Dr. Gallagher is a child and adolescent psychologist and nationally-recognized expert in the treatment of children with Selective Mutism and with deficits in organizational skills. He is associate professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychiatry at the NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Gallagher is also director of special projects for the Institute for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Behavior Disorders as well as co-director of the Selective Mutism Program. He has designed and evaluated several parent education programs, including Thriving Teens  a program to help prevent smoking and substance abuse in young teens.

 

Dr. Gallagher earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Temple University. He completed post-doctoral studies in neuropsychology and neuropsychological assessment at Teachers College, Columbia University. He also served an NIMH Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Human Development and Personality Institute of the Educational Testing Service. Dr. Gallagher is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the New York Neuropsychology Group. 

 

 

Dr. Gallagher has served on scientific review committees for the National Institute of Mental Health and been a reviewer for several scientific journals.  He has been a consultant for White House Office on National Drug Control Policy, the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, and the child advocacy groups, Children Now and the New York Corporate Counsel on After-School Time.

 

Dr. Gallagher has been with the NYU Child Study Center since the early days in 1996.  He has served as clinical director of mental health services for the Port Washington School District Alternative High School, co-led and founded the specialty internship track in child and adolescent psychology in the Bellevue Hospital/NYU Psychology Training Program, and was the initial director of the clinical post-doctoral program at CSC.  Dr. Gallagher also served as director of the Parenting Institute. 

 

He has been cited and interviewed on a variety of topics for local and national media including the New York Times, Parents Magazine, the Today Show, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, and Good Morning America.

 

 

 

Richard Gallagher, Ph.D
NYU School of Medicine
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NYU Child Study Center
Associate Professor of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry
30 years experience
Works with children and adults