Biography
Dr. Anton Shcherbakov, Psy.D, is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA, Certificate no. 1-14-16071) and is a licensed Practicing Psychologist in New Jersey (License no. 35SI00592000). He received his bachelor’s degree in psychology and his doctorate in clinical psychology from Rutgers University.
He joined The Center for Emotional Health (CEH) in 2016 and completed his postdoctoral training here in the evidence-based treatment of anxiety disorders, OCD, skin-picking (excoriation) disorder, trichotillomania, and tic disorders. Prior to CEH, Dr. Shcherbakov worked and trained in settings that included schools, outpatient clinics, and inpatient psychiatric units at a hospital. He completed his predoctoral internship at the New Jersey VA Health Care System and received extensive training in the evidence-based treatment of geriatric populations, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and substance use disorders. When he is not seeing patients at CEH, he helps to supervise the provision of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in homes and schools.
Dr. Shcherbakov has attended and presented at local and national conferences on topics that include evaluating providers’ attitudes towards evidence-based treatment and transition difficulties in individuals with ASD. He also served as a research clinician on a randomized controlled trial investigating Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for preventing suicidal behavior in military veterans. He is a co-author on several publications resulting from this research.
