Susan Dowd Stone

Susan Dowd Stone, MSW, LCSW is an award winning psychotherapist, author, and educator who is a Professor in the Silver School of Social Work at New York University and a Public Reviewer for the National Institute of Mental Health. Her advocacy efforts contributed to the inclusion of perinatal mental health benefits in the Patient Protection and Affordable Healthcare Act. She presents in the Masters and Post Master's programs on the Cognitive therapies, including DBT and the Human Animal Bond.

Ms. Stone received her MSW from New York University where she was the recipient of a President's Service Award for her work in psychiatric Animal Assisted Therapy programs. She received The Mental Health Association of New Jersey’s Golden Bell Award (May, 2009) among others.

Publications include Perinatal and Postpartum Mood Disorders: Perspectives and Treatment Guide for the Healthcare Practitioner (Stone & Menken, eds, Springer, 2008), a chapter on DBT in a Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Clinical Social Work Practice, the first of its kind for social workers with a foreword by Aaron Beck. (Ronen & Freeman, Springer, 2006) and her most recent publication Mourning Companion Animals; Guiding Clients from Loss to Legacy (Routledge, 2024).

She maintains a private practice in Closter, NJ.