Aisha Usmani, Ph.D., is an internationally sought-after licensed clinical psychologist specializing in cognitive-behavioral treatments (CBT) of anxiety and OCD disorders, including Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Social Phobia, and Specific Phobias. Dr. Usmani also has treatment expertise in Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) and Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Tics (MBIT) for Tourette’s Disorder, Chronic Motor Tics, Chronic Vocal Tics; and DBT enhanced Habit Reversal Training (HRT) for body focused repetitive behaviors for Hair Pulling Behaviors/Trichotillomania and Compulsive Skin Picking. In addition to her work as a staff psychologist in the Center for OCD and Related Disorders (CORD), Dr. Usmani is also the Director for the Adult Intensive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy program in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School. She holds a faculty appointment in psychology as an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and has a private practice in the Boston area focusing on CBT for anxiety and related disorders. Dr. Usmani’s research experiences include providing assessment and protocol-based treatment for studies. She also enjoys supervising clinical psychology graduate and postdoctoral students. Dr. Usmani completed her postdoctoral fellowships at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD) at Boston University and The Evidence Based Treatment Centers of Seattle (EBTCS), where she gained expertise in evidence-based, cognitive-behavioral therapy, including acceptance and mindfulness based treatments. She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Idaho State University, where she focused on cognitive-behavioral treatments. Dr. Usmani speaks English, हिंदी (Hindi), and اُردو (Urdu) fluently.
