Dr. Moses Appel
Ph.D.
About
Dr. Moses Appel is a Professor of Psychology at Touro University, and a Clinical Psychologist who specializes in treating individuals suffering from the broad spectrum of anxiety disorders, depression, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and body focused repetitive behaviors (i.e., trichotillomania, excoriation). Dr. Appel’s treatment philosophy incorporates evidence-based techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (including Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD), Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Dr. Appel utilizes a relaxed and flexible approach to therapy which is warm, caring, and collaborative, yet targeted and goal oriented to meet each patient’s unique needs.
Publications
Appel, M., Rosmarin, D. H. (2021). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Religious Individuals. In A. Wenzel (Ed.), Handbook of cognitive behavioral therapy: Applications (pp. 843–869). American Psychological Association.
Rosmarin, D. H., Pirutinsky, S., Appel, M., Kaplan, T., & Pelcovitz, D. (2018). Childhood sexual abuse, mental health, and religion across the Jewish community. Child abuse & neglect, 81, 21-28.
Rosmarin, D. H., Pirutinsky, S., Carp, S., Appel, M., & Kor, A. (2017). Religious coping across a spectrum of religious involvement among Jews. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 9(S1), S96.
Korbman, M., Appel, M., Rosmarin, D. H. (2017). Judaism and Health. In D. D. VonDras (Ed.), Better Health through Spiritual Practices: A Guide to Religious Behaviors and Perspectives That Benefit Mind and Body (pp. 119-150). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.
Appel, M., Rosmarin, D. H. Supervising the Delivery of Cognitive Behavior Therapy With Spiritual and Religious Patients. In D. McKay, E. A. Storch, & J. Abramowitz (Eds.), Training and Supervision in Specialized Cognitive-Behavior Therapy: Methods, Settings, & Populations (in press)
Experience
Dr. Appel received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Hofstra University, and has treated hundreds of patients over the years, suffering from a broad spectrum of clinical disorders. He received specialized training in treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) while treating patients at Columbia University’s Center for OCD and Related Disorders where patients presented with the broad spectrum of OCD presentations, including a variety of “taboo” OCD subtypes, scrupulosity (religious OCD), relationship OCD, and “Pure O” among others. Dr. Appel has also received specialized training in treating individuals suffering from the broad spectrum of anxiety disorders (including Generalized Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Panic, Agoraphobia, Specific Phobias) and Major Depressive Disorder at the Saltzman Community Center’s Anxiety & Depression and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) clinics. Dr. Appel has also specialized in treating college students presenting with a wide variety of issues at Hofstra University’s Student Counseling Center, as well as Zucker Hillside Hospital College Program.
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