Vanessa McGann

Dr. McGann is a clinical psychologist with a private practice focusing on traumatic loss in New York City. She is Chair of the Loss Division of the American Association for Suicidology as well as co-chair of their Clinician-Survivor Task Force. She trains, teaches, and consults on topics related to suicide assessment, intervention and care as well as postvention to various schools, colleges and agencies including the NY State Office of Mental Health. She also helped to create the guidelines of the Survivors of Suicide Loss Task Force for the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. In addition, Dr. McGann is Assistant Director of Extern Training and a counselor at the New School as well as a faculty member of the Child Psychotherapy Program of the William Alanson White Institute.