Provider Directory

Melissa Nesle, LCSW, is a licensed psychotherapist with a private practice in downtown Manhattan since 2004 with over 20 years of experience practicing extensively with young adults, couples and families in the area of mental health and substance misuse.

Dr. Rapoport believes in a holistic approach to treatment that takes into consideration the many interrelated parts of the human being (biological, emotional, cognitive, relational, cultural, and spiritual). She creates a warm, open environment to explore and expand on character strengths and goals, encourage healing and increase a sense of agency and empowerment.

Courtney Santucci, PhD is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who specializes in evidence based treatments for children, adolescents, and adults. She also provides parent coaching. She is licensed in NY, CT and PSYPACT. She assists clients experiencing anxiety, depression, OCD, life stressors, and disordered eating.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist with over twenty-five years of experience. I specialize in treating adults experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship issues, life transitions and grief. My approach is compassionate, integrative and tailored to the needs of each individual patient.

Suzanne Ceresko, LMSW, MPH, is a psychotherapist in New York City. She completed her master’s in social work at New York University and earned her master’s in public health at the University of Washington Seattle. She works at the VA and in group practice. Prior to earning her MSW, she worked in international public health for over a decade with the organization Doctor Without Borders.

Suzanne approaches her work from an interpersonal and relational perspective informed by her advanced training in psychodynamic therapy and EMDR. She is a graduate of the two-year EMDR Clinical Affiliate program at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies and completed the one-year intensive psychoanalytic psychotherapy program at the William Alanson White Institute. Suzanne brings a wide range of life and professional experience into her practice.

Her clinical interests include dynamic and creative approaches to grief, depression, relationships, and healing from the effects of trauma. She works with adults across the lifespan, from younger individuals navigating the transition to adulthood, to older adults contemplating retirement or adapting to the aging process.

When he isn't at the VA, Suzanne practices under the supervision of Charlotte Curtis, LCSW-R and offers in-person and online sessions.

New York State License #121020-01

As a clinical psychologist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, my area of specialty is somatic psychotherapy. In my previous role as Director of Counseling Services at Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center, I created the Postdoctoral Psychology Training Program in University Counseling: Trauma and Somatic Studies that focuses on issues of embodiment and intersectionality in psychotherapy with an eye toward the impact of trauma, whether that be acute trauma, developmental trauma, and/or structural trauma, such as racism, transphobia, and the like. I offer an embodied psychotherapy approach which anchors therapeutic work in awareness of sensation and uses the body as a touchstone in guiding the process.

Dr. Yonina Slochowsky is a clinical psychologist in private practice. She focuses on helping women experiencing medical issues, life transitions, infertility, and pregnancy/postpartum.

I have assisted many couples, families, and individuals in both private practice settings and in higher levels of care. I hold a Master’s in Social Work from New York University. I specialize in treating people struggling with eating disorders, chronic disconnection, anxiety, depression, and trauma.

I am a licensed training and supervising Psychoanalyst and certified group psychotherapist and am teaching faculty at the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies. I have special expertise in reproductive and maternal mental health, after ten years ago, launching NAPS – an integrative mental health program for OBGYN offices and fertility clinics –at the renowned Downtown Women OBGYN. I also attended the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis for my doctorate in Psychoanalysis, with my in-process dissertation on in-person, hybrid and virtual group therapy, some of which you will hear about today. I also completed group psychotherapy training at the Center for Group Studies and also hold a Masters Degree in Nonprofit Management and Urban Policy from the New School University.

Dr. Kraemer is the founder of Parenting At Its Best, a parenting education, support and guidance practice that helps parents and children create strong, successful and healthy relationships, and also teaches parents and caretakers in all existing family structures the skills they need to support their children in reaching their full potential. She offers individual therapy to children and adolescents, offers pre-marriage counseling and couples therapy. She also offers parent coordination services and supports children and parents through the process of separation. Dr. Kraemer offers services in English and German language.

Dr. Yokarla Veras is a board-certified psychiatrist and psychotherapist specializing in reproductive and general adult psychiatry, with licensure in New York and New Jersey.

I am a licensed psychologist (NY/ FL) with years of experience treating anxiety and depression, life transitions, career concerns, relationship challenges, bicultural identity concerns and acculturative stress.

I provide telehealth sessions. You are welcome to contact me at contact@drbelizaire.com or at (646) 547-0411 for a complimentary 15 minute consultation.

Nava Solomon, Psy.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety and depressive disorders. For more than 15 years, Dr. Solomon has been working with college/graduate students, adults, and expecting/new mothers cope with various symptoms of stress, avoidance, and low mood.