About Dr. Tobing-Puente

Lauren Tobing-Puente is a NYS Licensed Psychologist with over 13 years of clinical experience with children and families.  She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Fordham University, where she specialized in child and family therapy. Her expertise in diagnosing and treating autism-spectrum disorders stems from working in a variety of  evaluation and treatment settings, using the DIR/Floortime and ABA approaches. She is a DIR Certificate Candidate, Level II, where she receives advanced training in the DIR model, and has received extensive DIR/Floortime training by top clinicians in this field. She has assessed and treated a variety of clinical populations across an array of settings, including homes, schools, hospitals, and community-based clinics.

In addition to her private practice, Dr. Tobing-Puente is the Clinical Coordinator at the Rebecca School, a DIR/Floortime school for children with autism-spectrum and related disorders ranging from 4 to 16 years of age.  There, she provides Floortime intervention, play therapy, psychotherapy, supervision of psychologists, social workers and psychology externs, psychological testing with the students, parent support and education, sibling support groups, classroom consultations, and research on the Floortime model. Dr. Tobing-Puente provides counseling to children through the Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) and as a Related Service provider through the NYC Board of Education (RSAs).  She serves as a consultant to a preschool, where she conducts staff trainings, screens children for social-emotional and other developmental delays, and provides support to parents and teachers.

The experiences of parents of children with autism-spectrum disorders have been the focus of Dr. Tobing-Puente’s research studies, which have been presented at national conferences and published by professional research journals.  She currently serves as a consultant and reader for graduate-level research through Fordham University and New York University.

Dr. Tobing-Puente is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), of APA’s Division 53 (Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology), the New York State Psychological Association (NYSPA), the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders (ICDL), the NY Zero-to-Three Network, and the Association of Early Childhood and Infant Psychologists (AECIP).

Lauren Tobing-Puente, PhD

Licensed Psychologist Specializing in Children and Families

361 East 19th Street, New York, NY 10003

Phone: (917) 838-9274  Email: services@drtobingpuente.com