Linda Anderson, Ph.D. is an academician, clinician and consulting psychologist. She earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from Columbia University. She has served as a staff psychologist in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Beth Israel Medical Center and has taught at Teachers College, Columbia University. Professor Anderson is currently Chairperson and Professor at Hostos Community College CUNY, after teaching as a Visiting Professor at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, the only residential college for young scholars in Great Barrington, Ma. She appears in numerous media outlets while discussing a truly diverse range of mental health related topics concerning the psychology of success. She currently consults with individuals and organizations that include The Dalton School in Manhattan.