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I am a licensed psychologist who provides individual, couples, and group therapy. My primary theoretical approach is psychodynamic/relational/insight oriented psychotherapy for individuals working through relationship issues, anxiety, depression, grief/loss, and adjustment to transition through life's challenges. I believe healthy people seek therapy for a variety reasons throughout life, and psychotherapy can help you find a more genuine and integrated way of living and relating to others. I work collaboratively to recognize patterns and become aware of unconscious habits and choices that impact one's life and functioning.

I’m an LCSW providing psychotherapy for individuals in New York City. I work within a psychodynamic framework and specialize in anxiety, grief, and attachment theory. I also have experience working with individuals on specific issues related to low self esteem, stress, transitions, career related obstacles, and relationship challenges.

Providing teletherapy to individuals (18 yo +) in NY, I primarily help those struggling with anxiety, stress, low-self esteem, and life transitions. I work with adults across the lifespan and have a specialty working with young adults. Having worked in a college counseling center for several years, I have a great deal of experience helping emerging adults navigate coming into their own while managing the challenges that accompany that stage of life.

Russell is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with extensive training and experience in treating individuals with substance use disorders (SUD) and a variety of co-occurring mental health conditions. He facilitated group and individual therapy for the treatment of SUD as a counselor in Hazelden Betty Ford’s evening intensive outpatient program. He has completed training in a wide range of clinical modalities, including Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

Dr. Nicole Benedicto Elden is a NY state licensed clinical psychologist, supervisor, public speaker, published author, dissertation, career and life coach. She is a 1.5 generation Filipina-American offering in-person and virtual therapy (Wed-Fri). Her therapeutic approach is integrative and she has been trained in interpersonal/relational, emotion focused, relational life, cognitive behavioral, multicultural humility and family systems therapies. She works with individuals, couples and groups impacted by anxiety, depression, intergenerational trauma, life transitions, evolving identities, relational conflict and parents supporting their transgender children.

Dr. Nicole Benedicto Elden's Private Practice:

 Dr.Elden@yahoo.com

917-482-5705

 nicolebenedictoelden.clientsecure.me/

Dr. Birnbaum is a board-certified adult general and reproductive psychiatrist in NYC and Westchester with a special interest in perinatal mental health. Dr. Birnbaum offers psychotherapy and medication management with a warm, compassionate, and personalized style.

I am a licensed psychoanalyst in New York City and received a Masters in industrial/organizational psychology from CUNY Brooklyn College. I completed my postgraduate training at Metropolitan Institute for training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in Adult Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. I worked at the Metropolitan Center for Mental Health as a clinician where I gained experience working with adults of all ages. In addition to working as a psychotherapist, I also spent over 20 years in the academic service technology field.

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.

I am a psychologist, practicing, teaching and supervising on the UWS for 20 years, specializing in depression, anxiety, trauma and addictions including alcohol and substance abuse, moderation management, harm reduction and relapse prevention. I think psychodynamically but incorporate both analytic and cognitive-behavioral methods in my treatment approach. I utilize techniques tailored to each person's unique needs. I am committed to working with each patient to help build on their strengths while identifying and providing guidance to discover solutions and achieve their goals. My office provides a warm and caring atmosphere where one can accomplish this.

Fritzi Winter is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with the R Privilege, and has a Master Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor (Master CASAC) certification, maintains a private practice of psychotherapy on 95th Street and Park Avenue in New York, NY and a private office in Nyack, New York. As a psychotherapist her clinical focus is on substance use disorders/addictions, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, eating disorders, trauma, anxiety, and depression, utilizing a relational, psychodynamic approach informed by CBT, DBT, Hypnotherapy and Supportive therapy with individuals, couples and families. Fritzi Winter earned her Master’s Degree in Social Work at Fordham University and DBT training through Marsha Linehan’s Behavioral Tech. Her career began as a volunteer at a local grassroots counseling service agency in Rockland County, and continued training at a Battered Women’s Shelter, became a rape crisis counselor and in tandem became Doula and learned hypnotherapy to support battered women through the birthing process. Fritzi Winter continued with her career into another local agency, The Psychoanalytic Institute of Rockland for her credential in Substance Use Disorders. Fritzi Winter's experience includes having worked 10 years at New York Presbyterian Hospital, 4 years on the Substance Use Disorder unit and 6 years on the Borderline Personality Disorder Unit. Fritzi Winter has a passion for volunteering and went on a Medical Mission in a remote village in Haiti, volunteered with the American Red Cross as Disaster Relief during Hurricane Katrina and Rita and currently Give an Hour weekly for a Veteran. Fritzi Winter is a member of Women’s Mental Health Consortium in New York City, NASW, NAADAC (Association for Addiction Professionals) CSW (Clinical Social Work Association) and IRETA (Institute for Research Education and Training in Addiction). Recently Fritzi Winter completed two years of training at the William Alanson White Institute for Eating Disorders and Compulsions.

I work with teens and adults to help them understand the impact of past experiences on the present, but also focus on the here and now. I incorporate breathing and meditation practices to cope with everyday stress.

Hello. I am a LCSW who has been practicing for 30 years and prides herself on maintaining a safe, non judgmental environment in which people are free to share their struggles. I specialize in numerous areas but at this time I am focusing on Bipolar disorder. I work closely with a gifted psychiatrist to support my work. I studied for 5 years at PPSC where I was groomed psychoanalytically.

Sloan Post, LMSW, works in private practice seeing clients virtually and in Westchester, NY where she offers psychotherapy and specializes in working with children/teens, young adults, perinatal women, and maternal mental health.

Nancy Turret is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who treats individuals, couples and families in her private practice. Treatment approaches utilized vary from cognitive behavioral therapy to supportive psychotherapy. Her specialty includes providing Prolonged Grief Disorder Treatment for individuals who continue to remain stuck in an acute state of grief. As a therapist in the Complicated Bereavement Protocol, Nancy Turret provided an innovative individual psychotherapy developed by Katherine Shear, M.D. for the treatment of prolonged grief.
As a senior clinical and research psychiatric social worker at The New York State Psychiatric Institute for the past thirty-five years, Nancy administered diagnostic assessments and ongoing rating scales for the Adult and Late Life Depression Clinic as well as individual, family, and group services on the in-patient General Clinical Services Unit, and the in-patient Schizophrenic unit. Ongoing services were also delivered in outpatient departments treating affective disorders, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders and a variety of other psychiatric illnesses.