Alexandra ShakerDr. Alexandra Shaker is a licensed clinical psychologist with a background across inpatient and outpatient treatment settings. She has experience in research, teaching, and clinical practice. Dr. Shaker's writing is an interdisciplinaryexploration of the human condition: she integrates psychology, literature, history, anthropology, and language to speak to the meaning and vitality we find in the stories we tell one another and the stories we tell ourselves. Dr. Shaker received her PhD in clinical psychology from The New School for Social Research and conducted her doctoral research at the Brief Psychotherapy Research Program. She completed her clinical training at Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Shaker also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in perinatal mental health at The Motherhood Center of New York, held a position there as a clinical psychologist, and is now a clinical consultant. Read More Read Less