Who I am
Dr. Gail Zuckerbraun is a clinical psychologist whose work focuses preventatively on how family cycles, belief systems, and relational dynamics shape how distress emerges and escalates.
Rather than centering on symptoms alone, her work examines how uncertainty, fear, and urgency often get displaced into extreme coping strategies — including addiction, disordered eating, emotional withdrawal, and compulsive productivity.
Understanding Family Cycles of Distress
My work focuses preventatively — helping families recognize these cycles earlier, name what is happening with clarity, and respond in ways that reduce escalation rather than intensify it.
Dr. Zuckerbraun’s background includes private clinical practice, consultation with families and caregivers, and work within criminal justice and forensic settings. Across these contexts, she observed how well-intentioned interventions often reinforced shame, silence, or reactivity.
Her work emphasizes clarity, containment, and thoughtful response over urgency or fear-driven action.