More information about me

I received my doctorate in clinical psychology, with a specialty in behavioral medicine, from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2011. I completed my internship and clinical health psychology postdoctoral residency at VA Connecticut Healthcare System. In the past 15 years I have held a number of roles: research psychologist at VA Connecticut Healthcare System (VACHS) and in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, VACHS Health Behavior Coordinator and Associate Program Director within the Center of Excellence in Primary Care Education, and lead psychologist in the Endocrinology clinic at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

I have been in private practice since 2018, where I integrate evidence-based approaches with extensive clinical experience to help clients develop practical skills, overcome obstacles, and build healthier, more fulfilling lives. While I am physically located in New Jersey, I have licenses in several states and am also licensed with PSYPACT which allows me to see clients in most states throughout the country.

Selected publications

My clinical work is informed by research and experience in clinical health psychology, behavioral medicine, and evidence-based approaches to health and well-being. My publications are indexed under Lindsey Dorflinger in PubMed.

PTSD is associated with emotional eating among veterans seeking treatment for overweight/obesity. Dorflinger LM, Masheb RM.Eat Behav. 2018 Dec;31:8-11.

"Making weight" during military service is related to binge eating and eating pathology for veterans later in life. Masheb RM, Kutz AM, Marsh AG, Min KM, Ruser CB, Dorflinger LM.Eat Weight Disord. 2019 Dec;24(6):1063-1070.

Pain and modifiable risk factors among weight loss seeking Veterans with overweight. Godfrey KM, Bullock AJ, Dorflinger LM, Min KM, Ruser CB, Masheb RM.Appetite. 2018 Sep 1;128:100-105.

Does food addiction contribute to excess weight among clinic patients seeking weight reduction? Examination of the Modified Yale Food Addiction Survey. Masheb RM, Ruser CB, Min KM, Bullock AJ, Dorflinger LM.Compr Psychiatry. 2018 Jul;84:1-6.

Assessing Living Donor Priorities Through Nominal Group Technique. Dorflinger LM, Kulkarni S, Thiessen C, Klarman S, Fraenkel L.Prog Transplant. 2018 Mar;28(1):29-35.

Night eating among veterans with obesity. Dorflinger LM, Ruser CB, Masheb RM.Appetite. 2017 Oct 1;117:330-334.

A brief screening measure for binge eating in primary care. Dorflinger LM, Ruser CB, Masheb RM.Eat Behav. 2017 Aug;26:163-166.

Barriers and facilitators to use of non-pharmacological treatments in chronic pain. Becker WC, Dorflinger L, Edmond SN, Islam L, Heapy AA, Fraenkel L.BMC Fam Pract. 2017 Mar 20;18(1):41.

Oncologists' assessments of lung cancer patient and family disagreements regarding treatment decision making. Siminoff LA, Dorflinger L, Agyemang A, Baker S, Wilson-Genderson M.Lung Cancer. 2012 Jul;77(1):212-6.

Fear reactivity to bodily sensations among heavy smokers and nonsmokers. Abrams K, Zvolensky MJ, Dorflinger L, Galatis A, Blank M, Eissenberg T.Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2008 Jun;16(3):230-9.