Provider Directory

Allison Patterson

Psychologist, Psy. D.

I am a New York State Licensed Psychologist and Certified School Psychologist. I have a private practice located on the Upper East Side, NYC. I work with children and families ages 3 through 12 at my office location with a playroom. I also provide in school support for children who may benefit from work in the naturalistic setting. My expertise is in socialization skills, behavior management, anxiety, and emotional regulation. I use cognitive behavioral strategies and have a strong behavioral background.

Dana Vieira

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

I focus on the treatment of adolescents and adults by integrating both psychodynamic and CBT principles. I aid my clients in achieving meaningful and lasting change by helping them better understand their thoughts, feelings and behaviors.

Paige Bellenbaum

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

PAIGE BELLENBAUM, LCSW is the Founding Director and Chief External Relations Officer of The Motherhood Center. The Motherhood Center offers support and clinical treatment to new and expecting mother experiencing experiencing perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs), including anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, bipolar disorder, and psychosis during pregnancy and the postpartum period. At The Motherhood Center, Paige provides individual therapy and runs support groups in the Partial Hospitalization Program for women experiencing severe PMADs. She also facilitates a number of outpatient support groups for new and expecting mothers and fathers. Paige oversees all organization marketing efforts, external relations, partnerships and PMAD educational activities.

Sima Lichtschein

Clinical Social Work/Therapist

I work with adults and late adolescents navigating depression, anxiety, role transitions, and relationships. I bring openness and curiosity and have an unwavering faith in every individual's innate capacity to heal and grow.

Mineko Anne Legendy

Psychologist, Ph.D.

I specialize in working with relational trauma, relationship problems, disordered eating and body-image issues, addiction, and individuals with complicated family histories. My training is multicultural and I am dedicated to understanding the complex dynamics around the cultural identities of immigrants, immigrant children, and multiethnic and bicultural individuals. I am trained in Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples, helping couples to communicate better together. In addition, I work with many couples navigating issues of cultural difference. Above all, I believe in a collaborative approach to psychotherapy that includes insight-oriented and goal-directed techniques to help patients to gain a healthier sense of self, and apply new knowledge to make meaningful changes in their lives.

Adam Benson

Psychologist, Psy.D.

I use IMAGO relationship therapy to help individuals, couples and caregivers as they attempt to create healthier relationships in their lives. Together we figure out their relationship patterns, the causes of conflict in their relationships, and ways to heal those parts of the self that are more difficult to access. Through our work, clients learn to increase their flexibility, become more effective in their relationships, and live with more intention.

Pamela Berger

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R, MPH

Psychotherapist, Private Practice in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY.
Licensed in NY & CA.
Areas of focus include: •Depression & Anxiety •Marriage, Dating and Relationship Issues •Aging/Caregiving Concerns •Prenatal and Postpartum Depression & Anxiety •Parenting

Chloe Greenbaum

Psychologist, Ph.D.

I am a clinical psychologist who enjoys working with adolescents and young adults to address challenges related to anxiety, life transitions, disordered eating, perfectionism, and interpersonal distress.

Yvette Fruchter

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Yvette Fruchter is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who specializes in OCD, anxiety, and OC spectrum disorders (hoarding, body dysmorphia, body focused repetitive behaviors). She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University. Dr. Yvette Fruchter utilizes evidence-based treatments including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Her therapeutic style is collaborative, goal oriented, and focuses on skill-building as well as processing and working through life stressors.

Erica A. Tennenbaum

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Tennenbaum received her PhD in psychology from Fordham University and completed her internship at Columbia University Medical Center, NY Presbyterian Hospital before entering private practice on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. She has been working with men and women in different areas of psychology for over 10 years. Dr. Tennenbaum has experience working in outpatient mental health clinics, an inpatient psychiatric unit, a psychiatric emergency room, and private practice. Her private practice work ranges from general psychotherapy to her specialties in reproductive health and personality disorders.
Dr. Tennenbaum’s therapeutic approach is integrative and solution focused. Through her psychodynamic as well as dialectical and cognitive behavioral training, she is able to provide clients with a range of treatments.
Dr. Tennenbaum provides individual long and short-term psychotherapy, couples therapy, group therapy, and skills training. She is dedicated to her clients and committed to building a therapeutic relationship that will allow individuals to feel empowered and find acceptance and growth.
During my clinical internship at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, she was trained in Dialectal Behavioral Therapy (DBT). She then focused her post- doctorate hours in a DBT private practice, joining a consultation team of DBT experts. She lead ‘DBT skills groups’ and had individual DBT supervision. She has seen numerous DBT clients in my private practice and helped many of them build a ‘life worth living’ through skills group and intense individual treatment. Clients who find DBT helpful often note how they never realized how powerful accepting reality is and that they are thankful to have appropriate skills to help them cope with their painful emotions and difficult relationships. She currently runs a DBT skills group and see clients individually for DBT informed treatment.
Dr. Tennenbaum specialties include: pregnancy loss, high-risk pregnancy, infertility, baby blues, post-partum depression, depression and anxiety. She also treat people with borderline personality disorder through Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).
Dr. Tennenbaum has presented at prominent conferences across the country and has been published in journals and books.

Lucia Garcia-Giurgiu

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, LCSW

I offer individual, couples and group therapy to children, adolescents, and adults with a wide range of presenting challenges, including anxiety, depression, impulse control, stress and anger management, parenting, and family conflict. I bring a holistic and integrative approach to therapy, with a main focus on Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Fluent in both English and Spanish, I offer sessions in either language.

Patricia Tidwell

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD , LCSW

Jill Salberg

Psychologist, Ph.D.

JILL SALBERG, Ph.D., ABPP is a clinical psychologist and trained psychoanalyst. She is in private practice in Manhattan.

Francine Leof

Psychologist, Psy. D.

Therapy is a challenging experience. Having thirty + years of experience as a licensed psychologist working with adults and adolescents, I know that finding a "good fit" can be difficult, yet is critical to the therapeutic process. Ultimately the best results are achieved when the therapeutic relationship is one of trust and comfort.