Erica Komisar

Psychologist

Birthday August 10, 1964

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace United States

Age 62 years old

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About

Clinical social worker, psychoanalyst, parent coach, and author. She has worked in private practice in New York City for more than 30 years. She has amassed more than 340,000 followers on her ericakomisar Instagram account.

Before fame

She earned her undergraduate degree at Georgetown University. She received her Master of Social Work at Columbia University.

Trivia

She has written an assortment of books titled Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters and Chicken Little: The Sky Isn't Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety.

Family life

She married Dr Jordan Kassalow and they have three children.

Associated with

In December 2025, she wrote a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, in which she criticized New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's universal child-care proposal.