Provider Directory

I’m a licensed clinical social worker in New York and Massachusetts and I am certified in Perinatal Mental Health by Postpartum Support International. My specialties include neurodivergence, infertility, perinatal mental health, endometriosis, anxiety, relationship challenges, and LGBTQIA+ identities. I am EMDR trained and use an integrative, collaborative approach rooted in psychodynamic and relational therapy using an attachment based lens and mind-body techniques. My work is informed by both clinical expertise and lived experience. Together, we’ll explore how your experiences are impacting you and build on your strengths to help you move toward the life you envision.

I am a dedicated therapist with a specialized focus on perinatal mental health, supporting individuals and families through the emotional complexities of pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. With a compassionate and warm approach, I also work with adults navigating challenges such as depression, anxiety, grief, parenting, and life transitions. Taking a balanced approach, I offer gentle support while also being direct when necessary to foster growth and healing. Committed to creating a safe and understanding environment, I strive to empower clients to manage life’s challenges with resilience and confidence.

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.

Dr. Charissa Chamorro is a clinical psychologist and Assistant Clinical Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is an expert in assessing and treating anxiety, OCD, ADHD, and depression in children and adults. Dr. Chamorro integrates her warm and compassionate approach with scientifically supported interventions to help people develop effective coping strategies and achieve greater emotional well-being. She specializes in children’s and women’s mental health, and she often works with parents to support them through the joys and challenges of parenthood.

May is a prelicensed professional who works with adults, centering intersectional identities in her work, and is committed to honoring the complexities that they hold within a white-centered, patriarchal society. Despite the seriousness of this mission, she is quick to find humor in all things and, through experience, uses it as a tool to explore injustice, emotions, and even trauma. She is trauma-informed and uses a client-centered approach that prioritizes the strength of the therapeutic relationship as a route to emotional tolerance and positive change.

I am a perinatal art therapist supporting those who identify as caregivers--professionally or personally--in cultivating creative resilience in the workplace, throughout their family building journeys, and beyond. I am a trauma-informed, attachment-based, relational clinician with a virtual practice serving NY & NJ. I have a special focus on maternal, parental, and reproductive wellness using creative clinical approaches grounded in principles of cultural humility, humanism, and the healing power of an empathic creative process. I also provide integrative arts-based wellness workshops on site or remotely for employees in both the public and private sectors to bring creative healing spaces to work. Contact: sharon@cocreatearttherapy.com

Dr. Ania Siwek Schwartzman is a NYS Licensed Clinical and School Psychologist who has supported children and adults for over 20 years. Dr. Schwartzman works predominantly from a psychodynamic relational approach and integrates evidence-based practices such as CBT and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction.
Dr. Schwartzman offers individual therapy and is available for webinars and keynotes.

Lyn (Marilyn) Paul, PhD, LCSW began her social work career in 1995 as a hospital maternal-child social worker, and later spent twenty years on faculty at Adelphi University School of Social Work, teaching courses in human behavior theory and social work practice, and advising and supervising students. Dr. Paul has researched and published on the complex psychosocial issues confronting contemporary families, especially families formed with advanced medical technology and third party assistance. Dr. Paul currently maintains a part-time clinical social work practice on the Upper West Side of Manhattan where she specializes in loss and transition and issues associated with women’s reproductive health.

Dr. Gordon specializes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and the treatment of anxiety, ADHD and OCD in all ages. She also provides parenting guidance as well as therapy for anxious children, addressing mental health needs throughout the life-span. Treatment is provided with warmth and humor, while still being short-term and goal-directed.

I am a therapist providing holistic and compassionate care for individuals struggling with anxiety, experiences of trauma, phobias, trichotillomania, relationship difficulties, and family distress. I practice somatically using tools such as EMDR, Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), and Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE).

Dr. Sarah Gundle is a clinical psychologist in private practice. She provides short-term and long-term psychotherapy to individuals, adolescents, families and couples for the treatment of depression, anxiety, interpersonal difficulties, adjustment problems, and trauma.

I have assisted many couples, families, and individuals in both private practice settings and in higher levels of care. I hold a Master’s in Social Work from New York University. I specialize in treating people struggling with eating disorders, chronic disconnection, anxiety, depression, and trauma.

I am a NYC based therapist working with young adults and adults who feel stuck in perfectionism, people-pleasing, or complicated interpersonal and family dynamics.

I am a curious and conversational therapist who likes to really understand people: the details, the dynamics, and how it all connects back to your life and relationships.

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and have a certification in hypnosis and Neurolinguistics Programming. With 35 years of experience in the mental health field as a counselor and psychotherapist, I have maintained a well-established practice in Bergen County for 30 years. I am highly experienced in individual, group and family counseling and psychotherapy in addition to workshops, lectures, program development and administration. I am a psychotherapist and the owner of Balance & Thrive Counseling & Psychoeducation Center.