Provider Directory

I am a CBT/DBT trained and practicing psychologist who is compassionate and direct. I have extensive experience and expertise working with clients struggling with peer relationships and/or dating issues, typical challenges of life, those experiencing anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, crisis, among other issues.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Therapist in New Jersey and New York. I specialize in working with millennial women struggling with anxiety, OCD, and grief.

I am a LCSW and EMDRIA-certified EMDR therapist with over 15 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families facing trauma, mood disorders, and relational challenges. I focus on strengths-based, collaborative approach that integrates EMDR, CBT, DBT, and trauma-informed care.

"for over 30 years, david has treated creative and gifted people from around the world, engaging in deep, rich cognitive and analytic work with movers and thinkers from over sixty countries. His expertise converges on issues of anxiety, performance anxiety, depression, relationships, creative blocks and identity-building. Intertwining analytical and cognitive styles while firmly rooting in developmental models, he brings a positive warmth and distinctive strength towards his work with a diverse group of backgrounds, hearts and minds."

I am a NY state and NJ licensed clinical social worker who specializes in working with individuals with mood disorders, problematic substance use, chronic illness/pain, and living losses. Through empathic listening and supportive feedback, I utilize a strengths-based approach to create a safe environment that encourages the process of change. I work from a relational framework and work collaboratively with my clients to identify goals for treatment and a pathway to achieve them.

Through a psychodynamic psychotherapy approach, I strive to provide a warm and open environment that promotes curiosity and growth. Seeking therapy takes real courage. Relationships change, self-esteem wavers, bodies transform, unforeseen social and cultural events occur that place us in uncharted waters, and life turns inexplicably uncertain. Whatever the reason, therapy is a unique opportunity to examine internal and relational conflicts, tease out unhelpful thoughts and deepen your understanding of yourself in ways that foster empowerment, vitality, and creativity.

I am a trauma-informed therapist certified in CPT for PTSD and in DBT for private practitioners. While I tend to utilize a DBT-informed approach most frequently I am also influenced by Somatic Experiencing Therapy and mindfulness more generally. I am licensed in NY and MD and currently do not have a waiting list. I used to run a comprehensive, team-based medicaid funded mental health program for those with serious mental illness so I am experienced with voice hearers, vision seers, and those with delusions.

I am a psychoanalyst working with individuals for over 20 years. I integrate psychodynamic therapy with mindfulness and somatic treatment modalities to meet the therapeutic needs of each person.

I work with adults navigating anxiety, depression and life transitions. I have a particular interest in the complicated and layered identities created by experiences such as immigration, being multiracial or growing up as a third-culture kid. I also find deep meaning in supporting journalists, particularly those suffering from vicarious trauma.

I work with highly insightful women and LGBTQ+ adults navigating attachment trauma, relationships, self-worth, and identity.

I specialize in synthesizing advanced, evidence-based interventions with depth-oriented, trauma-focused, and attachment-informed care. By strategically blending behavioral, cognitive, experiential, and relational modalities, I'm able to effectively target the specific problems my clients face, facilitating both immediate, practical improvements and sustained, profound growth.

Other areas of expertise include: creatives / arts & entertainment professionals; empty nesters & parents of young adults; cancer patients & their loved ones; individuals in ENM / open / polyamorous relationships; individuals in later-stage DBT treatment (stages 2-4); and loved ones of those exhibiting traits consistent with: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), and Substance Use Disorders (SUD).

Angela is psychotherapist with experience in classrooms, nursing homes, in creative arts spaces, and most recently with patients struggling with eating disorders and co-existing trauma/substance abuse. Angela sets out to work with folks who identify as "creatives" and struggle to feel understood as they face the unique challenges that come with a career as a creative artist.

Rebecca Halperin, LCSW, is an experienced psychotherapist specialized in integrating psychodynamic psychotherapy with Somatic Experiencing and other body based approaches to treatment. Rebecca works primarily with individuals who have experienced trauma - historically/developmentally or recently - as well as individuals facing other stressors and symptoms. Rebecca has fifteen years in the mental health field working with all ages from preschool to geriatric; currently she primarily treats adolescents and adults.

I am a clinical social worker with over 15 years of experience working directly with individuals. I provide individual therapy for adults. My goal in working with patients is to help them identify behaviors or thinking patterns that may be keeping them from reaching their full potential in all aspects of their lives. I work primarily from a psychodynamically informed perspective.

Dr. Alpern is the founder of Center Psychology Group. She is an EMDR clinician certified by EMDRIA, the organization dedicated to upholding the modality’s standards. She is also a graduate of the EMDR Clinical Affiliate Program at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP) Trauma Treatment Center in New York City. Dr. Alpern is an EMDRIA-approved consultant and provides individual and group consultation to EMDR therapists. Dr. Alpern is also an Advanced-level Somatic Experiencing practitioner (SEI). She is the founder of the Manhattan Center for Trauma Studies, where she oversees continuing education trainings focused on EMDR and trauma-informed psychotherapy.