Biography
Dina Goldstein Silverman, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Psychologist
Education and Training
| Graduate School: | Counseling Psychology - Temple University, Philadelphia, PA |
| Internship: | Psychology - Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, Trenton, NJ |
| Residency: | Clinical Health Psychology - Veterans Affairs Connecticut Health System, West Haven, CT |
Board Certifications
- Licensed Psychologist
Memberships
- American Psychological Association
- Pennsylvania Psychological Association
- New Jersey Psychological Association
Awards & Honors
The Frank and Mary Ann Datillio Education Award, Pennsylvania Psychological Foundation
About Me
Dr. Goldstein Silverman is a licensed psychologist in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at The Cooper University Hospital and Healthcare System. Her functions at Cooper include conducting pre-operative bariatric evaluations and pre- and post-operative psychotherapy with patients enrolled in the Cooper Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, as well as psychotherapy and psychological evaluations with other outpatient populations with co-morbid medical and mental health conditions. She is also involved developing a comprehensive outpatient behavioral support program for bariatric patients in collaboration with the bariatric dieticians. She teaches and provides individual supervision to psychiatry residents, medical students and post-doctoral residents in clinical health psychology; her seminars include Motivational Interviewing, Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Group Therapy.
Dr. Goldstein Silverman received her undergraduate education at The University of Texas at Austin, her M.A. and Ed.M. degrees in Psychological Counseling at Teachers College, Columbia University and her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Temple University, where she was the 2006 recipient of the Frank and Mary Ann Dattilio Education Award from the Pennsylvania Psychological Association. Her pre-doctoral internship in clinical psychology was completed at The Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, and her post-doctoral residency in clinical health psychology was completed at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System. Subsequently, she spent 5 years as the Associate Director for the Student Counseling Center on the Hahnemann Center City Campus of Drexel University. Dr. Goldstein Silverman has been a faculty member at Drexel University, The University of New Haven, Temple University and Teachers College, Columbia University; she is a member of the Society for Behavioral Medicine, Division 38 (Health Psychology) and Division 17 (Counseling Psychology) of the American Psychological Association and of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association and has co-authored several publications in peer-reviewed journals. She was recently recognized by South Jersey Magazine as a Reader's Choice in 2017.