Clinical Expertise

Dr. Goldstein uses an integrated approach to therapy, primarily drawing from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). With foundational expertise in treating depression, anxiety, work-related stress, burnout, and life stage transitions, he also specializes in behavioral sleep medicine (such as CBT for insomnia, CBT-I), mindfulness, breathing-based practices, and digital therapeutics such as mobile apps and wearable devices to carefully tailor each individual’s treatment plan and boost motivation for behavior change. When working with elite athletes, business executives, and other high-ambition clients including high school and college students, Dr. Goldstein blends in a coaching style approach to balance accountability with mindset practices to empower clients towards their performance goals.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Dr. Goldstein strives to cultivate a compassionate and collaborative relationship with clients, using a humanistic framework that is rooted in a deep understanding of each individual’s lived experience. He has been involved with organized DEI efforts including the Harvard Anti-Racism Book & Film Club and subcommittees of his professional societies, while also recognizing that some of the most important DEI advocacy happens in daily interactions. Dr. Goldstein is also an adoptee and welcomes working with individuals for questions or concerns related to adoption or family identity. Dr. Goldstein also identifies as neurodivergent and enjoys working with clients who wish to explore neurodiversity as a lens to ‘explain the previously unexplained’ (experiences & challenges in life), and how to leverage aspects of neurodiversity to reach higher levels of performance and fulfillment.

Training

Dr. Goldstein began his path as a clinician in 2010 as a volunteer counselor with a community mental health center serving adolescents and families, with training in family systems theory and extensive opportunities to lead clinical care teams in both crisis response and longer-term management. He received a B.A. in Psychology with Comprehensive Honors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Arizona with specialization in insomnia and behavioral medicine. During his predoctoral internship at the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, he completed a number of general mental health and specialty rotations, and developed a group therapy program for insomnia. Dr. Goldstein then completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Harvard Medical School (HMS), obtaining Certificates in Clinical Effectiveness and Sleep Medicine.

Research and Teaching

Alongside his full-time role at CPG, Dr. Goldstein is a Lecturer on Psychology at Harvard Medical School and a supervising/consulting psychologist at BIDMC. These roles involve a wide range of activities, from teaching CBT-I & ACT to psychiatry residents, to wellness & burnout-prevention workshops for various healthcare provider groups, and he recently served as a Teaching Fellow for the Harvard College sleep course (GenEd 1038).

Dr. Goldstein has published over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters on sleep, depression, stress and resilience, EEG, heart rate variability, and mind-body interventions, with funding from the National Science Foundation, Mind and Life Institute, and Harvard’s Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. Alongside extensive experience with data analysis & visualization, he has designed and completed multiple randomized controlled trial studies examining yogic breathing and mindfulness practices. Dr. Goldstein is also a collaborator for clinical trial studies on sleep interventions, such as the Harvard Football Players Health Study with retired NFL players (Wanberg et al., 2022) and the MGH Survivorship Sleep Program (Hall et al., 2022), and serves as a guest editor for the Frontiers in Sleep Research Topic Improving Behavioral Sleep Intervention Outcomes.

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Madison, BA
• University of Arizona, MA
• University of Arizona, PhD
• Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Predoctoral Internship
• Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Hobbies

While Dr. Goldstein finds himself frequently experimenting with the wearable devices & data tracking methods he recommends to clients, he also loves to be free of technology! Among his favorite activities are hiking in the woods, sipping Chinese & Japanese teas, cooking, and a personal practice of meditation and yoga. Having enjoyed competitive sports from childhood through graduate school, he is also currently pursuing an athletic training goal with a radical twist of mind-body balance: ‘easefully’ qualify for the 2027 Boston Marathon.