--- title: Dr. Shireen Rizvi | TIME description: Dr. Shireen Rizvi is a licensed clinical psychologist, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Montefiore Einstein, and the co-author of Real Skills for Real Life: A DBT Guide to Navigating Stress, Emotions, and Relationships (Guilford Press, 2025). canonical: https://time.com/author/dr-shireen-rizvi/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/dr-shireen-rizvi/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Dr. Shireen Rizvi ## Dr. Shireen Rizvi Dr. Shireen Rizvi is a licensed clinical psychologist, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Montefiore Einstein, and the co-author of [_Real Skills for Real Life: A DBT Guide to Navigating Stress, Emotions, and Relationships_](https://www.guilford.com/books/Real-Skills-for-Real-Life/Rizvi-Finkelstein/9781462555574?srsltid=AfmBOoryPaXpNiHTFoACTef%5FzryGP8qTzPO5Z5Z8M-0pFF1M4MQGdiPK) (Guilford Press, 2025). ## Dr. Shireen Rizvi *  Jan 9, 2026 ### [Why AI Can’t Replace Therapy](https://time.com/7343213/ai-mental-health-therapy-risks/) AI offers emotional support, but without oversight and change, that can cost lives. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/dr-shireen-rizvi/","name":"Dr. Shireen Rizvi"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/dr-shireen-rizvi/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/dr-shireen-rizvi/"},"name":"Dr. Shireen Rizvi","jobTitle":null,"description":"Dr. Shireen Rizvi is a licensed clinical psychologist, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Montefiore Einstein, and the co-author of Real Skills for Real Life: A DBT Guide to Navigating Stress, Emotions, and Relationships (Guilford Press, 2025).","url":"https://time.com/author/dr-shireen-rizvi/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```