begun my education in Europe (France and Germany), with additional electives at Children’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School. Before entering medicine, I earned a Master’s degree in Special Education and a Ph.D. in Psycholinguistics, experiences that continue to inform my understanding of development, language, and learning.
I pursued my psychiatric training in New York City at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Payne Whitney Clinic. I went on to complete my psychoanalytic education at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, with training in child, adolescent, and adult psychoanalysis.
Today, I serve as Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, where I supervise residents and fellows. At the New York Psychoanalytic Institute (NYPSI), I am Clinical Director of Children’s Services at the NYPSI Treatment Center, a member of the Board of Directors, and a faculty member teaching and supervising across levels of training.
Professional Memberships
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- New York Psychoanalytic Institute and Society
- American Psychoanalytic Association
- Association for Child Psychoanalysis
- Women’s Mental Health Consortium, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Independent Doctors of New York
Research and Scholarly Work
My scholarly work bridges psychodynamic theory with clinical practice across the developmental spectrum.
Preter–Veit, S., Silver, G., & Milrod, B. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy in Youth with Anxiety Disorders. In: Guénolé, F., Ouss, L., & Botbol, M. (Eds.), Psychodynamic Treatments in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Guide. (Accepted for publication, July 2025).
Child and Adolescent Anxiety Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (CAPP): A Manual. Oxford University Press, 2018 (co-author with Theodore Shapiro, MD, and Barbara Milrod, MD). Available on OUP and Amazon.
Currently, I am involved in research on trauma-focused psychodynamic treatment of patients with PTSD and medical illness. Earlier research interests included developmental language disorders, juvenile-onset bipolar disorder, velo-cardio-facial syndrome, and post-traumatic stress disorder.