Genetics and Personalized Cancer Prevention (GPCP) Program
1305 York Avenue
3rd Floor
New York, NY 10021
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Emily Epstein, L.M.S.W., is a Licensed Social Worker and one of the first nationally to formalize the role of Genetic Social Worker, which she created within the Genetics and Personalized Cancer Prevention Program (GPCP) at Weill Cornell Medicine. In shaping this novel position, she has advanced the integration of psychosocial care into hereditary cancer prevention, establishing new models for patient and family support within precision medicine.
Ms. Epstein earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from New York University before completing her Master of Social Work at Fordham University. She is also a graduate of the City of Hope's Intensive Course in Clinical Cancer Genomics, which p...
Expertise
- Adult Psychotherapy
- ATM Gene Mutation
- BRCA1 Gene Mutation
- BRCA2 Gene mutation
- BRIP1 gene mutation
- CHEK2 Gene Mutation
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT)
- Family History of Cancer
- Family Therapy
- Genetic Counseling and Testing
- Grief Counseling
- Hereditary Breast-Ovarian Cancer
- Mental Health
- Mindfulness Training
- Mood and Anxiety Disorders
- Motivational Interviewing
- PALB2 Gene Mutation
- Psychiatric Evaluation In Adult
- PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
- Self-Care Management
- Supportive Psychotherapy
Languages
- English
Languages Spoken
- english