Biography of Dr. Rita
Dr. Rita Bigel-Casher is a psychotherapist and author. Her work with Individuals, Couples, Groups and Marriage & Family Therapy can be obtained in her Upper East Side Manhattan office or by telephone or on the internet. Dr. Bigel-Casher is a highly experienced clincian who deals with all types of problems. She specializes in Relationship Therapy, Hypnosis and EMDR Trauma/Loss Therapy. Her orientation is dynamic, Self-Relational Solution-Focus which is a camera lens through which the deep work of understanding personal issues, and healing people gets results.
Overriding Focus: Dr. Bigel-Casher's strength and warmth allows you to resolve relationship issues — with self and others. Dr. Bigel-Casher is a coach for better living, and utilizes a wide range of healing models personally tailored to meet the needs of any given client. She has had advanced training in a number of therapeutic modalities, including Cognitive-Behavioral, Psychodynamic, Marriage and Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Writing from the Heart, Reading and other Homework assignments, Ericksonian Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy, Sex Therapy, and Biofeedback.
State licensure: Clinical Social Work. PhD in Industrial Psychology. Memberhip: American Red Cross Mental Health Disaster Team (ARC/GNY), American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), New York Milton H. Erickson Society for Psychotherapy and Hypnosis (NYSEPH), EMDR International Society (EMDRIA), National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and The Author's Guild. Dr. Bigel-Casher has taught at Hunter College School of Social Work, The Postgraduate Center for Mental Health and was Director of in-house treatment for family violence at Scarsdale Family Counseling Service.
Dr. Rita has enjoyed wide media experience on TV, Radio & Print Media, including CNN, OPRAH, Donahue, Eyewitness News, Fox News, In Person with Maureen O’Boyle, Straight Talk, Gordon Elliot, Good Morning NY, Joan Hamburg, and other National Radio shows. Print: New York Times, Newday, and N.J. Ledger; Bridal Guide, Bride’s, Modern Bride, Cosmopolitan, Madmoiselle, VOWS.
Based on her work with thousands of women and men over the years, Dr. Bigel-Casher's book, Bride’s Guide to Emotional Survival guides brides, grooms, and their families through the perilous months of wedding planning and relationship building. Exploring elements of healthy relationships and examining some of the emotional hot spots that lead up to a wedding, this book examines the roller coaster emotions confronting brides as they prepare for their new life. The newly revised fourth edition of Bride's Guide to Emotional Survival is now available through this website and national retailers
