Provider Directory

Marianna Strongin

Psychologist, Psy.D.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist trained to treat mood disorders, life transitional issues, relationship problems and help understand and recognize unhealthy life patterns. Together we work on treating the problem, recognize the effects it has on your life and working toward a different more effective experience.

Maya Koenig-Dzialowski

Psychiatrist

Dr. Koenig-Dzialowski is a board certified adult psychiatrist practicing in New York and New Jersey. She provides comprehensive and highly personalized mental health services, including psychotherapy and psychopharmacology.

Natalie Ryan

Art Therapist, LCAT

Natalie is a psychotherapist working with adults and couples to address relationship and self-esteem issues, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She works closely with her clients to create an environment that fosters curiosity, self-reflection, acceptance, and growth. Her approach combines psychodynamic psychotherapy, relationally oriented psychoanalysis, and creative arts therapy.

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

Abigail Walch

Psychoanalyst, LP

I am a New York state-licensed psychoanalyst who works with individuals and couples, and I see people both virtually and in-person. My approach to treatment is psychodynamic, and I have helped people struggling with a range of issues including anxiety, depression, and relationship issues.

Nicole Benedicto Elden

Psychologist

Dr. Nicole Benedicto Elden is a NY state licensed clinical psychologist, dissertation, career and life coach, supervisor, public speaker and author. She is a 1.5 generation Filipina-American offering teletherapy and in-person therapy (Wednesdays in Manhattan). She is the first in her family to go to graduate school and obtain a doctoral degree. Her therapeutic approach is integrative with a focus on responsiveness and multicultural humility. She has been trained in dynamic, interpersonal, supportive, cognitive behavioral and family systems. Her interests include anxiety, depression, intergenerational trauma, cross-cultural and minority identity formation, the immigration experience, interracial couples and multiracial parenting, interpersonal and relationship issues, and adjustment to life transitions. She has presented on various topics throughout the years in many different settings such as Yahoo Inc, Metro Counseling, The NY State Psychological Association and in various colleges and universities in the US. She is also a co-editor and author of the book Thriving in Graduate School: The Expert's Guide to Success and Wellness (www.thrivingingradschool.com).

Dr. Nicole Benedicto Elden's Private Practice:

 Dr.Elden@yahoo.com

917-482-5705

 nicolebenedictoelden.clientsecure.me/

Erica Alter

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Erica Alter LCSW is a NYS and CT licensed couples and individual therapist, with private practices in Upper Westchester and in Greenwich Connecticut. She hold an advanced certification in couples therapy from the Training Institute of Mental Health and specializes in working with couples at all stages of conflict and chapters of life. Erica has almost a decade of experience helping couples turn their relationship issues into constructive opportunities rather than destructive dynamics. Through EFT, she works with them to identify patterns, reconstruct attachments, and exchange lasting empathy. She also works with individuals who struggle with anxiety, depression, career dissatisfaction, sleep disorders, and the transition to parenting.  Through mindfulness-based therapies and CBT, Erica works with individuals and the power of self-compassion to help clients become their own agents of change.

Lea Schupak

Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, PMH-C

Lea Schupak, LMHC, PMH-C is licensed child & adult psychotherapist available for sessions both via telehealth and in-person in her office in the NoMad area, Manhattan.

While Lea sees patients for a wide range of issues including depression and anxiety, her practice has a particular focus on women's mental health in the prenatal / postpartum period,  grief and loss, as well as relationship / couples issues and family dynamics. Lea also works with many new fathers adjusting to parenthood, and is certified by Postpartum Support International as a Perinatal Mental Health practitioner.

Having lived in four different countries, Lea is also familiar with the unique challenges faced by international / bicultural individuals and expat families adjusting to life in New York. She is bilingual and can conduct sessions in French for the francophone community in New York.

Nilou Tohidian

Mental Health Counselor, Psy.D., LMFT, LMHC, LPCC

I  hold a Doctor of Psychology degree and am licensed as a mental health counselor (LMHC) in New York. Additionally, I am dually licensed in California as a marriage & family therapist (LMFT) and professional clinical counselor (LPCC). I have over 15 years of clinical experience working with children, teens, families, and couples from diverse backgrounds and experiences. Among my areas of expertise are mood disorders, anxiety, pre-marital and couple counseling, parenting transgender and LGBTQ, academic issues, bereavement, chronic illness, spirituality, acculturation and trauma. I am also offer clinical supervision and have been an adjunct professor and supervisor for the Couple and Family Therapy programs at CSULB and Alliant CSPP.
I offer psychotherapy for individuals, couples, families, children and teens for a range of issues and challenges. I aim to create a safe and secure therapeutic environment to help my clients recognize their resilience, grow their self-worth, learn what it means to love themselves, improve their relationships and increase the overall quality of their lives.

Robin Halpern

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R, DCSW

Robin Halpern, LCSW, DCSW
Psychotherapist in Private Practice and
Assistant Director, Psychotherapy and Training Collective of NY

Kelli Morin

Clinical Social Work/Therapist

I'm a clinical social worker licensed in NY and NJ. I offer an empathetic, practical and collaborative approach to therapy, with a focus on creating a strong therapeutic alliance that is not only nurturing but challenges you to step outside your comfort zone and embrace change. My specialities include Sex & Intimacy, LGBTQ+, Identity Exploration, Anxiety, Life Transitions, Chronic Illness and Grief and Bereavement.

Emine Tahiraj

Psychoanalyst

I am a licensed psychoanalyst in New York City and received a Masters in industrial/organizational psychology from CUNY Brooklyn College. I completed my postgraduate training at Metropolitan Institute for training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in Adult Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. I worked at the Metropolitan Center for Mental Health as a clinician where I gained experience working with adults of all ages. In addition to working as a psychotherapist, I also spent over 20 years in the academic service technology field.

Jane Dorlester

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, R-LCSW

As a certified Alexander Technique teacher and somatic therapist I use touch to help clients learn skills to self regulate. This integrative technique helps to access non-verbal developmental traumas not easily accessed through traditional talk therapy.
I also offer group bereavement sessions to process the loss of a loved one.

Kimberly L.B. Grocher

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, Ph.D, LCSW, ACC, RYT

Dr. Kimberly Grocher is a licensed clinical social worker, executive coach, and yoga & mindfulness meditation teacher. She specializes in treating couples and women with anxiety & mood disorders, trauma, fertility challenges and maternal mental health concerns. As an executive coach, she works with professional women and creative entrepreneurs who want to align their personal & professional goals while centering their mental, physical and spiritual well-being. Kimberly integrates yoga and mindfulness into her work with clients as well providing yoga and meditation classes with beginners in mind. Kimberly is also licensed in New Jersey, Maryland & Florida.