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Ronit Kishon, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry at the Depression Evaluation Service (DES), New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University. She received her MSc and Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University. As an expert in the treatment of trauma and depression, she has treated patients with PTSD, depression, and bipolar disorder both in the US and in Israel, including Holocaust survivors, Vietnam War veterans, combat veterans in Israel, and 9/11 survivors and families. Dr. Kishon has overseen the clinical arm of multiple NIMH-funded projects, providing individualized interventions to people with PTSD, anxiety, and depression. Together with Dr. Jürgen Kayser, she is heading an R21 award from NIMH (Combining Electrophysiological, Behavioral and Psychological Measures to Target Mechanisms of Emotion Processing and Regulation During Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Depression). She is interested in psychological and neurobiological mechanisms that may shape disease processes and affect change during psychotherapy. As part of her commitment to education, Dr. Kishon directs an externship program at the DES for students in clinical psychology and provides training on trauma-related issues to mental health and primary care providers under the auspices of Columbia University HIV Mental Health Training Project. Dr. Kishon has been trained by Compass to provides psychological support to treatment-resistant depressed patients who receive psilocybin dosing in a clinical trial at the DES. She is also an adherence rater in the study funded by Compass. In her private practice, she provides CBT to people with different disorders. She also provides therapy to people who receive ketamine for their symptoms.

References
*Kishon, R., Abraham, K., Alschuler, D., Keilp, J. G., Stewart, J.W., McGrath, P.J., Bruder., G. E. (2015). Lateralization for Speech Predicts Therapeutic Response to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression. Psychiatry Research. June 228: 606-611.

*Kishon, R., Geronazzo-Alman, L., Westphal, M., Chen, Y., Green, D., Sarda, A., ... & Hollon, S. D. (2019). Psychological Mindedness and Alexithymia Predict Symptom Reduction in Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 1-16.

*Kishon‐Barash, R., Midlarsky, E., & Johnson, D. R. (1999). Altruism and the Vietnam War veteran: The relationship of helping to symptomatology. Journal of Traumatic Stress: Official Publication of The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, 12(4), 655-662.

Beitel, M., Wald, L. M., Midgett, A., Green, D., Cecero, J. J., *Kishon, R., & Barry, D. T. (2015). Humanistic experience and psychodynamic understanding: empirical associations among facets of self-actualization and psychological mindedness. Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies, 14(2), 137-148.

Mettsa, A., Keilp J.G., *Kishon, R., Oquendoc, M.O., Mann J.J., Miller, J.A. (2018). Neurocognitive performance predicts treatment outcome with cognitive
behavioral therapy for major depressive disorder. Psychiatry Research ,269, 376–385

Müller, U., & *Barash-Kishon, R. (1998). Psychodynamic-supportive group therapy model for elderly Holocaust survivors. International journal of group psychotherapy, 48(4), 461-475.

Neria, Y., Brett, L., Maugen, S., Insel, B., Seimarco, G., Rosenfeld, H., Suh, E., *Kishon, R., Cook, M. J., & Marshal, R.D. (2007). Prevalence of Psychological Correlates of Complicated Grief among Bereaved Adults 2.5-3.5 Years after 9/11 Attacks. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 20(3).

Rubin-Falcone, H., Weber, J., *Kishon, R., Ochsner, K., Delaparte, L., Doré, B., ... & Miller, J. M. (2018). Longitudinal effects of cognitive behavioral therapy for depression on the neural correlates of emotion regulation. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 271, 82-90.

Rubin-Falcone, H., Weber, J., *Kishon, R., Ochsner, K., Delaparte, L., Doré, B., ... & Miller, J. M. (2020). Neural predictors and effects of cognitive behavioral therapy for depression: the role of emotional reactivity and regulation. Psychological medicine, 50(1), 146-160.

Schneier, F. R., Belzer, K. D., *Kishon, R., Amsel, L., & Simpson, H. B. (2010). Escitalopram for persistent symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder after CBT: a pilot study. The Journal of nervous and mental disease, 198(6), 458-461.

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