Candice Knight

Candice Knight, PhD, EdD,  PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC, APN, is a clinical associate professor at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. She is both a licensed psychiatric nurse practitioner and a licensed clinical psychologist with a long history working as both an academician and clinician. Knight has a private practice that offers psychiatric evaluations, psychiatric medication prescription, and psychotherapy for children, adolescents, and adults. Knight is certified in Structural Family Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, Redecision Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy, including EMDR and Cognitive Processing Therapy. Knight has special interests in humanistic-existential psychotherapy training and supervision (gestalt therapy and emotion-focused therapy); mental health public policy; clients diagnosed with anxiety, trauma, and psychophysiological disorders; and integrating music and the creative arts in depth psychotherapy and healing practices.

Knight was awarded the Clinical Excellence Award by the Gestalt Center of New Jersey in 2015, Nurses Leadership Award from the Society of Psychiatric Advanced Practice in 2011, and Teacher of the Year Award from Rutgers College of Nursing in 2010.

Knight earned her PhD and MA in clinical psychology from Fielding University, EdD in social & philosophical foundations of education from Rutgers University, MS in psychiatric-mental health nursing from Hunter College, and BS in nursing from Rutgers University.