Zoya Simakhodskaya, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and certified EFT Therapist, Supervisor, and Trainer. She is a founding member, executive director, and vice president of the Board of Directors of NYCEFT. Zoya is also a founder and director of the Center for Psychological and Interpersonal Development, which is dedicated to high-quality individual and couples therapy and EFT training. Zoya has a full-time practice in Chelsea, NY, with adults and couples, specializing in cross-cultural and bilingual populations. In addition to her psychotherapy practice, Zoya has many years of experience providing crisis intervention in a psychiatric emergency service and continues as a volunteer faculty member at NYU School of Medicine, the CUNY Graduate from Center, and Rutgers University. Zoya enjoys helping therapists learn EFT and teaches nationally and internationally, now bringing EFT to Russia, Italy, and Ukraine.