RICHARD S. STERN, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Pennsylvania Licensed
Sessions via Telehealth
Sessions via Telehealth
tel: 215.888.7785
∙ Building cooperation and openness in place of defiance and lying
∙ Cultivating self-control in place of anger and tantrums
∙ Fostering contentment and self-confidence in place of sadness and worry
∙ Developing genuine closeness in place of clinging, rebellion, irritability, or withdrawal
∙ Promoting understanding and teamwork instead of criticism and mistrust
Richard S. Stern, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist with
over 30 years of experience serving children, adolescents, young adults, and
families. Dr. Stern has an extraordinary knack for developing a therapeutic
bond and fostering change with even the most resistant, angry, or withdrawn individuals.
Using clinically proven family and individual therapy modalities, he treats a
wide variety of child, young adult, and family problems, including depression,
anxiety, aggression, and defiance.
Dr. Stern addresses core relational issues of trust, protection,
loyalty, authority, and forgiveness to help families heal from generational
wounds and allow children to develop appropriate individuation using the secure
base of a trusting parent-child relationship. He has extensive experience
working with families from an exceptionally wide array of ethnic and class
backgrounds.
Dr. Stern specializes in attachment-based and emotion-focused
work. He uses a variety of family therapy, cognitive behavioral, and
psychodynamic approaches, developed during his clinical training at the Child Guidance Center of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia , the University of Pennsylvania Counseling and Psychological Services, the
Coatesville Veteran’s Administration Medical Center , North East Treatment Centers , and Beth Israel Hospital (New York City ).
After graduating from Tufts University magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree
in Philosophy, he worked extensively in early childhood education in the Boston area. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical
Psychology from the New School for Social Research in New York City , where he was awarded the prestigious New
School Prize Fellowship.
He has published a number of research articles in the area of
family therapy treatment for depressed adolescents. His current research
addresses the dynamics and dangers of parent disappointment.