About
Dr. Elisa Mambrino is a licensed psychologist specializing in child, adolescent, and adult neuropsychology and psychotherapy. She completed postdoctoral fellowships at both Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons—as a Marie Kessel Fellow under neuropsychologist Dr. Alice Medalia—and at the Yale University School of Medicine’s Child Study Center.
Dr. Mambrino earned her PhD in School Psychology from Columbia University’s Teachers College and completed an APA-accredited internship in Clinical Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. Her extensive hospital-based training includes work at Mount Sinai, New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Her approach integrates cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, and family-systems principles, with a focus on neuropsychological assessment, cognitive remediation, and evidence-based therapy. She also has expertise in research on ADHD, executive function, and academic performance.
Client Profile
Conditions Treated
Neuropsych (NP) Testing: Relative Select Neurocognitive Weaknesses (across settings) in Behavioral Patterns of Inattention, Behavioral Patterns (across settings) of Impulsivity, Executive Functioning, Verbal Learning and Memory, Visual Learning and Memory, Fine Motor Speed and Dexterity, Visual-Motor Integration Skills, Abstract Reasoning, Expressive Language, Receptive Language, Academic Skill Acquisition, Developmental LD, Depression as a Mood State, Anxiety as a mood state, Personality Traits, Social Problem Solving, Relative Select Neurocognitive Strengths.
Individual Psychotherapy: Anxiety, ADHD, Negative Thinking, Low Self-Esteem, Low Self-Confidence, Low Tolerance for the Ups-and-Downs of the Skill Acquisition Process in Any Given Domain, Behavioral Concerns, Parenting Support, Caregiver Support.
Location
Notables
Dr. Mambrino is a published author in psychology. In the past, she was also a freelance published illustrator using pen-and-ink. Currently, she is a multi-media artist working in artist grade watercolor, water soluble graphite and or charcoal. Separately, she creates in artist grade oil paints. Dr. Mambrino also enjoys time with family and friends, cold weather low impact outdoor activity, home cooking and decorating.
Mambrino, E. (2010). Introduction. In Eric Arzubi and Elisa Mambrino (Eds.),
A guide to neuropsychological testing for health care professionals (pp. xix-xxix). NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Mambrino, E. (2012). Written expression as a neuropsychological nexus. In
Elena Grigorenko, Elisa Mambrino, & David Preiss (Eds.), Writing: A mosaic of new perspectives (pp. 325-344). NY: Psychology Press.
Medalia, A., & Mambrino, E. (2010). An overview of the neuropsychological educational approach to remediation. In Volker Roder and Alice Medalia (Eds.), Neurocognition and social cognition in schizophrenia patients: Basic concepts and treatment (pp. 104-117). Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger AG.
Mambrino, Elisa. Freelance Published Illustrator, 1996-2001. Some of my pen-and-ink drawings were published in the Best of Gourmet 1996 Edition, 1997 Edition, 1998 Edition, 1999 Edition, 2000 Edition and the 2001 Edition. Based upon Condé Nast’s Gourmet Magazine (now no longer in monthly publication), the Best of Gourmet was a full-color, hardcover series published annually by the Condé Nast Book Division of Random House.
Contact Details
Dr. Mambrino sees patients by appointment, and can be reached at Greenwich Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 203-531-1030.
