Steven Pirutinsky PhD

Steven Tzvi Pirutinsky has a B.T.S. from Beth Medrash Govoha, an M.S. in Clinical Psychology from Teachers College – Columbia University, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He joined Touro College Graduate School of Social Work in 2016. He is a licensed clinical psychologist whose clinical practice includes services such as individual and group psychotherapy for adolescents and adults, psychological and educational assessments, couple's therapy, treatment of sexual behavior problems, and career counseling and assessment. At Touro, he teaches Human Behavior in the Social Environment, Clinical Social Work Practice, and Research courses, and he maintains an active research program focused on the intersections between spirituality, religion, culture, mental health, and well-being, particularly within the Orthodox Jewish community. He is also interested in cutting-edge research and statistical methods and serves as a consultant for a number of large ongoing research projects.