Provider Directory

Rachel Youree

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Rachel Youree specializes in the treatment of sexual trauma, working with both individuals and couples. She is certified in Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples, and is a certified EMDRIA and AF-EMDR Clinician and Consultant. She offers individual consultation/supervision to clinicians seeking certification.

Crystal Kim

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, NP

I am a Columbia-trained psychiatric nurse practitioner specializing in general psychiatry and women's mental health concerns. I have a warm, empathic, personable style and use my training in psychopharmacology with CBT, dynamic therapy and supportive therapy to approach my patient's mental health concerns. Before starting my practice, I had spent the past 4 years in Columbia Psychiatry's faculty practice and was trained in the Women's Program at Columbia University Medical Center. Prior to this, I practiced as a psychiatric nurse practitioner in several psychiatric emergency rooms in NYC.

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

Ellen Jacobs

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, Ph.D

Dr. Ellen Jacobs is a Manhattan-based psychotherapist, author and educator with more than two decades of experience. Dr. Jacobs specializes in working with adults, adolescents and children who are experiencing a range of emotional and social difficulties. Her primary goal is to help individuals and families improve the quality of their lives, increasing self- awareness and self-confidence, and helping her patients to develop and thrive.

Lea Cheen

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Lea Cheen is a licensed clinical social worker with experience helping children, adolescents, and adults work through anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, life transitions, and identity and interpersonal challenges. She believes that when people are provided with a safe and nonjudgmental space to explore, reflect, and process, incredible growth and healing can take place.

Sarah Rubin

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Sarah is a LCSW in private practice and has worked as a therapist for over 10 years. She is trained in CBT and psychotherapy and uses a relational approach with her clients. Sarah intertwines mindfulness into her work in order to help clients become more attuned to their bodies. She has studied CBT-HA (headache diseases) and is eager to apply the techniques from this approach to assist clients with headaches in managing their symptoms as well as lifestyles. Sarah has experience working with a range of ages from youngsters through older adults. She has helped her clients improve their self-esteem while working through the other issues causing them stress in their lives, whether that be due to chronic pain, trauma, grief, illness, relationships or mood disorders.

Melanie E. Schwarz MD FACLP

Psychiatrist, M.D.

Melanie Schwarz, M.D. is a private practice psychiatrist focused on reproductive psychiatry and the psychology and medical treatment of women. She has lengthy and diverse experience with patients in this arena dealing with reproductive depression, anxiety, and other issues. 
Additionally, Dr. Schwarz has a history of treating patients with chronic illness such as MS.

Sharon Itkoff Nacache

Art Therapist, LCAT, LPAT, ATR-BC, PMH-C

I am a perinatal art therapist supporting those who identify as caregivers--professionally or personally--in cultivating creative resilience in the workplace, throughout their family building journeys, and beyond. I am a trauma-informed, attachment-based, relational clinician with a virtual practice serving NY & NJ. I have a special focus on maternal, parental, and reproductive wellness using creative clinical approaches grounded in principles of cultural humility, humanism, and the healing power of an empathic creative process. I also provide integrative arts-based wellness workshops on site or remotely for employees in both the public and private sectors to bring creative healing spaces to work. Contact: sharon@cocreatearttherapy.com

Sonia Singh

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

I am a warm, empathetic practitioner who believes in client self-determination. I believe that everyone deserves the space to be heard and to heal.

Elle Laub

Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, LPC, NCC

Elle Laub, LMHC, LPC, NCC is a Licensed Psychotherapist in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut specializing in eating disorders, disordered eating, anxiety, and depression. Elle received her Bachelors and Master's degrees at Boston College, specializing in Mental Health Counseling with a focus on women's issues.

Jessica Aron

Psychologist, Psy.D.

I specialize in the treatment of eating disorders, body image concerns, and mood disorders. My approach integrates insight oriented therapies and skills training. PSYPACT provider.

Lana Krichmar

Psychologist, Ph.D

I am a CBT/DBT trained and practicing psychologist who is compassionate and direct. I have extensive experience and expertise working with clients struggling with peer relationships and/or dating issues, typical challenges of life, those experiencing anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, crisis, among other issues.

david pezenik

Clinical Social Work/Therapist

"for over 30 years, david has treated creative and gifted people from around the world, engaging in deep, rich cognitive and analytic work with movers and thinkers from over sixty countries. His expertise converges on issues of anxiety, performance anxiety, depression, relationships, creative blocks and identity-building. Intertwining analytical and cognitive styles while firmly rooting in developmental models, he brings a positive warmth and distinctive strength towards his work with a diverse group of backgrounds, hearts and minds."

Nitasha Shetty

Psychiatrist, MD

I am an adult as well as child & adolescent trained psychiatrist with a strong interest in working with women during challenging life transitions. I hope to help individuals better understand their reactions to and patterns of coping with past traumatic experiences, biological changes over the lifespan, family and relationship dynamics, and shifting roles and individual identity. I offer evaluations and ongoing treatment using a combination of psychotherapy and medication management approaches. My practice is located in Manhattan near Columbus Circle. I am offering telehealth appointments to all patients as needed during the current public health crisis.