Provider Directory

As Clinical Director of On Par Therapy and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), I specialize in supporting high-achieving professionals through perfectionism, anxiety, and relationship challenges. Drawing from my background in digital media marketing and People & Culture at a unicorn startup, I bring real-world corporate experience to my therapeutic approach. Featured in Forbes, Vogue, and Business Insider, I'm known for my authentic, relatable style that resonates deeply with ambitious professionals navigating modern career demands.

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I’m a warm, relational trauma-informed therapist based in NYC who works with adults and teens navigating anxiety, self-criticism, relationship challenges, life transitions, and a sense of feeling stuck or disconnected from themselves. My approach is grounded in AEDP and Internal Family Systems (IFS), with a focus on understanding the emotional patterns that shape how we relate to ourselves and others.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in the treatment of disordered eating, food complexes, and anxiety for individuals ages 15 and older. Clients have the option of attending sessions in-person, in Locust Valley, New York, as well as Zoom.

I have been in private practice for 25+ years working with high-achieving adults to help them improve relationships, manage stress, and realize potential. Issues we may address in our work together may include anxiety, depression, divorce, trauma, burnout, relationships, parenting, career advancement, and major life decisions. My style is collaborative; I take a psychodynamic approach that flexibly incorporates strategies from CBT, IFS, EMDR, mindfulness, and positive psychology. My background includes a Wharton MBA, and I have experience with many successful professionals of diverse backgrounds working in finance and healthcare.

I am a New York and New Jersey Licensed Psychologist with twenty years of experience providing psychological services for children, adolescents and adults. I provide both short and long term therapy for adults in my private practice, which is completely virtual. One of my areas of specialty is maternal mental health. I provide short and long term therapy for new moms as well as offer preventative consultation services to expectant parents in order to set them up for success as they grow their family. My unique training in a combined Clinical and School Psychology doctoral program qualifies me to work with individuals across the lifespan.

Risha London Nathan, LCSW, CHHC is a licensed therapist and holistic health coach specializing in anxiety, depression, trauma, and relational health. She supports people navigating life transitions and the mind-body connection through an attachment-informed, whole-person approach. Risha sees clients virtually across New York, New Jersey, California, and Connecticut through her private practice, Well With Risha. She integrates evidence-based therapy with nervous system regulation and gut-mind wellness to help people heal from the inside out.

Joni S. Mantell, LCSW is a psychotherapist specializing in donor conception, adoption and infertility, with both personal and professional experience in donor conception. After more than 30 years specializing in these areas, she discovered she herself is donor conceived. She is the Founder and Director of the Infertility and Adoption Counseling Center in New Jersey and New York City, where she works with late discovery and always known donor conceived persons, recipient parents, adoptive parents, birth parents and adoptees. This unique perspective has given her a deep understanding of the lifelong identity, relational, and emotional issues in adoption and donor conception.

She holds a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania and completed a four-year Certification Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy at the Post-Graduate Center for Mental Health in NYC. In addition to her family-building specialization, she works extensively with couples, performing artists, and writers.

Paula Lamanna, LCSW, CASAC (she/her) is a licensed clinical social worker, credentialed alcoholism and substance use counselor, Level III EMDR provider, certified yoga teacher and certified psychedelic-assisted therapy provider. Paula received her master’s degree from New York University. She received her post-graduate certifications from The Integrative Psychiatry Institute and the Parnell Institute for EMDR.

My approach is active, compassionate and goal oriented. My areas of expertise include relationships, couples therapy, stress, depression, anxiety, trauma, parenting, learning, and career development. I work with clients to replace negative, rigid or chaotic patterns with creative, positive and fulfilling alternatives. Each session is focused, goal directed, and collaborative to set the stage for transforming personal narratives and behavior patterns. I guide clients to overcome obstacles/blind spots and shift in positive and proactive ways to improve their relationships and to experience well being. In my 3 decades of clinical experience, I have had the joy of witnessing many clients become more purposeful, creative, and productive in their lives.

Carrie Watt is a psychotherapist in private practice in Downtown Brooklyn, treating adolescents and adults individually and in couples, and supervising therapists in school settings. Her work integrates drama therapy, Internal Family Systems, somatic, and psychodynamic approaches, with subspecialties in women in life transition, mothers, adolescent identity, masculinity, and anxiety. She is currently in the FACTS program at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, and is a New York State Licensed Creative Arts Therapist and Registered Drama Therapist.

Dr. Mavrides is a NY licensed psychologist who specializes in pregnancy, postpartum, parenting, and all things perinatal, as well as trauma. In addition to her private practice, she also conducts research and mentors clinical psychology doctoral students at LIU-Post.

Whether you are navigating anxiety, depression, relationship strain, life transitions, or simply feeling uncertain about your next step, healing and clarity are possible. You do not have to carry it alone. I work with adolescents and adults, with a particular passion for supporting adults and young adults navigating anxiety, depression, self-doubt, relationship and family challenges, life transitions, career uncertainty, and questions of meaning and purpose. My holistic, collaborative approach integrates CBT, acceptance- and mindfulness-based strategies, and psychodynamic techniques, grounded in trauma-informed, attachment-focused, and culturally responsive care. With over a decade of experience spanning mental health counseling, behavioral therapy, clinical research, and health coaching, I help clients better understand the patterns keeping them stuck while developing practical tools, greater self-awareness, confidence, and resilience to create meaningful, lasting change. I offer both telehealth and in-person sessions.

Dr. Stacey Elliott is a board-certified psychiatrist and founder of Integrative Psychiatry of CNY, where she specializes in relationship-based, high-value psychiatric care tailored for physicians and other high-achieving professionals. Dr. Elliott offers an evidence-informed, integrative approach that combines thoughtful medication management, psychotherapy, and lifestyle-oriented strategies to support resilience, identity restoration, and sustainable well-being.