Michelle Levine-Schmitt, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Michelle Levine-Schmitt, PhD is a post-doctoral fellow at Sasco River Center. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from the University of Rochester in 2009. Michelle went on to receive her Master of Arts and Master of Education from Teachers College at Columbia University in 2015. Following her graduation, she worked as a school psychologist for two years in the Connecticut public schools before going on to complete her Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Psychology from the University of Connecticut. For her predoctoral internship, she served as a school psychologist at Aspire Living and Learning Academies in 2019 and remained the school psychologist there until 2024. Michelle is a certified school psychologist and currently works in the Fairfield Public Schools.

Michelle has worked with a variety of populations in school-based counseling and uses a combination of CBT, DBT, and ACT. She is passionate about working with students and families to teach mind, body, and health strategies for coping.