Aliza Pressman, PhD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Behavioral Health, Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital

Co-Founding Director, Mount Sinai Parenting Center

Dr. Aliza Pressman is a developmental psychologist with nearly two decades of experience working with families and the health care providers who care for them. Dr. Pressman is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of Behavioral Health in the Department of Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital where she is co-founding director of The Mount Sinai Parenting Center.

Dr. Pressman is the host of the award winning podcast, Raising Good Humans and author of New York Times bestselling book, The Five Principles of Parenting: Your Essential Guide to Raising Good Humans (2024). She holds a BA from Dartmouth College, an MA in Risk, Resilience and Prevention from the Department of Human Development at Teacher’s College and her PhD in developmental psychology from Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Pressman also holds a teaching certificate in mindfulness and meditation from The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California at Berkeley.