When standard therapy falls short, New Yorkers turn to Michael A. Civin, Ph.D.—a clinician who treats the mind like a forensic scientist treats evidence.
As senior psychologist at Rose Hill Psychological Services, the Bronx practice he co-founded in 2008, Dr. Civin has spent over thirty years mastering psychodiagnostics: the art and science of using comprehensive testing to reveal hidden patterns in personality and behavior. His private offices in Manhattan, Astoria, and Bayville extend that expertise to adolescents, adults, and therapy groups citywide.
The foundation was laid early. After earning cum laude honors at Harvard in 1968 and training briefly at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, he secured his first M.A. from the University of Oregon in 1970. A fifteen-year detour from formal education only sharpened his eventual return: Adelphi University awarded him an M.A. in Clinical Psychology in 1986, a Ph.D. in 1988, and a postdoctoral certificate in 1993.
Today, Michael A. Civin wields assessment tools with surgical precision—turning raw data into treatment plans that actually work. Colleagues marvel at how he makes dense psychometric reports feel like roadmaps to recovery.
His influence stretches into academia too: decades as professor and faculty member, dozens of published articles, and chapters in landmark psychology texts. Yet he insists the real reward comes when a patient finally says, “For the first time, I understand myself.”
