Principal Staff

Sonya Kurzweil, Ph.D., Director, Psychotherapist
Instructor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Kurzweil is a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist with experience in clinical and developmental research.  She  received her B.S. in Education from the University of Michigan and her graduate training at Tufts University:  M.Ed in Child Study, M.S. in Psychology and Ph.D. in Psychology.  She has done clinical training at the Human Relations Service in Wellesley MA and postdoctoral fellowships at Boston Children’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital.  She has worked at both Boston Children’s Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital.  She founded Sonya Kurzweil Developmental Center (SKDC)  which is a nonprofit organization, in 1995. 

Dr. Kurzweil’s publications include research articles in the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Infant Behavior and Development, The International Journal of Group Psychotherapy and the International Journal of Mental Health Promotion.  She has co-authored  a book of poetry for children with her daughter and together they founded (2004) and direct Project Poetry & Pictures, an international outreach program for disadvantaged children to promote literacy and arts (www.ProjectPoetryandPictures.org).  

Dr. Kurzweil is Clinical Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School and an active member of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. She lives in Newton MA with her husband.  They have two children.