Or Dagan

I am a professor of clinical psychology at Long Island University, where I conduct Attachment research, teach doctoral-level seminars (including psychotherapy interventions and developmental psychopathology), and supervise doctoral students. I am also a New York State licensed clinical psychologist. I use my educational, research and practice platforms to promote sensitive communication between people, which I believe stands at the heart of well-being.

As a researcher, I study how early relationships with our parents influence our mental and physical health, and the quality of our close relationships later in life. I do so by investigating how individuals across the lifespan behave with their parents at times of distress, and how they remember and talk about these experiences years later. As a clinical psychologist, I apply an attachment-informed framework to therapy, which I keep developing through my research to scaffold my understanding of the difficulties clients experience.

I am thankful for being in a unique position to both inform my clinical practice with cutting-edge research findings, and inform my research endeavors with extensive hands-on clinical experience I gain from interacting with patients.