Provider Directory

Ani Buk, MA, LP, LCAT is a Licensed and Board Certified Psychoanalyst and Art Therapist in private practice on the Upper West Side, working with children, adolescents, adults and couples.

Psychotherapist specializing in CBT, DBT, and psychodynamic techniques to help individuals and couples manage symptoms relating to mood disorders, grief and loss issues, substance use, relationships and life transitions. With a recent certification in maternal mental health treatment and perinatal counseling she has founded The Root Therapy NYC which looks to bring wrap-around services to couples transitioning into families.

Providing clients with a compassionate and safe space to heal and discuss deeply personal issues is the basis of my psychotherapy practice. I am a psychodynamic therapist who actively engages with my clients by listening and providing appropriate feedback and reflections. My areas of interest include: addiction & substance abuse, general anxiety, depression, chronic pain, illness and mind-body relationships.

We don’t usually seek help when life is working for us. Whatever your issues are, you are seeking help because what you have been doing is no longer working.
I provide a warm, engaging, and interactive environment where change is possible. I am passionate about my work and fully invested in your process to transform your life in meaningful and healthy ways.

Jennifer Bernstein, MD, is a psychiatrist specializing in the treatment of adults with mood and anxiety disorders.

I provide Individual, Couples and Family Therapy (Families with young adult and adult children) and Clinical Case Consultation for Professionals.

Areas of focus Include: Specialization in Mind/Body Healing,
stress management, work/life balance, infidelity, relationship discourse, family conflict, grief/loss, sibling loss, sibling relationships, PTSD/trauma, sudden loss, illness/disease, life transitions, depression and anxiety.

I Utilize Somatic Experiencing, EFT (Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy), Attachment theory, Neurobiology, Mindfulness, Guided Visualizations and Cognitive- Behavioral techniques.

I help individuals, couples and families understand their current circumstances in order to make changes that will have lasting, positive effects. Among the issues with which I have experience and success are depression, anxiety, life transitions and relationships. I also have extensive experience with children and adolescents experiencing learning, social, emotional and biologically driven issues.

In addition to psychotherapy, I provide neuropsychological and cognitive evaluations for children and adults who struggle in school and the work place.

I am a licensed clinical social worker providing therapy to individuals, couples and families. In my private practice, I work with clients who are feeling unsatisfied or stuck in their lives and who are managing symptoms associated with trauma, depression, or anxiety. I also have extensive training in oncology and treatment related body image issues.

I am a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst who practices insight-oriented psychotherapy, cognitive therapy and psychoanalysis. My office is located on the upper west side.

I am a psychodynamically trained clinical social worker and psychotherapist working with adults and adolescents with anxiety, depression and eating disorders.

Laura Impert, LCSW has been practicing for over 25 years in the field with primarily students and adults. She has published in the field on grief and loss. Her belief is that therapy is most helpful when patients can understand the arc and narrative of their lives. Goals for any patient are to build perspective and insight, but also to promote agency and autonomy. Over the course of practice in the field, the value she is most interested in promoting is the capacity to be curious and to reflect. These are life long skills to be treasured. Initially trained as a psychoanalyst, she likes using an integrative approach with all patients, such as cognitive techniques to address negative thinking in addition to talk therapy. She believes some patients especially benefit from finding tools to regulate states of distress and heightened emotional arousal, triggered by anxiety and panic states, and during periods of heightened emotion.

Her work with the college age population focuses on helping students work through the developmental challenges of leaving home. First as a college counselor at Sarah Lawrence College, she sees students in the NYC area in her private practice. In addition to students, she is particularly interested in working with patients as they transition through new life stages, such as entering adulthood, divorce or separation issues, or patients facing illness and death.

Her publications in professional journals on clinical topics include mourning and grief and working with the isolated patient. These articles can be accessed on her website. www.lauraimpert.com

I am a clinical psychologist with thirty years experience in educationally oriented neuropsychological assessment and individual psychotherapy for kids, teens and adults. My treatment approach is informed by many perspectives and the unique needs of each patient. My practice includes working with parents facing the challenges of raising children with ADHD, Learning Disorders, and Autism as well as working with young women with chronic health problems.

I've been in private practice since 2003. I specialize in helping people adjust to significant life modifications, such as medical changes, relationship changes, and employment changes. I also focus on anxiety and depressive disorders.
I work with couples, families, adolescents (14-19), individuals and small groups.

Dr. Menken developed her career at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, where she conducted women’s groups and trained psychology interns. After developing a specialty in Maternal Mental Health, Dr. Menken co-founded The Pregnancy and Postpartum Resource Center at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.