Mike Abrams (psychologist)

Mike Abrams
OccupationClinical psychologist
Academic background
Education
  • Queens College, City University of New York, B.A., History and College Administration
  • New York University Stern School of Business, MBA
  • City University of New York, Ph.D. in Psychology, 1987
Academic work
DisciplineClinical psychologist
InstitutionsNew York University
Main interestsCognitive behavioral therapy

Mike Abrams is an American clinical psychologist, academic, and author specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy. He is an adjunct professor of psychology at New York University. Abrams studied and collaborated with Albert Ellis, focusing on rational emotive behavior therapy and co-authoring several books, including Personality Theories: Critical Perspectives.

Abrams has written on the integration of evolutionary psychology with psychotherapy, including Sexuality and Its Disorders: Development, Cases, and Treatment and The New CBT: Clinical Evolutionary Psychology.