Camilo Ortiz, PhD, ABPP, is an associate professor in the clinical psychology doctoral program at Long Island University-Post. He is also a fellow with the Flourishing in Action project at the Archbridge Institute. His scholarship focuses on parenting, child anxiety, disruptive behavior and cognitive behavior therapy. He is the co-developer of Independence Therapy, a revolutionary new approach to treating child anxiety through “mega-doses” of child independence. Dr. Ortiz is board-certified in behavioral and cognitive therapy and partner at Cognitive Behavioral Associates, located in Great Neck, NY, a group private psychology practice, specializing in the treatment of anxiety, emotion dysregulation, disruptive behavior, and other concerns. He is also clinical director of the Open Therapy Institute, a clinical and training organization aimed at returning clinical psychology to its client-centered, non-ideological roots. Dr. Ortiz received a B.S. in Human Development from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He completed a pre-doctoral internship at Montefiore Medical Center and a postdoctoral research fellowship at Stony Brook University before joining the faculty at LIU-Post.
