Tiss Zaitz, MA

Tiss Zaitz is an educator and researcher specializing in relationship neuropsychology and emotional education. She is the creator of UNRAVEL and Uncommon Sense, educational platforms that translate complex psychological ideas into accessible models, conversations, and stories. Her work helps people make sense of the patterns that keep them stuck, confused, or moving in the wrong direction— especially those rooted in trauma, avoidance, and nervous-system learning.”.

Academic Background & Research

  • M.A. in Psychology, City College of New York (CUNY)

  • Thesis: Teaching Emotional Manipulation Literacy: Improving Relational Awareness Through Education (Click here)

  • Presenter, American Psychological Association Annual Convention (Denver, CO, 2025)

  • Independent researcher focused on relationship neuropsychology, emotional manipulation education, and trauma-informed relational dynamics

Professional Experience

  • Mental Health Educator, Hunter College – developed and facilitated workshops for college students on various mental health topics

  • Curriculum designer and facilitator specializing in accessible, evidence-based emotional education

  • Developer of a wide range of models and frameworks examining the neuropsychology of relationships, emotional manipulation, and the internal, behavioral, and social systems that shape connection and harm.

Tiss’s work bridges academic research and human experience. Through UNRAVEL, she integrates psychology, neuroscience, behavioral science, and educational design to help people understand the systems that drive connection, perception, and self-sabotage in relationships.

She invites people to see themselves through a clearer, more compassionate lens—one that makes sense of the reasons we cling to what feels safe but isn't healthy, while rejecting what we truly desire. Her goal is to make psychology understandable and usable, bringing clarity and compassion to how we relate and often misinterpret our own feelings.