New In Print:
Real Skills for Real Life
Everyone gets overwhelmed—this book shows you what to do. Drs. Shireen Rizvi and Jesse Finkelstein break down 26 core DBT skills with clean, expressive illustrations and simple, practical steps.
Decision trees help you choose the right skill, and real-world examples make them easy to apply. With warmth, clarity, and humor, Real Skills for Real Life makes tools like Wise Mind, Validation, Problem Solving, and Radical Acceptance accessible for anyone seeking more balance, better relationships, and steadier moments.
Now Enrolling
FAP Processing Group
A year-long behavioral process group for adults who want to understand and shift the interpersonal patterns that keep them stuck. Using Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP), the group focuses on what happens in real time—how you show up, how you connect, and what gets in the way.
Members practice new behaviors in session with immediate feedback that supports clarity, flexibility, and more satisfying relationships outside of therapy. A few openings remain for January start.
What I Specialize In
At Axis, therapy is practical and personal. I combine effective strategies with a flexible, collaborative process designed to fit your needs.
Anxiety and OCD
Exposure-based treatments (ERP, UP, RF-CBT) to reduce fear, avoidance, and intrusive thoughts.
Trauma and Grief
Prolonged Exposure, CPT, and DBT-PE to process trauma and restore a sense of agency.
Emotional Struggles
DBT skills and behavior-focused interventions for managing intense emotions and reducing impulsive patterns.
Interpersonal Stress
CBT, EFT-informed work, and practical skills for improving communication and resolving conflict.
Who I Help
At Axis, therapy is practical and personal. I combine effective strategies with a flexible, collaborative process designed to fit your needs.
Individual Therapy
One-on-one sessions to understand patterns, build skills, and create meaningful change.
Couples Therapy
Structured and evidence-based work to improve communication, reduce conflict, and strengthen connection.
Family Therapy
Support for families navigating stress, communication breakdowns, or emotion regulation challenges.
Group Therapy
Process and skills-based groups for anxiety, rumination, emotion regulation, mindfulness, trauma recovery, sleep, and more.
How I Work
At Axis, therapy is practical and personal. I combine effective strategies with a flexible, collaborative process designed to fit your needs.
Philosophy
Everyone comes to therapy with their own history, strengths, and challenges.
Treatment at Axis is flexible, research-based, and tailored to what’s most helpful for your goals.
Process
We begin with a clear assessment of current struggles and what you want to change.
Together we build a plan, apply interventions, and check in regularly to make adjustments that keep treatment effective.
Approach
I primarily draw from CBT, DBT, ACT, and trauma-focused treatments (PE, CPT).
My work also incorporates transdiagnostic models like the Unified Protocol, FAP, and mindfulness-based interventions when appropriate.
About Dr. Finkelstein
I’m a clinical psychologist specializing in anxiety, OCD, trauma, and emotion dysregulation.
My approach combines evidence-based treatment with warmth, irreverence, and practical tools tailored to your goals and everyday life.
