Dr. Bird is a Board Certified Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist and a certified TFP therapist. She maintains a private practice in Morris County, New Jersey, where she performs diagnostic evaluations and provides psychotherapy and medication management for patients of all ages. Dr. Bird works with individuals, parents, couples and families. She is an instructor at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research in both the Transference Focused Psychotherapy and the Adult Psychotherapy Programs.

Dr. Bird graduated with Honors from Smith College and attended the George Washington University School of Medicine. She completed her General Psychiatry training at Weill Cornell Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital. While in training, she was selected for the Fellowship in Psychoanalysis at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute. She went on to complete the combined Columbia and Cornell Universities’ Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital where she was the recipient of the Edward J. Sachar Award for Clinical Excellence. Dr. Bird then became the Mother-Infant Psychiatry Fellow at the Weill Cornell Medical Center, specializing in early childhood development and perinatal and infant mental health.

Dr. Bird completed the Transference Focused Psychotherapy Program through the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. She uses TFP and TFP-informed therapy to treat a variety of psychiatric disorders with a focus on improving mood, sense of self, quality of relationships, and value in work/academic life.