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.

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 over two dozen 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. Her work invites people to see themselves through a clearer, more compassionate lens—one that explains the illogical reasons we cling to what feels safe but isn't healthy, while rejecting what we truly desire. Her goal is to make psychology not just understandable but usable, bringing clarity and compassion to the science of how we relate, misinterpret our feelings, and rationalize decisions we know we shouldn’t make.

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 relationship dynamics