Dr. Rachel Hoffman

Rachel Hoffman, Psy.D., is a licensed psychologist and New Jersey school psychologist at BSI. Dr. Hoffman provides individual, family, and group therapy to children, adolescents, young adults, and families. She is a certified Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) clinician and has specialized training in PCIT for Selective Mutism (PCIT-SM), allowing her to provide targeted support for young children with behavioral and anxiety-related challenges. Dr. Hoffman also treats anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and depression across the lifespan, including generalized anxiety, social anxiety, separation anxiety, and selective mutism, using evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

Dr. Hoffman has trained in diverse clinical settings, including outpatient, school-based, and hospital programs. She has worked with underserved and minority high school students, medical students managing stress, and children, adolescents, and families in inpatient and outpatient programs, including Zucker Hillside Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian. She has received specialized training in the treatment of childhood anxiety disorders, OCD, and depression, as well as psychological assessment.

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Dr. Hoffman takes a warm, collaborative approach to therapy, meeting clients and families where they are and building strong connections to support meaningful growth and change. Her dissertation research focused on adaptations of a school-based trauma intervention. She earned her doctorate in school psychology from the Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology and completed her APA-accredited clinical internship at Rutgers University Behavioral Healthcare.