Provider Directory

I am a licensed psychologist specializing in the treatment of disordered eating and body image concerns, as well as issues related to women's health, pregnancy, miscarriage, and adjustment to significant life transitions such as parenthood, work-family balance, college, career change, and loss. I believe a trusting and collaborative therapeutic relationship is essential in the facilitation of healing, and the process of growth and change. I employ an integrative method, drawing from various theoretical understandings and treatment modalities, to develop an effective approach to address distinct needs.
Additionally, I believe the consideration of multicultural and social factors to be central to the understanding of individual concerns. My style is warm and engaged, aimed at both reducing symptoms and increasing insight into interpersonal patterns, and past influences on current functioning.
As a native Spanish speaker, I also bring extensive experience working bilingually in hospital, college, and private practice settings. In addition to individual psychotherapy, I offer consultation to parents and families on various topics related to child and adolescent development, preparing for the transition to college, and eating and body image concerns.

Psychodynamic Psychotherapis/Psychoanalyst
Certified Group Psychotherapist (American Group Psychotherapy Assn)
Director of Academic Training, The Center for Group Studies
Group and individual supervision

I am a nationally recognized perinatal bereavement specialist with over 30 years experience helping families who experience any kind of reproductive loss. I help individuals, couples and groups begin to heal from stillbirth, neonatal death, miscarriage, TFMR and infertility challenges, and work through the anxiety and other challenges that often accompany subsequent pregnancies.

Stephanie is an ANCC Board-Certified PMHNP known for bringing calm, clarity, and connection to complex clinical situations. With over twelve years in psychiatric nursing, she provides psychotherapy and medication management for adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma/PTSD, mood disorders, burnout, and life transitions. Stephanie currently works in the Women’s Mental Health Program at NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Behavioral Health. Her experience spans Child/Adolescent Psychiatry, Mood Disorders, Acute Psychosis, Eating Disorders, Geriatric Psychiatry, Correctional Mental Health, Mobile Crisis, and culturally informed care with the Orthodox Jewish community. She also teaches undergraduate nursing students at Molloy University and precepts PMHNP students, integrating evidence-based care with emotional intelligence and authentic human connection.

Pam Skop is a licensed mental health counselor whose focus is on women’s mental health issues, with a particular interest in the postpartum period and parenting. Pam has received additional training in behavioral therapies and is also a 200 hour registered yoga teacher and postpartum doula. Her practice focuses on the importance of the mind-body connection.

Dr. Tracy Prout works with adolescents, adults, families, and couples. Tracy’s therapeutic approach is warm and open. She generally practices psychodynamic psychotherapy but also integrates other therapeutic modalities. Her approach is flexible and tailored to suit the needs of each client. Tracy’s work is informed by her clinical experience and the latest in evidence based research. In addition to her private practice work, Tracy offers individual and group trainings in Regulation Focused Psychotherapy for Children (RFP-C), an evidence based psychodynamic intervention for school-aged children with disruptive behavior problems. She also provides deliberate practice coaching for clinicians across a wide range of disciplines. Tracy is the author of several books and dozens of peer-reviewed papers.

I am a licensed psychologist providing multiculturally-sensitive psychodynamic therapy for adults in Downtown Brooklyn. I work with individuals struggling with the impacts of early trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, perfectionism and self-criticism, low self-esteem, and more.

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

Dr. Hershberg is a clinical psychologist who has been helping parents with their kids (and vice versa) for more than two decades through her extensive work in private practice, schools, primary care pediatrics, and community-based organizations.

I am a clinical psychologist and have been in practice for over 25 years. I work primarily with adults struggling with a variety of life issues and transitions, including relationships, career, anxiety, and depression. I am very engaged with my patients and take a fairly active and relational approach in our work together. I believe in focusing on strengths to help individuals and couples achieve their goals and feel connected.

Specializing in perinatal mental health, Olivia has offices in Park Slope and Union Square. She has helped hundreds of new and pregnant clients facing challenges such as depression, anxiety, work and family stressors, adapting to becoming a parent, etc. Olivia is also a certified Peaceful Parenting Coach, one of only 15 practitioners around the world trained by Dr. Laura Markham.

I am a LCSW-R in private practice for 24 years. I also have a MSED in education.
In addition I completed a 4 year psychoanalytic in adult psychoanalysis in 2004.
I am also certified in EMDR and a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.
I am a PACT trained couple therapist. I work with Adults, young adults and couples in my upper west side office.

Dr. Heidi Esterman is a psychologist in private practice and a Supervising Psychologist at The Motherhood Center of New York.

Dr. Esterman has experience working with the perinatal population in both outpatient and inpatient settings. She has provided psychological services for a wide range of diagnoses and presentations in the context of the perinatal period, including trauma, personality disorders, and severe and persistent mental illness. She has expertise working with women recovering from postpartum psychosis, depression, anxiety, and perinatal loss.

Dr. Esterman also has specialized training in couples therapy through the William Alanson While Institute. Treatment is directed at helping couples navigate conflict, improve communication, and strengthen their relationship.

Emily Upshur, Ph.D., is a New York State licensed clinical psychologist. Dr. Upshur received her Master's degree in developmental psychology from Tufts University, and holds both a Master’s degree and PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Graduate School and University Center at the City University of New York, an American Psychological Association accredited training program.

Dr. Upshur currently has a faculty appointment at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and is a Supervising Psychologist at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center, where she trains psychiatry residents, psychology interns, and psychology externs. She was the Clinical Director of the Center for Child Trauma and Resilience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She has a private practice in Manhattan as well as Westchester, New York.

Dr. Upshur has a decade of experience working in a wide range of clinical settings, including hospital outpatient clinics, in-patient units, psychiatric emergency rooms, college and graduate student counseling programs, private psycho-educational and neuropsychological testing facilities, and faculty private practice. These experiences have given her the unique ability to meet the diverse needs of adults and children.