Michelle P. Jaffe, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist
Michelle.Jaffe.CTR@USMMA.EDU

Professional Biography

Dr. Michelle P. Jaffe is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience helping adolescents and adults reach their full potential by achieving optimal personal growth, health and happiness. Dr. Jaffe’s approach is integrative and collaborative. She aims to help individuals gain better balance, manage stress and cultivate a resilient mindset in order to enhance quality of life. Her clinical and research work emphasizes the use of psychotherapy to foster self-discovery, strengthen coping mechanisms and promote overall psychological well-being. Dr. Jaffe also works with people with a wide-range of disabilities, including persons with brain injury, across the continuum of recovery, in: guiding cognitive rehabilitation, engaging in specialized neuropsychological assessment, as well as providing training and support to assist brain injury survivors and their caregivers in the recovery journey.  

Dr. Jaffe has experience as an Adjunct Assistant Professor, having taught Master-level courses in mental health, rehabilitation and school counseling, assisting graduate students in examining their clinical work, conceptualizing client cases and developing an awareness of critical clinical issues. 

In her role as Psychologist in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation at Park Terrace Care Center, an inpatient brain injury rehabilitation facility in Queens, NY, Dr. Jaffe conducts initial intake assessments, Coma Recovery Scale assessments, full neuropsychological evaluations, functional behavioral assessments and develops behavior management plans. She also provides supervision in designing and guiding patients through treatment planning and cognitive remediation strategies. Her work in traumatic brain injury has been published in peer-reviewed manuscripts.

Dr. Jaffe is also a Co-Founder of BrainMatters Neuropsychological Services, PLLC, a private psychological services consulting firm in New York.

Dr. Jaffe graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with her bachelor’s degree in Psychology. She earned master degrees in Psychological Counseling from Teachers College - Columbia University and her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from the New School for Social Research.