Dr. Meredith Hemphill, DSW, LCSW-R
Clinical Director and Director of Community Relations
Dr. Hemphill is a graduate of New York University who has worked for 10+ years with people who experience physical illness and pain, and caregivers of people with serious illnesses. She also specializes in the treatment of Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), as well as counseling for relationship transitions, committed relationships and divorce. As a Doctor of Social Work and Licensed Clinical Social Worker, she pairs complex issues with a variety of therapeutic approaches in a way that suits your individual needs and preferences. Dr. Hemphill is trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Intensive Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. She has extensive experience with Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), other exposure approaches, and Narrative Therapy. She is an adjunct at New York University and Columbia University, and, like Dr. Schmidt, provides counseling in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Dr. Hemphill is licensed in both New York and New Jersey.
Professional Experience
2019 – Present City Center Psychotherapy, New York, NY
Clinical Director, Licensed Psychotherapist
2018 – Present The Feather Foundation, New York, NY
Founder and Executive Director
2017 – 2018, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
2014 – 2015 Social Work Program Coordinator
Teaching Experience
2018 – Present New York University Silver School of Social Work, Office of Global
Continuing Education, New York, NY
Lecturer, Post-Master’s Certificate Program in Advanced Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy
2016 – 2018 Columbia University, New York, NY
Adjunct, MSW Program Courses
2015 – Present New York University Silver School of Social Work, New York, NY
Adjunct, MSW Program Courses
Presentations
June 2020 Parenting Through Cancer
Virtual Presentation, CancerCon, Stupid Cancer Annual Conference
April 2018 The Story Untold: Listening to the Stories of Hope at the End of Life
Conference Presentation, Hospice and Palliative Association of NYS, Albany, NY
March 2018 The Other Caregiver: A New Approach to Supporting Clinical Staff
Conference Presentation, Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network, New
York, NY
April 2013 Hope as a Goal of Care at End of Life
Conference Presentation, Hospice and Palliative Care Association, Albany, NY
May 2012 Me and My Brain Tumor: A Fresh Look at Distress and Coping for People with
Brain Tumors
Conference Presentation, Association of Oncology Social Work (AOSW)
May 2011 The Power of Words: The New Frontier of Therapeutic Writing for People with
Cancer
Conference Presentation, Association of Oncology Social Work (AOSW)
Publications
Hemphill Ruden, M. Friendship in a new therapeutic space: Reflections on the impact of remote counseling Shared Trauma, Shared Resilience During a Pandemic: Social Work in the Time of COVID-19, Chap 20. Shared Trauma, Shared Resilience During a Pandemic. (Ed: Tosone), 2021 : 187–192.
Hemphill Ruden, M. Class Exercises in Grief, Loss and Bereavement Working with Grief and Traumatic Loss: Theory, Practice, Personal Reflection and Self-Care, Chapter 5. Working with Grief and Traumatic Loss: Theory, Practice, Personal Reflection, and Self-Care (1st Ed.; Eds: Counselman Carpenter & Redcay), 2020.
Hemphill Ruden, M. A call for hope-centered work: Oncology social workers’ perspectives of the role and value of hope at end-of-life. Clinical Social Work Journal. 2019;(47):300-307.
Understanding gender specific care: An opportunity for psychosocial oncology. Journal of Psychology (23):296-300.
Can clinical work continue outside of session? How to make the time between sessions therapeutically beneficial. The New Social Worker. 2011.
You, me and them. Psychology Today, Blog on Interpersonal Dynamics.
Social work in healthcare. Guest Editor of Special Issue in Clinical Social Work Journal.