Ovsanna Leyfer, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Dr. Ovsanna Leyfer is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and a licensed clinical psychologist in the Child and Adolescent Fear and Anxiety Treatment Program at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University. Dr. Leyfer specializes in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders as well as other behavioral and emotional difficulties in children and adults. Dr. Leyfer’s interests have focused on applied clinical research in anxiety disorders in youth, including work on prevalence and manifestation of anxiety disorders in various groups of youth, classification of anxiety disorders, as well as investigation of new approaches to improve the existing treatments of anxiety disorders in youth and broaden access to them.
Dr. Leyfer holds a M.A. in Child Development from Tufts University and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Louisville.
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