Shawn T. Sorge, PhD

Dr. Shawn T. Sorge is a clinical psychologist at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), New York Habor Healthcare System – Manhattan Campus. He is also an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the New York University (NYU) Grossman School of Medicine. Dr. Sorge completed graduate training at Columbia University, and earned his doctorate from Long Island University (Brooklyn), with a concentration on psychodynamic psychotherapy. He completed his psychology internship and postdoctoral fellowship at VA, specializing in health psychology, primary care mental health integration, and precision medicine.

Dr. Sorge is Co-Director of the NYU/VA Psychotherapy Research and Development Program (PRDP), serving as Principal Investigator (PI) on research projects focusing on clinical trials examining the effectiveness of brief psychodynamic psychotherapy, mental health measurement-based care, and ethical and clinical considerations for precision medicine implementation in mental health. He is Co-Investigator on VA Office of Rural Health projects examining the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for suicide among rural Veterans and a NIH-funded study for group therapy treatment of alcohol use disorder among female Veterans. Dr. Sorge is a health science researcher in the NYU/VA Veterans EquiTy in the Cancer CAre Continuum REsearch (VETCARE) Center of Innovation (COIN), focusing on Veteran mental health research. Dr. Sorge is also affiliated with the NYU Center for Precision Medicine for Alcohol Use Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Research interests: Precision medicine, Ethics, Psychodynamic psychotherapy, Health psychology, PTSD, Suicide prevention, Veteran mental health, Qualitative methods