Judy Kuriansky

Judy Kuriansky, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, journalist and author, who is on the adjunct faculty of Teachers College in the Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology.  Well-known for giving advice on the radio for decades on her popular LovePhones show, as well as on TV shows like Oprah, Larry King and Showbiz Tonight, she has written professional journal articles on schizophrenia and depression; newspaper columns in Singapore and China; magazines articles from CosmoGirl and Details to Boardroom Reports and Women’s Health, and many books on topics from sex and relationships (“The Complete Idiots Guide to Dating” and “Generation Sex”) to psychological issues in the Middle East (“Terror in the Holy Land: Inside the Anguish of the Israeli Palestinian Conflict” and “Beyond Bullets and Bombs: Grassroots Peacebuilding between Palestinians and Israelis.”

She has developed unique east-west recovery and resilience techniques and applied these widely, including post- 9/11, SARS in China, bombings in Jerusalem, the tsunami in Sri Lanka, and hurricane Katrina. Internationally, she has given plenary talks from India to Iran and Austria to Argentina. Her projects span topics from evaluating teen AIDS education programs in Sierra Leone, e-advice, and purpose in life to producing a video about international psychology for students. A co-founder of several medical-based organizations about sexual health and research, she is also Assistant Dean and Director of International Affairs for the American Academy of Clinical Sexologists, and has received awards, including a medal for her lifelong contributions to the field of sexology. As a Visiting Professor at the Peking University Health Sciences Center and the University of Hong Kong, she has trained doctors in counseling techniques for six year in China and previously in Japan, presents at innumerable international conferences, and is part of the Eco-bioethics Disaster Network in South America.

Her band plays peace anthems, including most recently for the Dalai Lama and Reverend Desmond Tutu at the International Peace Summit in Hiroshima. Her work spans research projects (she was a Senior Research Scientist at Columbia’s Psychiatric Institute for 10 years) to media, advertising, brain styles; and from private clinical practice with individuals and couples to global work. A representative to the United Nations for the International Association of Applied Psychology and the World Council for Psychotherapy, she has drafted reports for the International Disaster Risk Reduction project, organized a student journalism program, and run workshops on topics from “Achieving Collective Security: Partnerships to prevent fear, violence and genocide and terrorism through targeting the MDG goals” to “Model Partnerships for Youth:   Education, Business and Technology Projects to further Peace, Well-being, and Community Action.” A fellow of the APA, she co-founded the media division and is on the Board of the Peace Division.  She is on the Advisory Board of US Doctors for Africa, developing their psych-social educational programs.