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Many women struggle silently with mood changes, anxiety, or intrusive thoughts during pregnancy and after birth. You might find yourself feeling overwhelmed, irritable, tearful, or disconnected from your baby or your partner. You might even have upsetting or unwanted thoughts that feel out of character and leave you feeling ashamed or afraid to tell anyone. You're not alone in feeling this way. I’m a Cornell trained psychiatrist and psychotherapist specializing in reproductive mental health. Together, we’ll take a thoughtful, evidence based approach to understand what’s happening and find a path forward.

Clinical psychologist & interpersonal psychoanalyst on the Upper West Side, with a practice focus on women's issues, relationship difficulties, and medical issues.

FRANCESCA MAXIMÉ, LCSW, LICSW, SEP, IFS, IFIO, RLT, FOT, IFOT, CMT-P
Psychotherapist in NY, FL & MA
www.maximetherapy.com psychotherapy
www.maximeclarity.com somatic life coaching & relationship intensives
Francesca Maximé, LCSW, LICSW is a Haitian-Dominican Italian-American licensed psychotherapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Indigenous Focusing Oriented Therapy Practitioner, Focusing Oriented Therapy Practitioner, IMTA-accredited Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, certified Relational Life Therapy Couples therapist, award-winning poet/author, and former television news anchor/journalist.

I am a NYS licensed clinical psychologist and certified school psychologist. I am also certified in perinatal mental health (PMH-C). In my private practice, I work with children of all ages, adolescents, and adults. I have specific interests in anxiety/OCD, family relationships, pediatric sleep, learning and school-related problems, bereavement, perinatal populations and women's issues, parent-infant (dyadic) therapy and young adulthood. I work primarily through a psychodynamic and attachment lens, but utilize cognitive-behavioral interventions depending on the presenting problem.

Randi Corrigan is a Mental Health Counselor with a Masters degree from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She offers psychotherapy specializing in addiction, and relational trauma, utilizing an integrated approach of Humanistic, Cognitive- Behavioral, and psychodynamic therapy techniques. She is also trained in EMDR and offers Self-Worth Coaching to high-achieving women.

I offer psychoanalysis and psychotherapy to adults in person near Union Square. I specialize in matters related to the body, wishes and desires, and relationships of all kinds, which is another way of saying anything related to gender, sexuality, and embodiment. I’m also a generalist at heart and see people experiencing depression, anxiety, symptoms of trauma, and other difficulties. I approach the therapeutic process as a meaningful, co-created experience that lends itself to new ways of being in the world.

Dr. C. Kate Burris, DNP, PMHNP, is a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and founder of Lumina Psychiatry. She specializes in bipolar disorder and has extensive experience treating ADHD, anxiety, depression, OCD, and complex psychiatric conditions. Kate is dedicated to providing individualized, collaborative care where every patient feels heard, understood, and supported.

I’m a psychotherapist who works with people navigating anxiety, depression, grief and loss, relationship challenges, parenting, caregiving, and major life transitions. I’m particularly interested in the ways change and loss can affect our sense of identity and how we understand ourselves and our relationships. I mainly work from a psychodynamic perspective and adapt my approach to each client. I see clients in person in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and remotely.

Carly McCarvill, LMHC-D, is a Columbia University trained psychotherapist who
has extensive experience helping clients struggling with ADHD, disordered eating, and the full spectrum of anxiety disorders. She has two master’s degrees in Psychological Counseling. Carly is direct and deeply compassionate; Carly takes pride in maintaining a uniquely professional and unconventional approach to therapy. When appropriate, she enjoys incorporating moments of levity, humor, and laughter into sessions.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who graduated from Columbia University School of Social Work. I work as a clinician at the Center For Anxiety's Brooklyn office and as a study therapist in the Solomonov Lab at Cornell. I specialize in anxiety, mood disorders, maternal mental health, and supporting clients navigating life transitions, challenging relationships, or questions around identity. I have particular expertise in women’s mental health. My approach is relational, humanistic, and compassionate. I strive to create a collaborative, safe, and inclusive environment rooted in a trauma-informed, anti-oppressive framework. I use an eclectic treatment style, tailoring therapeutic modalities to each client’s unique needs.

Dr. Kati N. Lake, PhD, MS, MA, MPhil (she/her) is a licensed clinical psychologist in New York State and the founder of the Trauma & Mood Treatment Center LLC, her telehealth practice. She specializes in the evidence-based treatment of trauma, depressive, anxiety, reproductive mood, and obsessive and compulsive disorders. Obtaining a Ph.D. from Columbia University, Dr. Lake was trained at Columbia University Medical Center/New York State Psychiatric Institute, NewYork Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Previously, Dr. Lake served as the Vice President of Consulting at RAINN. Before joining RAINN, she was a Lead Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, where Dr. Lake led teams in the development, execution, and evaluation of personnel policy across the Department of Defense’s Suicide Prevention Office and Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office. Dr. Lake also served as a Schedule C political appointee at the White House, providing support to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Dr. Lake holds a master of arts, master of science, and master of philosophy in clinical psychology with a concentration in global mental health and trauma from Columbia University. She also obtained a bachelor degree in political science and British literature with a focus on political communications from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio).

Lucia Vail, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist with offices in midtown Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Vail practices individual and couple therapy with adults. She has been in private practice since 2005. With extensive experience and advanced training in both the cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic traditions, Dr. Vail specializes in helping individuals who struggle in stormy relationships, those who feel lonely or isolated, and those who too often feel frustrated and disappointed by their interactions with others, including in past experiences of psychotherapy. They may have experienced trauma or other early life stress, and may feel anxious and depressed. They may have been diagnosed with mood or personality disorders.

A licensed psychotherapist with expertise in stress and trauma, I use evidenced-based therapy practices and a holistic approach.

Dr. Yokarla Veras is a board-certified psychiatrist and psychotherapist specializing in reproductive and general adult psychiatry, with licensure in New York and New Jersey.