Short Hills Therapy and Testing | Anxiety, Trauma, and ADHD
Evidence-Based Online Therapy for Anxiety, Trauma & Neurodivergence in Short Hills and Across New Jersey
Online therapy for anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationships, plus ADHD and autism testing. Columbia-trained psychologist serving Short Hills with secure online care across all of New Jersey.
Dr. Jennifer Im is a licensed clinical psychologist, holistic health practitioner, and neurodiagnostic assessment specialist who delivers elite, Columbia-level clinical training to clients throughout New Jersey through specialized online therapy. She earned her PhD in Psychology from Columbia University on a full doctoral scholarship, then completed rigorous clinical training, advanced fellowships, and residency rotations across premier metropolitan medical systems, including New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, Stony Brook University, and Columbia University Medical Center. Her postgraduate work in advanced depth psychology at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research deepened her diagnostic and psychotherapeutic expertise in complex trauma, chronic anxiety, and neurodivergent-affirming care for ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Her virtual practice is built for the professionals, finance and pharma executives, parents, and high-achieving students who carry the relentless pace of the tri-state area home with them each night. Behind the polished exterior of a demanding career, you may be quietly managing anxiety, burnout, or long-standing patterns that have started to narrow your life. You are not looking for an unstructured hour to vent; you want a rigorous clinician who meets you at your level and helps you move, measurably, toward something better.
As a first-generation immigrant, Dr. Im understands the layered weight of cultural expectation, generational achievement, and intersectional identity, themes that run deep through New Jersey's diverse, densely connected communities. Whether you are commuting into Manhattan from Short Hills or building a life and career there, her care is neurodivergent-affirming, culturally attuned, and tailored to the specific person in front of her rather than a template.
To create lasting change, Dr. Im bridges advanced clinical science and body-centered wellness. She is EMDR-certified for trauma resolution and trained across more than nine evidence-based modalities, including CBT for reshaping maladaptive thought patterns and DBT for emotional regulation. Because trauma and anxiety live in the autonomic nervous system, she integrates somatic tracking and mindfulness into her virtual work, holding formal teacher certifications in both mindfulness meditation and yoga, so you heal through physiological integration, not intellectual insight alone. Available through secure, HIPAA-compliant online sessions in Short Hills and across New Jersey.
Licensed Psychologist & Assessment Specialist
With a PhD from Columbia University and training at Columbia University Medical Center, New Jersey clients receive doctoral-level care of a caliber usually reserved for major academic medical centers, available securely from anywhere in the state.
Treatment draws on peer-reviewed methods including CBT, DBT, and EMDR, with progress tracked toward concrete goals, so your investment produces tangible change rather than indefinite, open-ended sessions.
New Jersey's communities are richly diverse, and care here reflects that. As a neurodivergent-affirming and culturally attuned psychologist, Dr. Im tailors every plan to your lived experience, values, and goals.
Integrative methods, lasting results
For New Jersey clients, lasting change comes from a dynamic, individualized plan rather than a one-size-fits-all model. Each modality below is chosen deliberately to fit your specific cognitive, emotional, and relational needs, and all of it is delivered through secure online sessions reaching the tri-state commuter corridor.
Targets and reshapes the thinking and behavior patterns that fuel anxiety, depression, and chronic stress, for measurable, practical change.
Builds concrete skills in mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and relationships, balancing self-acceptance with real change.
EMDR-certified reprocessing that helps distressing memories lose their grip, so the past no longer controls the present.
Builds psychological flexibility so you can act on your values instead of being run by avoidance or fear.
Body-based and contemplative practices that calm the nervous system and support whole-person healing.
Explores how early experience and unconscious patterns shape who you are now, for deeper, lasting insight.
Comprehensive mental health services
Expert, evidence-based care for clients in Short Hills and across New Jersey, all delivered through secure online sessions. Two core service lines anchor the practice: psychotherapy and neuropsychological testing.
Individual therapy informed by CBT, DBT, EMDR, ACT, attachment, mindfulness, and psychodynamic work, shaped around your goals, history, and identity.
Comprehensive ADHD, autism (ASD), learning, and psychological evaluations, with board-compliant reports for workplace, school, and exam accommodations.
ADHD, autism & neuropsychological evaluations
For New Jersey clients, a comprehensive evaluation is a deep clinical investigation, not a quick checklist or brief screening, and it is conducted entirely online. These evaluations map neurodivergent profiles across the lifespan, with particular depth in late-identified adult ADHD, autism (ASD), and the high-masking professionals and students throughout the tri-state commuter corridor who need formal documentation for accommodations. Standardized, validated instruments are administered through a secure portal, producing board-compliant reports suitable for workplace accommodations, school IEP and 504 plans, and exam accommodations on the MCAT, LSAT, GRE, GMAT, SAT, and ACT.
Academic & learning support
Psychoeducational assessments identify specific learning disorders, dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia, and produce the documentation needed for IEPs, 504 plans, and standardized testing accommodations on the MCAT, LSAT, GRE, GMAT, SAT, and ACT.
Clinical & diagnostic evaluation
When symptoms overlap, a targeted psychological evaluation differentiates between conditions that mimic one another, such as anxiety, complex trauma (PTSD), mood disorders, and depression, and clarifies the most effective course of treatment.
What sets this
practice apart
From Columbia-level training to specialized assessment expertise, New Jersey clients choose this practice for a combination of rigor, warmth, and genuine flexibility. Here is what sets it apart.
A Columbia University PhD and clinical training at Columbia University Medical Center mean New Jersey clients work with a psychologist educated at the level that defines the field, delivered conveniently online.
A concentrated focus on ADHD, autism, and neuropsychological evaluation, including the board-compliant reports New Jersey clients need for workplace and standardized-testing accommodations.
Fluency across nine-plus evidence-based methods, CBT, DBT, EMDR, ACT, attachment, CPT, mindfulness, psychodynamic, and motivational interviewing, combined to fit you rather than a formula.
Neurodivergent-affirming and culturally attuned throughout, with care shaped around the full identity, history, and goals each client brings.
Care reaches New Jersey clients across the tri-state commuter corridor through a HIPAA-compliant platform, no commute, no long waitlist, the same clinical standard as in-person work.
A proactive, solution-focused structure that tracks real progress toward your functional goals, rather than open-ended, passive talk.
Serving New Jersey and 40+ states
Through PSYPACT, New Jersey clients receive the same doctoral-level care online that an in-person client would, fully and legally under Dr. Im's licensing and PSYPACT authorization. For people across the tri-state commuter corridor, that means specialized care with no commute, easier scheduling, and the privacy of being seen from home.
Care for every stage of life
Dr. Im works with people across Short Hills and all of the surrounding region, at every stage of life. Each receives care that is evidence-based, goal-oriented, and genuinely tailored, never generic.
Developmentally-attuned assessment and therapy for young people across New Jersey, covering ADHD and autism evaluation, learning concerns, anxiety, and early academic and social pressure, with thoughtful family involvement.
The heart of the practice: adults across New Jersey working through anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout, relationships, and late-identified ADHD or autism, with care that is rigorous, affirming, and built for real life.
High-achievers throughout the tri-state commuter corridor, executives, attorneys, physicians, founders, and graduate students, seeking confidential, strategic support or formal accommodation documentation.
A career built on
rigorous training
Academic and clinical training across some of the most respected medical institutions in the country, now serving New Jersey online.
Transparent fees,
flexible access
A private-pay, out-of-network practice serving New Jersey clients. Full fees are listed below, and a superbill is provided after every session for possible out-of-network reimbursement.
Therapy
50-minute individual therapy session. Weekly or biweekly scheduling available. Superbill provided for out-of-network insurance reimbursement.
Private Pay & Out-of-Network
As a private-pay, out-of-network provider, a detailed superbill is provided after each session for potential insurer reimbursement. Choosing private pay protects your privacy and ensures your treatment is never limited by insurance authorization.
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Assessment Services
The essential assessment for identifying learning disabilities and securing academic support.
The gold standard for academic/workplace accommodations and complex diagnostic clarity.
A comprehensive clinical deep-dive for those seeking formal documentation for medical records, therapy, or medication management.
Efficient clinical insight for personal understanding without the need for a formal written document.
Comprehensive testing for mood, anxiety, personality, and cognitive functioning, designed for diagnostic clarity and informed treatment planning.
Financial concerns should never be a barrier to quality care. Please reach out to discuss your situation, options are available and explored with discretion.
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