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Company: Lisa Langer, Ph.D. Cold Spring Harbor NY
Nomination Submitted by: Melissa Sones Consulting
Company Description: Lisa Langer, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice, a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Northwell/Hofstra School of Medicine, and the Founder of PRACTICE BodyMindSoul Company, a wellness center in Roslyn, NY, acquired by the Katz Women’s Institute/Northwell Health System as their first ever Center for Wellness and Integrative Medicine.
Nomination Category: COVID-19 Response Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Most Valuable Service
 Nomination Title: Lisa Langer, Ph.D. - Providing A Lifeline To The Healthcare Community During Covid-19
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During the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control warned of its “side effects”, among them feelings of fear, sadness and worry as well as difficulty concentrating and sleeping. Enter Lisa Langer, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist specializing in life-stress reduction, who, during Covid-19, became the “go-to” person for thousands of individuals in the “healthcare community” – from doctors and nurses to technicians and administrators - who were seeking just that. Back in 2012, Langer had created one of the pre-eminent health and wellness centers in the country. A disrupter, she did so before anyone was talking about meditation or yoga. The center was acquired by Northwell Health System, the largest healthcare system in New York, where she is based, as their first-ever Center for Wellness and Integrative Medicine.
Now, during the pandemic, the many healthcare workers who know Langer – and many just getting the word - sought her out on Zoom. By the 1000s, sometimes 500-to-a-call, five days a week, they sought her out for the relief they so desperately needed while all the while maintaining that stiff upper lip on the job, no matter the exposure to Covid-19 or others with it – or deepfelt concerns about loved ones.
In the healthcare community, Lisa Langer was a life raft. Langer is trained in MBSR, the esteemed “mindfulness stress reduction” technique that is considered the best by those in the know, which, during Covid, became many healthcare workers based in New York, which, audience-wise, is vast.
To support this, Dr. Langer wrote a book, introduced during Covid and titled “Deeper Into Mindfulness”, which, yes, was purchased by her following in large numbers. Read the all-five-star Amazon reviews and you’ll see words like “anchor” in “difficult times.”,And so she was. Not ones to care about meditation normally, during Covid, the media came calling from ABC to five CBS stations nationwide - unheard of even for many celebrities. That desperate were they to tell their audiences of millions about mediation and to share its benefits. Because that’s what we all needed. And received from Lisa Langer during Covid 19.
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This nomination includes:
Lisa Langer, Ph.D. - general link to Dr. Langer's website
Lisa Langer, Ph.D. - link to the About page for More on Dr. Langer
Lisa Langer, Ph.D. - link to the media page - to see the extensive media - TV, radio, print - Dr. Langer was invited to do in 2020 in particular; again, this is rare if not nonexistent in its extensiveness across the U.S. for someone in her field;
Lisa Langer, Ph.D. - a PDF of her book "Deeper Into Mindfulness Next Steps to Sustain Your Meditation Practice and Find Inner Peace"
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