Dr. Steinberg specializes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) with children, adolescents, adults, and families.  She received her B.A. from Northwestern University and her doctorate in clinical psychology from Temple University.  Dr. Steinberg completed her pre-doctoral internship at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and her post-doctoral fellowship at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center/Zucker Hillside Hospital.  As Director of Training at Cognitive Behavioral Consultants (CBC), she conducted extensive clinical work, while also developing and managing the post-doctoral fellowship and pre-doctoral externship programs.

Dr. Steinberg has extensive specialized training and experience in employing CBT with a wide range of disorders, including depression, mood lability, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, phobias, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, social skills deficits, pervasive developmental disorders, disruptive behavior disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, sleep disorders, habit disorders, and relationship problems.  She also specializes in couples and family therapy, and has treated families coping with challenges such as separation and divorce, grief, chronic illness, and diagnosis and treatment for cancer.  She has been intensively trained in DBT for self-injury and borderline personality disorder, and has participated in both the adolescent and adult DBT programs at CBC as an individual therapist and a skills group leader.

As a consultant, Dr. Steinberg has helped several school districts implement school-based DBT programs.  She has co-taught intensive trainings for school-based DBT programs, as well as DBT trainings for interns and psychiatry residents.  Dr. Steinberg has also conducted trainings and workshops to help consumers and providers effectively apply CBT and DBT skills to parenting and family problems.  She has taught, supervised, and mentored students at the graduate, undergraduate, and post-doctoral level.

In her research, Dr. Steinberg studied the role of the self-concept and self-esteem in the etiology of depression.  She has also participated as a group therapist on a National Institute of Health-funded research study investigating the efficacy of a cognitive behavioral intervention protocol for pharmacologically-induced depression.  She has received several awards for her research, and presented findings in professional articles, book chapters, and conferences.

Dr. Steinberg is an active member of the Association for Advancement for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of Dialectical Behavior Therapy.  She is a Diplomate of the Academy for Cognitive Therapy.