Dr. Sokol received his PhD in clinical psychology from Hofstra University and is a licensed psychologist in the State of New York. He is also currently MIRECC Health Specialist Research Scientist at the Bronx VA Medical Center, where he oversees a variety of funded research projects, which includes the involvement of Touro PsyD students. His work seeks to understand how personal identity deficits, and in particular, deficits in ‘future self-continuity,’ a sense of persistence of the self into the future, relate to the development and recovery from suicide-related symptoms. His research has been designed to develop and evaluate efficacy of a recovery-oriented treatment for post-suicidal patients, as well as develop a theoretical model of post Covid-19 psychiatric conditions that integrates direct medical and psychiatric sequala with psychosocial downstream effects of loss of functioning. His research findings have led him to articulate a recovery-oriented treatment for individuals with a recent episode of acute suicidal symptoms: ‘Continuous Identity Cognitive Therapy (CI-CT)’. Dr. Sokol’s teaching will emphasize the development of cognitive therapy skills, and practical application and utilization of research in clinical settings.

Areas of Expertise

Depression, suicidology, cognitive therapy, and veterans’ mental health

Education

• PhD, Clinical Psychology, Hofstra University

Honors and Awards

• RR&D Career Development Award CDA-2, Veteran Affairs 2021
• H. Alan Robinson Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Hofstra University 2017
• Lander Award for the best Jewish research from the 22nd Greater New York Conference on Behavioral Research for “Measuring Religious Observance among Orthodox Jews” 2011
• Distinguished Student Research Award, Touro College 2011
• Professor Arthur Budick Memorial Award for Excellence in Literature, Touro College 2011

Research

Dr. Yosef Sokol's areas of clinical research has been designed to develop and evaluate efficacy of a recovery-oriented treatment, Continuous Identity Cognitive Therapy (CI-CT), for post-suicidal patients, as well as to develop a theoretical model of post Covid-19 psychiatric conditions that integrates direct medical and psychiatric sequela with psychosocial downstream effects of loss of functioning.

Publications

• S Glatt, Y Sokol. "Assessing the dimensions and structure of thwarted interpersonal needs." Journal of Affective Disorders 370, 198-206, 2025
• C Levin, S Nenninger, D Freundlich, S Glatt, Y Sokol. "How future self-continuity mediates the impact of job loss on negative mental health outcomes among transitioning veterans." Military Psychology 36 (5), 491-503, 2024
• Y Sokol, Y Wahl, S Glatt, C Levin, P Tran, M Goodman. "The Transtheoretical Model of Change and Recovery from a Suicidal Episode." Archives of Suicide Research, 1-17, 2024
• Y Sokol, C Rosensweig, C Levin, S Glatt. "Temporal self-appraisals associated with suicide-related thoughts and behaviors." Journal of affective disorders 350, 148-154, 2024
• Y Sokol, C Silver, S Glatt, L Chennapragada, S Andrusier, C Padgett, .... "Long COVID coping and recovery (LCCR): Developing a novel recovery-oriented treatment for veterans with long COVID." Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 36, 101217, 2023
• Y Sokol, S Glatt, C Levin, P Tran, C Rosensweig, C Silver, S Hubner, .... "Recovery after a suicidal episode: Developing and validating the Recovery Evaluation and Suicide Support Tool (RESST).." Psychological assessment 35 (10), 842, 2023
• Y Sokol, S Andrusier, S Glatt, L Dixon, J Ridley, CH Brown, Y Landa, .... "Feasibility and acceptability of continuous identity cognitive therapy as a recovery-oriented suicide treatment for Veterans: A study protocol." Contemporary clinical trials communications 35, 101193, 2023

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Memberships and Affiliations

• APA

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