Provider Directory

Nora Dankner

Art Therapist, LCAT

I provide impactful therapy for New Yorkers who want a therapist who does more than just listen. Whether you're suffering from depression, panic, anxiety, or relationship challenges, I'm committed to finding creative ways to help my clients grow and become unstuck.

Meredith Carlisle

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Meredith Carlisle is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over a decade of experience working with adults, children, couples, and families across a variety of settings. With a particular interest in life-transitions, Meredith specializes in the treatment of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Using an integrated, trauma-informed approach, she draws heavily from Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness and Acceptance based models to support clients with practical skill building to address anxiety, depression, grief and loss, emotion dysregulation, trauma, and interpersonal conflicts.

Jessie Chasan-Taber

Master Social Worker, LMSW

I work with individuals and couples on exploring underlying patterns, unresolved conflicts, and deep-seated emotional concerns that have been causing distress in their relationships with themselves and others.

Lisa D Ellis

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MS, RDN, CDN, LCSW, CEDS-C

Lisa Ellis is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist-Supervisor and Licensed Clinical Social Worker with private practices in Manhattan and White Plains, NY. Her areas of expertise include eating disorders and emotion-triggered eating in children, adolescents, adults and families.

Erica Alter

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Erica Alter LCSW is a NYS and CT licensed couples and individual therapist, with private practices in Upper Westchester and in Greenwich Connecticut. She hold an advanced certification in couples therapy from the Training Institute of Mental Health and specializes in working with couples at all stages of conflict and chapters of life. Erica has almost a decade of experience helping couples turn their relationship issues into constructive opportunities rather than destructive dynamics. Through EFT, she works with them to identify patterns, reconstruct attachments, and exchange lasting empathy. She also works with individuals who struggle with anxiety, depression, career dissatisfaction, sleep disorders, and the transition to parenting.  Through mindfulness-based therapies and CBT, Erica works with individuals and the power of self-compassion to help clients become their own agents of change.

Liz Vento

Psychologist

I am a licensed clinical psychologist working in New York City. I offer individual therapy and couples therapy via teletherapy and in person in lower Manhattan. My approach is warm, direct, and collaborative.

Ivy Diamond

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Ivy Diamond, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in women's maternal mental health with a focus on perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, infertility, perinatal bereavement and life transitions. Ivy has a telehealth private practice.

Sari Kaplan

Psychologist, Ph.D.

I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist providing individual, couples and family psychotherapy to adults. I have a solution-focused, integrative approach and I tailor my techniques to the individual/couple/family and to the current moment. Whether the treatment goals are geared toward reducing distress or toward growth, I welcome the opportunity to work with people who are motivated to create positive change in their lives.

Cora Goldfarb

Psychoanalyst, LP, LCAT

I am a licensed psychoanalyst and a licensed creative arts therapist and I work with adults, couples, adolescents, and children in downtown Brooklyn and virtually. Through utilizing relational psychoanalytic psychotherapy, mindfulness, and creative arts therapy techniques my patients work towards increasing their self-esteem, improving their relationships, understanding family conflicts, and accepting themselves for who they are. My specialties include working with women who are struggling with fertility issues, perinatal mood disorders, and the challenges of parenting. In addition I have experience in working with creative people, ADHD, patients who have a history of trauma, eating disorders, and people who are affected by addiction.

Julia Samton

Psychiatrist, MD

The Midtown Practice is a private psychotherapy and psychiatry practice dedicated to helping individuals live vital and fulfilling lives, no matter what challenges life brings. We offer treatment for a wide variety of life issues, personal stressors, and psychological conditions such as depression, anxiety, and stress management. As a multidisciplinary team, we bring evidence-based and cutting-edge treatments to our clients, including traditional and newer psychotherapies, mindful meditation, and modern psychopharmacology.

Meredith Grossman

Psychologist, PhD

I specialize in the treatment of anxiety and mood disorders, using evidence-based practices. During my extensive experience treating children, adolescents, and adults using a cognitive-behavioral approach, I have worked with patients struggling with anxiety disorders (such as social phobia, selective mutism, OCD, panic disorder, specific phobias, and generalized anxiety disorder) and mood disorders (such as depression and bipolar disorder). Prior to opening my practice, I was a full-time faculty member at Weill Cornell Medical College. It is my goal to provide treatment that is supported by the most current research in the field of psychology.

Shaneze Gayle Smith

Psychologist, Ph.D.

Licensed clinical psychologist with a decade of clinical experience working across a lifespan who provides integrative, trauma-informed and culturally responsive treatment. I have specialized training in helping individuals with chronic illnesses, trauma survivors and parents. Regarding my own journey to and through motherhood, I am passionate about supporting women struggling with perinatal & postpartum concerns and work-life balance.

Ayden Ferstenberg

Psychologist, PsyD

I am a psychologist licensed in both NY and NJ and all Psypact states, offering virtual therapy to individuals and couples. I have extensive training in various trauma modalities, couples/relationship therapy, and sex therapy, and work integratively and experientially to help clients make deep internal shifts, using neuroscientific principles as the guide.

Emily Kaiser

Psychologist, PsyD

Licensed clinical psychologist in NY & NJ, providing compassionate, evidence-based treatment for trauma/PTSD, anxiety, substance use, and chronic pain.