Hayley Pessin

Dr. Hayley Pessin is a licensed Psychologist, who has been conducting ongoing research and training in the development and dissemination of psychological interventions for medically ill patients for over 20 years at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr Pessin currently oversees the NCI grant funded Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy Training Program (MCPT), which teaches clinicians, who provide psychosocial care to cancer patients, to address existential distress. In addition, she has served as interventionist and supervisor on randomized controlled trials and has extensive clinical experience in Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Meaning Centered Psychotherapy (MCP) for cancer patients. She is well published in the areas of the emotional impact of illness in advanced cancer patients and end-of-life issues. She also has a private practice in Manhattan where she specializes in providing evidenced based solution focused therapy to patients with medical illnesses and psychological distress. As a Co-Founder of PsyOnc Partners, LLC, an organization focused on training the workforce of psychosocial oncology professionals, she is committed to delivering training in evidence-based psycho-oncology. Dr Pessin received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Fordham University, completed her clinical internship at Long Island Jewish Medical Center-Hillside Hospital, and completed her training in an NCI-funded pre-doctoral research fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.