She earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Temple University in 2007, and she received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2001 and her M.A. and Ed.M. in Psychological Counseling in 2003 from Teachers College, Columbia University. As a graduate student, she was the 2006 recipient of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association Frank and Mary Ann D'Attilio Education Award. She completed her APA-approved pre-doctoral internship at the Trenton Psychiatric Hospital in Trenton, NJ in 2007 and her APA-approved postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Health Psychology at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System in 2008. Dr. Goldstein Silverman was Associate Director of the Student Counseling Center - Center City Campus from 2008-2012. She also previously completed a practicum at the SCC from 2005-2006.