Provider Directory

Dr. Ellen Jacobs is a Manhattan-based psychotherapist, author and educator with more than two decades of experience. Dr. Jacobs specializes in working with adults, adolescents and children who are experiencing a range of emotional and social difficulties. Her primary goal is to help individuals and families improve the quality of their lives, increasing self- awareness and self-confidence, and helping her patients to develop and thrive.

I’m a collaborative, calm, empathic, and flexible relational psychodynamic therapist with 15 years of experience in the field. I support adults navigating sex and sexuality, depression, anxiety, family and romantic relationships, trauma, boundaries, life transitions, and new parenthood including perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. My practice is polyamory, LGBTQIA+, and kink affirming. I have formal training in Sex Therapy and EMDR, and my work is informed by somatic therapies and IFS.

Jane Halperin, PhD, MS
Associate Director
Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training & Research
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology
Dept. of Psychiatry
College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University

Practice of psychotherapy: adolescents and adults
Practice of psychoanalysis: adults
Couples treatment
Supervision: psychology externs, interns, fellows; clinicians in private practice

Areas of Interest/Additional Training:
Young Adult Development
Alcohol/Substance Misuse
Psychological Adjustment to Medical Illness
Prenatal Diagnosis, Pregnancy Loss
Couples Treatment; Parenting Skills

I am a Ph.D. prepared and board certified offering collaborative psychiatry/med management support for adults. I specialize in anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, PTSD and insomnia. My care integrates evidence based treatment with a person centered approach. With advanced expertise additionally. I support you on your journey to wellness by helping you improve your emotional balance, focus, and sleep for results-oriented care.

Are you looking to improve your mood while boosting your levels of productivity at work and/or home? I work with high achieving individuals and offer a full range of psychiatry services. I will help you gain control over your mood, focus, and stress levels.

I am a Ph.D. prepared board certified psychiatric nurse practitioner that combines the clinical expertise of psychiatry while providing the compassionate and holistic approach of a nurse. I offer personalized psychiatry and psychotherapy services tailored to you in order to help you gain valuable tools so that I can judiciously prescribe medication.
My approach is comprehensive, grounded by empathy, and rooted in evidence based science. I will be your guide and support you through gaining control over your wellness. I’m confident we can restore balance in your busy days and resolve any stress or anxiety you are facing. Be well.

Denise Rayvid is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 25 years experience working with individuals and families. She has a private practice in Manhattan’s Upper West Side treating adults, adolescents, children, parents/couples and elders with a wide range of social-emotional difficulties. These issues include anxiety, depression, trauma, difficulties navigating social relationships life transitions, behavioral and learning challenges, and complicated family dynamics.

After closing my Brooklyn office, I relocated to Ithaca, NY, but see clients from NYC and throughout NY State via telehealth. My psychotherapy practice focuses on individuals and couples, ranging in age from young adults (18 and up), adults, and elderly. I strive to create a safe environment in which to explore life stressors, patterns of relating with others, and how past experiences impact the present.

Areas of professional practice include:
• Mood disorders such as anxiety, depression, and bipolar
• Alcohol and drug use, harm reduction
• Relationships, separation and divorce
• Sexual issues and concerns
• LGBTQ
• Chronic pain and illness, including HIV
• Grief and loss
• Women's reproductive health
• Career issues
• Financial concerns

I am a seasoned psychotherapist with experience supporting individuals through life transitions, trauma, and recovery. My practice is rooted in an anti-oppression framework and guided by compassion, collaboration, and a strengths-based approach. I specialize in working with survivors of abuse, substance use and relationship challenges, creating a safe space for healing and growth.

Dr. Kafker specializes in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), which helps families strengthen relationships and teaches caregivers to be the therapist at home and effectively manage their young children's difficult behaviors. In addition to PCIT, she is highly experienced with and passionate about working with adolescents and adults to manage symptoms of anxiety, depression, and trauma.

Janet's Upper Eastside, Yorkville practice provides Individual & Couples Therapy. She uses a relational approach, working with those suffering from anxiety, mood disorders, relationship or employment issues, trauma and life transitions. In addition, Janet is a Tipi provider. Clients range in age from 13 to 80+.

Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco, Ph.D. is a NJ and NY State licensed (and PSYPACT-certified) clinical psychologist and writerspecializing in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety, parenting, relationship challenges, women's health issues, perimenopause, and difficult life transitions. She is the Founder/Director of the North Jersey Center for Anxiety and Stress Management in Summit, NJ and a Diplomate of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. She is the author of Mom Brain: Proven Strategies to Fight the Anxiety, Guilt, and Overwhelming Emotions of Motherhood--And Relax Into Your New Self.

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.

Kimberly Christopher, LCSW, is a New York City-based licensed psychotherapist with over 20 years of clinical experience offering depth-oriented, integrative psychotherapy for individuals and couples throughout New York State via telehealth.
Her clinical work spans a broad range of presentations — including trauma and PTSD, anxiety and mood disorders, burnout, complex relational patterns, narcissistic abuse recovery, and the psychological dimensions of major life transitions. She has particular expertise in the intersection of hormonal change and mental health, supporting women navigating the emotional, neurobiological, and identity shifts that accompany perimenopause and midlife — an area that remains significantly underserved in standard mental health care.
Kimberly's approach is integrative and neuroscience-informed, drawing from psychodynamic psychotherapy, EMDR therapy, somatic modalities, and attachment-based frameworks. Her work moves beyond insight and coping strategies to address patterns held within the nervous system — supporting change that is felt as well as understood.
She holds a graduate degree from New York University, completed with high honors, and has trained in EMDR through an EMDRIA-approved program. Her practice, Integrative Therapy NY, is a boutique private practice based in Manhattan offering individualized, concierge-level care for high-functioning adults and couples.

Robin Halpern, LCSW, DCSW
Psychotherapist in Private Practice and
Assistant Director, Psychotherapy and Training Collective of NY

I'm an art therapist and psychotherapist specializing in anxious attachment, adults who grew up feeling unseen, pet loss, and life transitions — using a relational approach that draws on art therapy, IFS, and attention to the body.