Provider Directory

Dr. Proujansky is a licensed clinical psychologist and Director of Trauma Services at the Center for Motivation and Change, where she specializes in working with individuals with trauma and substance misuse. She earned her doctorate from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University and completed her internship at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai West Hospitals. Dr. Proujansky completed her post-doctoral fellowship in DBT with adolescents, adults, and family members at the Center for Cognitive and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

I have experience working in both substance use treatment and private practice settings. I work primarily with adults and couples navigating anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and life transitions, using a compassionate and collaborative approach to help clients feel supported and empowered. My goal is to help people better understand themselves and their relationships, while building tools to manage everyday stress and emotional challenges.

Dr. Vikas Gupta is a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in women’s mental health, holistic wellness, and integrative care. With dual training in adult and child/adolescent psychiatry, he brings a nuanced understanding of mental health across the lifespan. He holds four board certifications, including in obesity medicine and community/public psychiatry. Dr. Gupta is the Founder and CEO of Wellness Psychiatry, a private practice dedicated to empowering women through compassionate, evidence-based care. His expertise includes treating depression, anxiety, trauma, postpartum disorders, and stress-related conditions unique to women’s lives. He has held leadership roles in national psychiatric organizations and contributed to major educational and clinical initiatives. A former Harvard Medical School faculty member, he integrates academic rigor with a warm, patient-centered approach. He is passionate about providing culturally attuned care for diverse women, including professionals, creatives, mothers, and caregivers. In addition to clinical work, he advocates for holistic and lifestyle-based interventions to support women’s emotional resilience. Dr. Gupta is honored to be part of the Women’s Mental Health Consortium and committed to advancing mental health equity for all women.

Julie Sahlein, LCSW-R is a licensed clinical social worker with more than two decades of experience helping adults, teens, and children through individual, family, couples, and group psychoanalytic psychotherapy . She has provided LGBTQ+ affirmative and culturally-attuned treatment and clinical supervision in a variety of settings, including community mental health centers, outpatient hospital clinics and, for more than 15 years, in her private practice. Ms. Sahlein's style is warm, boundaries, and direct. She has particular expertise treating depression, anxiety, and identity concerns.

Alexandra Aguilar is a licensed clinical social worker who works with adults seeking mental health treatment. She works with individuals who suffer from trauma, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and a myriad of other life transitional issues. Together, she helps you identify adaptive and sustainable coping strategies to enhance your overall mental health and well-being.

I specialize in working with individuals and couples living in New York State, Connecticut, and New Jersey - offering both in-person (NYC) and virtual sessions. As an attachment-oriented therapist, I help clients process trauma and attachment injuries, shift out of problematic behaviors and patterns, and deepen their connection to themselves and others.

I am a licensed clinical social worker offering both in-person and remote therapy to adults and adolescents residing in NY. I also offer remote therapy to residents of California. I have been in practice for 15 years and specialize in the treatment of trauma with an emphasis on survivors of sexual abuse and adult children of narcissists.

I’m New York-based psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

I work individually with adults and adolescents and specialize in anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, and insomnia/sleep difficulties. I also work with clients on relationship challenges, life transitions, lifestyle changes, grief and loss, and academic or work stressors. I have a special interest in supporting healthcare workers, parents of adolescents and young adults, and individuals whose loved ones are experiencing mental health difficulties.

I have formal training in evidence-based treatments, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). In addition to private practice, I currently serve as a psychologist for the Center for Stress, Resilience, and Personal Growth at Mount Sinai where I provide mental health services to healthcare workers and their families.

I earned my bachelor’s degree at Boston College and my doctorate at Loyola University Chicago. I completed an APA-accredited predoctoral internship at a therapeutic day school in Chicago, IL and my post-doctoral fellowship at MindWell NYC, a group private practice in New York, NY specializing in DBT treatment.

I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor specializing in alcohol and substance use issues and individual adult therapy. I see clients in my Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, office and virtually on zoom.

I am a compassionate, nonjudgmental therapist working with adults and children ages 10+. If you are struggling with grief/loss, trauma, anxiety, or depression, I offer non-judgmental listening and tools to move forward. I have a background in the creative arts and have a special affinity for working with caregivers, HSPs, creatives, and folks concerned with social change.

Shira Kaufman Danzig, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist in private practice specializing in perinatal mental health, anxiety and depression. Dr. Danzig is also the co-founder of River Psychology Group, a team of experienced clinicians serving the mental health needs of children, teens, young adults, adults, and women in various stages of their reproductive journeys. River Psychology Group offers in-person sessions in Brooklyn and Westchester and telehealth sessions throughout New York State.

Karen Hirschkorn, NPP has been practicing as a Pscychiatric Nurse Practitioner since 1996. Karen. provides psychiatric evaluations, psychotherapy to adolescents and adults , couples therapy, family therapy and psychopharmacology management.

Hope Choman, LCSW provides therapy for adults in NY & CT navigating trauma, anxiety, and depression using an integrative, trauma-informed approach.

Dr. Tamar Z. Kahane has been in private practice for twenty years, providing excellent psychological care through her specialized, unique approach to mental health. She served as the Senior Psychologist in the Solomon Schechter School of Bergen County for seven years. She trained at the Kennedy Center at Albert Einstein Hospital and at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital, receiving her Doctorate of Psychology from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology and her Bachelor of Arts from Barnard College, Columbia University.