Provider Directory

I treat depression and anxiety disorders primarily from a mindfulness and acceptance-based framework with strong foundational training in CBT. I have a subspecialty in working with people with chronic health conditions and co-occurring depression or anxiety. I also regularly teach MBCT and MBCT-Brief groups for depression and anxiety.

I’m a licensed psychotherapist, sociocultural anthropologist, and community organizer. I specialize in the treatment of depression, anxiety, C-PTSD, PTSD, dissociation, couples and relationships, queer invisibility, parent/child adult relationships, climate anxiety, and managing neurodiversity. I love working with activists and organizers, artists, healers/therapists, and the LGBTQIA+ community.

My style of work is active and collaborative. I respectfully challenge you to self-reflect on your habitual ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving, with the goal of recognizing both the positive and negative consequences on you as an individual and on your relationships. While listening to the content of what you speak about, I am simultaneously paying attention to your dynamics and patterns of thought, tone and body language. Together we find effective additional ways for you to self reflect and make changes.

I am a bilingual/bicultural therapist working with individuals, couples and families. I have over twenty years experience serving marginalized families. I am a graduate of the Ackerman Institute’s Clinical Externship Program. My work is based on a family-centered treatment model, within which I create unique therapeutic practices and interventions that support and meet the specific needs of my clients. I provide a safe therapeutic space that fosters compassion and dignity.

I have experience working with individuals, couples, and families impacted by complex trauma, family sexual abuse, grief and loss, adoption, foster care, and special needs. I am also experienced in interracial/intercultural situations and issues of gender identity.

I bring heart and caring to my practice. I have seen change and healing regardless of how stuck or trapped a person may feel as a result of the challenges/traumas of their life journey. I am committed to supporting each person in creating their own path towards greater insight, deeper understanding, and importantly self-empathy.

I treat people suffering from personal or professional anxiety, negative self-beliefs, and those unable to communicate or set boundaries with others. I also connect with individuals trying to heal from trauma and young adults navigating the twists and turns life throws their way. High-achievers, people-pleasers, and life-transitioners often find their way into my practice.

Anne Wennerstrand, MS, MSW, LCSW-R, is a clinical social worker, psychotherapist, supervisor, and educator with more than 25 years of experience working with adolescents and adults across the gender identity spectrum. Grounded in contemporary psychodynamic and feminist-relational perspectives, her clinical interests include eating and body-image concerns, trauma, anxiety and obsessive patterns, identity, relationships, and life transitions.

Dr. Ayelet Boussi is a clinical psychologist in private practice, and the Director of Via Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Dr. Boussi is especially focused on helping women transform their relationships and manage their moods effectively.

Experienced psychodynamically-oriented therapist (LCSW), with a focus on attachment and relational trauma. My practice welcomes clients from all racial, ethnic, religious and national backgrounds, social and economic classes, genders. sexual identities, and orientations.

Tatyana Mestechkina, Ph.D. is the Founder and Clinical Director of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Better Living. She is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, practicing in New York, New Jersey and Florida.

She has particular expertise and interest in using evidence-based treatment for obsessive compulsive spectrum, anxiety disorders and women's issues. She was trained by a world-renowned expert in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP/ExRP), the gold-standard of OCD treatment. She often incorporates mindfulness and acceptance techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to supplement exposure work.

Alyssa Freeman is a clinical social worker based in Brooklyn, NY working with patients in-person and virtually. Her practice spans a diverse group of adults, adolescents and children each of whom, based in personal experience, come
to treatment. She begins psychotherapy by thinking
about presenting difficulties and the context. She works with people who struggle with anxieties, mood disorders, trauma and relationship
difficulties, all of which, when not deeply thought about,
interfere with a stable sense of self. She has a long-standing
specialization working with adults and children who are
living with and impacted by illness, divorce and all the
associated complications of blending and loss. She work with
mothers and parents who are at risk for perinatal and post-partum
depression and /or anxiety, offering parent-infant therapy to
support early bonding and secure attachment.

Hi, I'm Anna! I'm a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and founder of Momentum Health Counseling. Mental health challenges can feel like obstacles impeding our life and our ability to develop. I am committed to working with you to help you become unstuck, to move forward and realize your potential. And to build the momentum you need to lead a fulfilling life. I have expertise working with adults across the lifespan struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, and self-esteem.

I am a licensed psychologist and an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, as well as an AASECT Certified Sex Therapy Supervisor. I have a private practice in NYC, where I work with individuals and couples across a wide variety of mental and sexual health concerns. I have masters and doctorate degrees in Counseling Psychology and have completed advanced training in sexual health and gender, including a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Program in Human Sexuality (now the Eli Coleman Institute for Sexual and Gender Health) at the University of Minnesota.

I specialize in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), working together with my clients to develop a focused, personalized plan to achieve their goals. This typically includes addressing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through learning specific skills to take control of their emotions. I am one of the co-founders of NYCBT, a private psychology group practice in Manhattan, and I also have an office in Greenwich, CT and can provide Telehealth services in any PSYPACT-participating state.

I specialize in treating people who have experienced trauma, and I offer personalized, effective approaches to help my clients learn to live with and overcome the impact of these traumatic experiences, including PTSD. I also often work with people suffering from anxiety, panic, and phobias, as well as anger management and relationship issues.

Finally, I led DBT skills training groups for many years, and co-authored a book on DBT skills called "Self-Directed DBT Skills." I have helped many people learn DBT skills to better manage their thoughts, emotions, and behavior, and I look forward to working together to help you make the changes you want in your life.

I specialize in all forms of anxiety (avoidance, overthinking, perfectionism, ocd), trauma, gender and sexuality, sexual functioning, relationships and borderline traits. I work with individuals, couples and groups, have advanced training in EMDR, DBT and EFT, and extensive experience serving members of the LGBTQ+ community. I'm a person as well as a therapist and I take pride in being a relatable, authentic provider.