Dr. Tanya is a licensed Clinical Psychologist who specializes in reproductive mental health, infant mental health and parent-child attachment and attachment trauma. Dr. Cotler received her Masters and PhD in Clinical Psychology from Adelphi University, Derner Institute for Psychological Studies and her postdoctoral fellowship in Parent Infant Psychotherapy through Columbia University. Over the last 15 years, Dr. Cotler honed her clinical skills in reproductive and infant mental health supporting parents at various points of the journey, including- difficulties with conception, pregnancy and infant loss, postpartum mood and identity changes and adjustments, as well as parenting support throughout the early years.

Dr. Cotler also works with adults trying to process and work through their own early attachment stories and intergenerational patterns. She uniquely ties her work with adults and children together through her parent-infant psychotherapy. She supports families in breaking generational trauma cycles, and improving developmental outcomes. Dr. Cotler resides in Toronto Canada where she has a private practice offering individual and group psychotherapy as well as clinical supervision to students and early career professionals. Dr. Cotler is a well sought-after speaker on topics of maternal mental health, infant development, and parent child attachment and has published a number of works, book chapters and papers in the areas of parent child attachment, unconscious affiliative motivation, and maternal mental health.  

Website: Tanyacotlerphd.com

Instagram handle: @drcotler