Rebecca's Biography

Dr. Hershberg is a NYS licensed clinical psychologist and founder of Little House Calls Psychological Services (littlehousecalls.com), specializing in helping parents navigate common early childhood challenges. She is the author of The Tantrum Survival Guide: Tune In to Your Toddler's Mind (and Your Own) to Calm the Craziness and Make Family Fun Again, due out from Guilford Press in October, 2018.

She has held leadership positions at a national nonprofit organization and a hospital-based infant and toddler preventive mental health program, has taught in the Department of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and has presented numerous seminars and workshops for parents. She offers support for all kinds of developmental challenges, including managing tantrums, fears and anxieties, bedtime, setting limits, sibling relationships, and "trouble listening." She also helps new parents confronting a range of post-partum issues, including depression and anxiety, identity shifts, and bonding concerns.

Dr. Hershberg’s approach is flexible and pragmatic, underscoring both the foundational importance of an attuned caregiver-child relationship and the critical role of concrete tools and strategies.

Rebecca's Full Circle Blog Articles

Managing Toddler Behavior: The Importance of the L Words

Rebecca Hershberg
March 14, 2018

A couple of weeks ago I met with the parents of a three-year-old girl, let’s call her Madison. Madison’s father told me about a frustrating experience he’d had with his daughter the weekend before. The two of them had passed an ice cream cart while on an afternoon walk in Central Park; Madison asked her dad for ice cream as soon as she saw it. She had just had a cookie, though, and her dad didn’t think a second dessert …

Big Feelings In a Small Package: When Your Toddler Becomes The Older Sibling

Rebecca Hershberg
February 14, 2018

My second son, Zeke, was born on December 24th. Like most families with new babies, over the past three months we have received a near constant stream of visitors to our home. Some come all the time (grandparents), others with less frequency (close friends), and still others have visited only once (former colleagues). Most have brought a gift for the baby, and many a gift for Henry, who just turned two, as well, so that he won’t feel left out. …