About Dr. Helfgott

Dr. David Helfgott received his training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy under senior psychoanalysts affiliated with the Academy of Contemporary and Applied Psychoanalysis (ACAP), Livingston, NJ, and the Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of New Jersey (CPPNJ).

He received his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University, NY, with a concentration in the assessment and treatment of Alzheimer’s Dementia and caregiver burden. He has worked with veterans at the Bronx VA Medical Center and the seriously and persistently mentally ill at Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. He also worked with underprivileged children, adolescents and their families at East Orange General Hospital in New Jersey before turning to full time private practice.

Dr. Helfgott serves as the Director and CEO of Insight Psychological Group. He is a member of the American Psychological Association and the New Jersey Psychological Association.