Provider Directory

Vanessa Hartmann

Psychologist, Ph.D

I work with adults, students, artists, professionals, pregnant and parenting people, and people with chronic illnesses from a relational psychodynamic, trauma-informed perspective, integrating mindfulness and EMDR where appropriate.

Alexandra Electris

Psychologist

Dr. Alexia Electris is a licensed clinical psychologist, creative arts therapist, and co-founder of Thalassa Psychological Services. She specializes in women’s mental health across the lifespan, including infertility, pregnancy loss, postpartum adjustment, parenting, relationship concerns, and major life transitions. She also works with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families.

Devi Silverman

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R

Seasoned psychodynamic psychotherapist practicing for over 20 years in the heart of New York City.
Treating adults both in person and virtually using an integration of cognitive behavioral techniques, supporting strengths, mindfulness techniques, and the offering and development of a strong empathetic relationship with gentle, clear and present boundaries embodies the work I do with my clients. I have long standing training and experience in substance abuse treatment, EMDR, trauma treatment, relationship counseling, couples therapy, postpartum, infertility and parenting issues.

Susan Graves

Clinical Social Work/Therapist

With over 40 years of professional experience, it is this role as a therapist that blends my work and life experience together beautifully. It allows me to understand clients more deeply. I work with individuals and couples, and I help clients feel contained, supported, and challenged to grow. Let's meet for a complimentary consultation to see if we are a good fit.

Jennifer Blanco

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

I am a Nurse Practitioner of Psychiatry and the founder of Nested Perinatal Psychiatry. I offer specialized medication management to preconception, pregnant and postpartum women in both CT and NY. I have extensive training and experience providing specialized mental health care to women across the reproductive lifespan, including both psychotherapy and medication management at Columbia University Women's Mental Health team, embedded within The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, at perinatal and parental mental health centers in NYC, and training at Zucker Hillside Hospital in the Department of Perinatal Psychiatry.

Brannan Piper

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Hello. I am a LCSW who has been practicing for 30 years and prides herself on maintaining a safe, non judgmental environment in which people are free to share their struggles. I specialize in numerous areas but at this time I am focusing on Bipolar disorder. I work closely with a gifted psychiatrist to support my work. I studied for 5 years at PPSC where I was groomed psychoanalytically.

May Steinberg

Mental Health Counselor

May is a prelicensed professional who works with adults, centering intersectional identities in her work, and is committed to honoring the complexities that they hold within a white-centered, patriarchal society. Despite the seriousness of this mission, she is quick to find humor in all things and, through experience, uses it as a tool to explore injustice, emotions, and even trauma. She is trauma-informed and uses a client-centered approach that prioritizes the strength of the therapeutic relationship as a route to emotional tolerance and positive change.

Catherine Birndorf

Psychiatrist, MD

Catherine Birndorf, MD is co-founder and medical director of The Motherhood Center of New York. She is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics/Gynecology and founding director of the Payne Whitney Women’s Program at The New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan.

Ellen I. Carni

Psychologist

I am a clinical psychologist with over twenty years of experience as a psychotherapist. I work with adults at every stage of the lifespan. My practice specializations are helping people heal from the impact of mothers who can't love; bereavement and loss; early adult transitions; and stress management and work/life balance for lawyers and other professionals. I am also certified in EMDR, a technique that promotes the healing of trauma, PTSD, grief, phobias and performance anxiety.

Sara Kotzin

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, DSW, LCSW, SEP

Sara Kotzin is a licensed clinical social worker, trauma-therapist and an assistant professor of social work at Lehman College. She has a private practice in New York City, with the option of Telehealth. She is committed to supporting resilience within a trauma-informed, antiracist lens.

Courtney Policano

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

I specialize in maternal mental health and provide attachment based, trauma focused therapy. Additionally, I work with individuals who are experiencing anxiety and depression, grief and loss, trauma and difficult life transitions.

Katherine Chang Mechner

Master Social Worker, LMSW, MS

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.

Lesley Alderman

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

I am a psychotherapist based in Brooklyn, NY, where I see individuals and couples both in person and via Zoom. I have a particular expertise in working with adults who have ADHD.

Jennifer Warren

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R

30+years of experience working with adolescent and adult individuals and couples. Work experience in psychiatric inpatient and outpatient settings at the Payne Whitney Clinic and the Westchester Division of New York Presbyterian Hospital. Post grad training in CBT, DBT and Meditation. Currently in private practice with offices in UES and Scarsdale