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Cecilia Dintino PsyD

About

Cecilia Dintino, PsyD, is the co-founder of Twisting the Plot: Solutions for women over 50. She is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology at Columbia University Medical Center and a faculty member at New York University’s graduate program in Drama Therapy.

For 28 years, Dr. Dintino has been facilitating groups and working with individuals using integrative means to foster change, inspire curiosity and provide support in the service of growth – personal and communal. Dr. Dintino works as a consultant and is in private practice in New York City where she incorporates mindfulness, cognitive and dialectical behavioral therapy, positive psychology, storytelling and improvisation techniques as tools to manage stress, enhance creativity and increase self-efficacy. She is the co-founder with Hannah Starobin of Twisting the Plot: Solutions for Women over 50, a program designed to help women reenergize and repurpose their lives. With Starobin she also co-hosts a podcast, Twisting the Plot Podcast.

Recent Posts
The Richness of Middle Age
Maybe you think you have reached your expiration date for growing up? Perhaps you think you are too old for therapy? Let's reconsider this narrative and keep on growing-up.
It’s Time to Be Creative: Aging Is the New Art

Women 50, 60, 70 and up: It's time to stop being confused about what to do next. Instead, it's time to be creative. Here are three big reasons why.

Women 50, 60, 70 and up: It's time to stop being confused about what to do next. Instead, it's time to be creative. Here are three big reasons why.

Growing Up Past 50

Recently, I asked myself, Who do you want to be when you grow up? I have this sense that at 60, there is more growing for me to do.

Recently, I asked myself, Who do you want to be when you grow up? I have this sense that at 60, there is more growing for me to do.

How to Build a Future with New Potential

Most of us look to our futures in a crystal ball that reflects only what's gone before. But the best discoveries are born from something never experienced before.

Most of us look to our futures in a crystal ball that reflects only what's gone before. But the best discoveries are born from something never experienced before.

Attention Women Over 50: Something's Happening

Everywhere you look, women, in particular older women, are starting to assert themselves. What about you?

Everywhere you look, women, in particular older women, are starting to assert themselves. What about you?

How to Be Grateful

Are you short on reasons to be grateful? What if gratitude is not a commodity that needs a reason to exist? Maybe gratefulness is in you, like the stars are in the sky.

Are you short on reasons to be grateful? What if gratitude is not a commodity that needs a reason to exist? Maybe gratefulness is in you, like the stars are in the sky.

How To Turn Painful Emotions Into Superpowers

Tired of letting your feelings run your life? Instead of reacting, here's how you can respond.

Tired of letting your feelings run your life? Instead of reacting, here's how you can respond.