MARILINA RUFINO PSYCHOLOGIST PLLC

Psychological Services

AREAS OF SPECIALTY

• Parenting difficulties • Children's challenging behaviors • Depression • Anxiety • Panic attacks • Emotion regulation • Impulse-control • Obsessive behaviors • Issues related to trauma and loss • Psychological assessments (based on the referral need and presenting problem).

We offer virtual and in-person individual, dyadic, family and couples psychotherapy; as well as home-based consultations.

OUR APPROACH

As we transition through life stages, we encounter expected and unexpected challenges that form, shape and question our sense of being.  In my work, I look at the subjective significance of a presenting problem through a developmental and relational lens.  It is through relationships that our identities are formed and shaped, and it is with these layers in mind that I approach my work as a psychologist.  

BACKGROUND AND TRAINING

Dr. Rufino is a bilingual Spanish New York State licensed psychologist, with prior training and practicing license from Buenos Aires, Argentina.  She is also a graduate of the master’s program in General Psychology at PACE University, and the PhD. program in Clinical Psychology at The New School.  Dr. Rufino’s professional path started at the University of Buenos Aires as a Psychoanalyst with training in Psychoanalytical Theory.  It then expanded to include her experience as an Applied Behavioral Methodologist working with children on the Autism spectrum, as well as children with other developmental delays and behavioral challenges.  Their experience continued to widen in training within Dialectical Behavioral framework, and Relational Psychotherapy.  

The therapeutic alliance and its intricacies are one of the key elements of their approach.  From working with parent-child relationship problems to existential challenges, their methodology is guided by a Developmental and Attachment-based framework. 

CONTACT / OFFICES LOCATION

+1 (917) 392- 8547 - drrufinomarilina@gmail.com

611 Broadway Suite 704, NY NY 10012 USA

La Virginia, Marbella, Costa del Sol 29602 Spain