Provider Directory

Elizabeth Candela

Master Social Worker, LMSW, MA, CASAC-T

I’m Elizabeth (she/her), a second-career social worker specializing in relational challenges, trauma, addiction, communication, and identity. My practice is LGBTQ+-affirming, sex-positive, trauma-informed, and I welcome clients from all backgrounds and life experiences for short-term and long-term therapy.

Natalia Ng

Psychiatrist

Dr. Natalia Ng is a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in adult and women’s mental health. She has particular expertise in supporting women throughout their reproductive journeys, including those who are trying to conceive, pregnant, or in the postpartum period. Dr. Ng provides comprehensive care that includes both medication management and psychotherapy, tailored to each patient’s unique needs.

Helga Byrne

Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, CASAC

Specializing in relational therapy for high achievers, professionals and career minded individuals, Helga’s approach is compassionate, direct and interactive, incorporating cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, experiential and somatic techniques and psychodynamic psychotherapy. Helga believes deeply in the transformative power of therapy to transmute one’s relationship to oneself and others, to overcome internal barriers and become the best version of yourself.

Lani Pawar

Psychoanalyst, M.A., L.P.

Lani Pawar is a licensed psychoanalyst practicing in the Gramercy neighborhood of Manhattan. She graduated from the Boston Graduated School of Psychoanalysis and completed her clinical training at the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies, where she is a current board member. She specializes in working with people on relationship issues, women's issues and conflicts around parenting.

Lauren Gates

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

For long-lasting change to occur in therapy, I believe you must feel truly heard, valued, and cared for in treatment. I continuously collaborate with you to assess the progress of treatment together so that you truly feel you are growing in your therapeutic journey.

I specialize in adults who wish to engage in deep insight-oriented work when struggling with areas such as infertility, life transitions, and relational challenges.

Julia Yacoob

Psychologist, Ph.D.

Dr. Yacoob is a Cornell trained clinical psychologist specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for adults coping with life transitions, anxiety and mood disorders, and a variety of other symptoms causing distress. She also has expertise in working with patients who are coping with chronic and acute medical conditions, having completed advanced training in behavioral medicine at such facilities as Weill Cornell Medical College and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Yacoob offers a warm, empathic, and collaborative approach to help individuals achieve their goals within a reasonable time frame. She often draws from schema, psychodynamic, meaning-based and mindfulness-based therapies to create a personalized program of treatment to best meet the needs of each individual.

Cara Remmes

Psychologist, Ph.D.

Dr. Cara Remmes is a New York State licensed psychologist specializing in the treatment of anxiety in children, adolescents and adults. She has extensive experience working with adolescents and young adults who face stressors associated with competitive and demanding school and work environments.

Lauren D. Smith

Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, MPS, LCAT, LPAT, ATR-BC, ATCS

I offer both talk-based and art-based online psychotherapy sessions to adults in New York and New Mexico.

Together we will reduce your symptoms of anxiety and depression. We’ll develop new personal tools and resources that support your overall wellness and a better quality of life.

Warm, personalized therapy can help strengthen your confidence. I will help you learn how to problem solve and approach your life and relationships with greater empathy.

Many of my clients reach out because they are ready to choose proactive and positive changes in their lives and relationships, but they may not know where to begin.

Jessica Moskowitz

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R

My eclectic therapeutic approach draws from my background as a social worker as well as my training in relational psychoanalysis, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and family/marital therapy. While thinking about the person and their environment I focus on the present and revisit the past in order to better understand how it affects one’s current life.

Bonnie Siegel Weisenberg

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R, BCD

Bonnie Siegel Weisenberg, LCSW-R (she/her) is pleased to provide couples, family and individual therapy to adults and adolescents through MindWell NYC. In person and virtual sessions are available.

Ada Korn

Psychologist

I completed graduate and post-graduate training in psychotherapy and neuropsychological assessment and for 5 years was Director of Neuropsychology in Neurosurgery at Montefiore Medical Center. My breath of experience allows me to communicate effectively with parents, educators and physicians and ensures that the most appropriate therapeutic interventions are instituted.

Rachel Ward

Psychiatrist, MD

**Currently unable to accept new patients** I am a board-certified psychiatrist with a relatively eclectic background and a commitment to maintaining a warm, open and non-judgmental space for all individuals I work with. I am experienced and comfortable diagnosing & treating a wide variety of mental health concerns, including trauma-related issues, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, perinatal and postpartum depression/anxiety/psychosis, and adult ADD/ADHD. I am trained and experienced in providing a number of treatments, including medications, psychotherapy (CBT, DBT, Psychodynamic or Insight-oriented psychotherapy, Relational psychotherapy, Somatic & Attachment Focused EMDR), light therapies (e.g. for seasonal mood symptoms), and nutritional/lifestyle modification for improving quality of life and functioning.

Barbara Azcona

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSc

I am a psychotherapist specializing in working with adults who are struggling with anxiety, depression, anger, relationships, life transitions, parenting, and loss.

Jill Ahluwalia

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

I am a board-certified, Columbia University-trained psychiatric nurse practitioner (NP) specializing in psychotherapy, diagnosis, and medication management. My holistic approach combines personalized medicine - including the use of genetic testing for selecting the most effective medications - with my personal passion for listening deeply to your experience. By going beyond the symptoms that bring you into treatment, I will partner with you to help you achieve joy and fulfillment in your life.