Provider Directory

Julie Spitzer, LCSW-R, Licensed Psychoanalyst
333 West 57th Street, Suite 1-C
New York, NY 10019
Contact Info: 212-245-0533
julesspitzer2@gmail.com
Modalities: Group adult psychotherapy. Supervision provided to licensed psychotherapists in group formats. Individual adult psychotherapy (not accepting new patients at this time.) I am an out of network private practitioner serving the tristate area and the LGBTQ Community for over 35 years.

I am a psychotherapist based in New York City who specializes in helping adults navigate abrupt life transitions such as serious illness, grief, relationship ruptures, injuries, and career disruptions. Throughout my career, I have worked in healthcare settings supporting people enduring sudden health diagnoses, including palliative care and oncology teams. My approach is person-centered, psychodynamic, relational, and rooted in unconditional positive regard. I am trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy, and grief counseling.

My approach is grounded in psychodynamic theory but I often draw from other modalities like accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP), mindfulness, dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and feminist therapy.

I focus on working with adults experiencing anxiety, depression, PTSD, and life transitions through the use of verbal psychotherapy, parts work, EMDR, and art/music.

I am a licensed master social worker and psychotherapist. I work with children, teens, adults, and perinatal women struggling with adjustment, anxiety, depression, and other difficulties that arise during major life transitions.

Courtney Santucci, PhD is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who specializes in evidence based treatments for children, adolescents, and adults. She also provides parent coaching. She is licensed in NY, CT and PSYPACT. She assists clients experiencing anxiety, depression, OCD, life stressors, and disordered eating.

Dawn M. Hughes is a clinical and forensic psychologist who specializes in the anxiety disorders, interpersonal violence, PTSD, traumatic stress, and women's mental health.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist. I specialize in the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders. My areas of expertise include emotional and behavioral dysregulation, depression, anxiety, OCD, relationship problems, and parenting struggles.

I am passionate about supporting you to be free from fear and anxiety, align to inner guidance, develop nourishing relationships, and make choices from a place of love, curiosity, and possibility. I’ve supported individuals struggling with anxiety, panic, life transitions, relationship issues, and questions of meaning and purpose.

My experience as a therapist includes working with recently immigrated youth, high school and college students, and individuals of all ages, identities, and backgrounds in community mental health. Before training as a therapist, I worked in international women’s rights, food justice, and bilingual education. I draw from psychodynamic, relational, somatic, mindfulness, and compassion-based approaches.

I offer individual, couples and group therapy to children, adolescents, and adults with a wide range of presenting challenges, including anxiety, depression, impulse control, stress and anger management, parenting, and family conflict. I bring a holistic and integrative approach to therapy, with a main focus on Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Fluent in both English and Spanish, I offer sessions in either language.

Dr. Alpern is the founder of Center Psychology Group. She is an EMDR clinician certified by EMDRIA, the organization dedicated to upholding the modality’s standards. She is also a graduate of the EMDR Clinical Affiliate Program at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP) Trauma Treatment Center in New York City. Dr. Alpern is an EMDRIA-approved consultant and provides individual and group consultation to EMDR therapists. Dr. Alpern is also an Advanced-level Somatic Experiencing practitioner (SEI). She is the founder of the Manhattan Center for Trauma Studies, where she oversees continuing education trainings focused on EMDR and trauma-informed psychotherapy.

I provide a collaborative, affirming approach to therapy that combines mindfulness, skill-building, and empathetic exploration, drawing on my training in evidence-based treatments such ACT, CBT, and DBT.

My areas of specialty include life transitions; anxiety, OCD and worry; depression; LGBTQIA+ issues; identity concerns; ADHD; and trauma.

As a couples therapist and creative arts therapist, I help partners and individuals explore their inner worlds with curiosity and compassion. Together, we’ll work to understand the origins of your struggles, illuminate unconscious patterns that shape your relationships, and cultivate new ways of relating—to yourself, to others, and to your life.​ My work is grounded in psychodynamic, attachment-based, and trauma-informed therapy, with an emphasis on creating a thoughtful, supportive, and collaborative therapeutic space.

In couples therapy, I work with partners experiencing recurring conflict, emotional distance, attachment injury, or difficulty reconnecting. My approach helps couples slow down reactive patterns, understand what’s happening beneath conflict or withdrawal, and move toward greater emotional clarity, repair, and intimacy, particularly during periods of rupture or life transition. I have helped couples navigate fertility, loss, sexual intimacy, gender transition, affairs, non-monogamy, financial stress, parenting, and trauma.

I also offer individual psychotherapy and creative arts therapy for adults experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and relational challenges. Creative arts therapy is integrated as a clinical tool to support emotional processing and insight when words alone feel limiting.

I specialize in working with emerging and young adults using techniques drawn from psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, as well as my experiences with yoga and meditation. In addition to talk therapy, I also have additional experience and training in yoga and how it can assist in the treatment of trauma. I received my 200-hour yoga teacher certification as well as certification in trauma-sensitive yoga.