Dr. Sokol received his PhD in clinical psychology from Hofstra University and is a licensed psychologist in the State of New York. He is also currently MIRECC Health Specialist Research Scientist at the Bronx VA Medical Center, where he oversees a variety of funded research projects, which includes the involvement of Touro PsyD students. His work seeks to understand how personal identity deficits, and in particular, deficits in ‘future self-continuity,’ a sense of persistence of the self into the future, relate to the development and recovery from suicide-related symptoms. His research has been designed to develop and evaluate efficacy of a recovery-oriented treatment for post-suicidal patients, as well as develop a theoretical model of post Covid-19 psychiatric conditions that integrates direct medical and psychiatric sequala with psychosocial downstream effects of loss of functioning. His research findings have led him to articulate a recovery-oriented treatment for individuals with a recent episode of acute suicidal symptoms: ‘Continuous Identity Cognitive Therapy (CI-CT)’. Dr. Sokol’s teaching will emphasize the development of cognitive therapy skills, and practical application and utilization of research in clinical settings.

Education

• PhD, Clinical Psychology, Hofstra University

Areas of Expertise

Depression, suicidology, cognitive therapy, and veterans’ mental health

Honors and Awards

• RR&D Career Development Award CDA-2, Veteran Affairs 2021
• H. Alan Robinson Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Hofstra University 2017
• Lander Award for the best Jewish research from the 22nd Greater New York Conference on Behavioral Research for “Measuring Religious Observance among Orthodox Jews” 2011
• Distinguished Student Research Award, Touro College 2011
• Professor Arthur Budick Memorial Award for Excellence in Literature, Touro College 2011

Research

Dr. Yosef Sokol's areas of clinical research has been designed to develop and evaluate efficacy of a recovery-oriented treatment, Continuous Identity Cognitive Therapy (CI-CT), for post-suicidal patients, as well as to develop a theoretical model of post Covid-19 psychiatric conditions that integrates direct medical and psychiatric sequela with psychosocial downstream effects of loss of functioning.

Publications

• Y Sokol. "Beyond Likert Scales: Convergent Validity of an NLP-Based Future Self-Continuity Assessment from Verbal Data." OSF, 2025
• S Glatt, Y Sokol. "Assessing the dimensions and structure of thwarted interpersonal needs." Journal of Affective Disorders 370, 198-206, 2025
• Y Sokol, S Andrusier, Y Wahl, S Glatt, M Chen. "Piloting Using CloudResearch for Collecting High-Quality Audio Recordings from a Clinical Population." OSF, 2025
• Y Sokol. "Becoming Godly."
• C Boucher, S Glatt, C Silver, L Chennapragada, S Sullivan, A Dichiara, .... "A qualitative analysis of lived experiences, mental health treatment needs, and psychotherapeutic applications among veterans with long COVID.." Psychological Services, 2024
• C Levin, S Nenninger, D Freundlich, S Glatt, Y Sokol. "How future self-continuity mediates the impact of job loss on negative mental health outcomes among transitioning veterans." Military Psychology 36 (5), 491-503, 2024
• Y Sokol, Y Wahl, S Glatt, C Levin, P Tran, M Goodman. "The Transtheoretical Model of Change and Recovery from a Suicidal Episode." Archives of Suicide Research, 1-17, 2024

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Memberships and Affiliations

• APA

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