Provider Directory

Vanessa Vitiello Williams

Psychologist, MS Ed. , PsyD

Accepting new virtual patients(NY &NJ)!** I am a NY/NJ licensed clinical psychologist treating children, adolescents, adults, and couples. I have a specialized training in perinatal mental health and extensive experiencing treating children and adolescents with mood and anxiety disorders. Other areas of specialty include: life transitions, grief/loss, trauma and relationship issues.

Olivia Clavie

Mental Health Counselor

Most of my experience comes from several years of working in a community mental health setting where I have helped people of all ages and backgrounds who were seeking help with diverse challenges in their lives. I also have a passion for working with couples and sex therapy.

My counseling approach is humanistic, focusing on client-centered therapy, to help clients identify their strengths and full potential. I also employ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) from a holistic and interpersonal perspective. My style focuses on how behaviors, thoughts, and feelings impact a person’s body, relationships with others, and mental health in its entirety.

Paige Monborne Taylor

Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, MEd, MA

I'm a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and work with children, adults, couples, and groups in the New York area. Using a trauma-informed and multicultural lens, I help folks through a wide-range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship and attachment concerns, perfectionism, disordered eating, self-esteem, career stress and life transitions. I specialize in psychedelic therapy and facilitation, and enjoy working with folks in creative modalities.

Sam Klugman

Psychologist, Psy.D.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist providing individual and couples psychotherapy for adults of all ages struggling with emotional distress, relationship and family issues, identity and self-esteem concerns, and significant life events and transitions (e.g., illness, separation, loss). My areas of clinical specialty include anxiety (e.g., chronic worry, social anxiety, phobias, OCD), perfectionism, depression and mood disorders, workplace issues (career identity, transition, workplace conflict), and identity concerns (e.g., sexual, gender, racial, ethnic identities, acculturative issues, coping with discrimination).

Trauma

Substance use disorders

Janine Leigh Ilsley

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, RYT-500

I work with adolescents and adults who are looking for greater purpose and deeper presence in their lives, while also looking for practical ways to create long-lasting substantive change. Many come to me for an approach that is grounded in somatically-informed, trauma-focused techniques that foster the development of self-awareness and self-compassion.

I have worked with those in the helping field, empathic beings, artists, spiritual aspirants, and those in the LGBTQIA+ community. I am also passionate about using the rhythms of the natural world alongside plant medicine to learn how to live more harmoniously with ourselves and others.

Karen Chuzmir

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CASAC

Welcome to my safe space! I'm Karen, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Psychotherapist and Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor working in Manhattan. It is my belief that there is always room for growth and opportunities for clients to face adversity through means of developing insight, skills and self-confidence. I work collaboratively with adults, couples and families to address life challenges related to mood & personality disorders, addiction & dependency-based issues, building positive relationships and cultivating self-worth.

Diana B. Hofshi

Psychologist

I'm a licensed clinical psychologist practicing remotely and in Long Island City. Areas of special interest to me include: depression, anxiety, problems related to sexuality, relationship issues, trauma, women’s health issues, couples work, expanding creativity/artist treatment, and individual work with adolescents and adults.

Areas in which I’ve received specialized training include: attachment theory and research; differential diagnosis; contemporary psychoanalytic theory; CBT and DBT protocols; and attitude research and theory, particularly attitudes about sexuality and sexual identity.

I received my undergraduate degree from Brown University and my Ph.D. from the Derner Institute at Adelphi University; completed my internship at North Central Bronx Hospital; and completed my Postdoctoral Fellowship at The New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.

Gabrielle Brainard

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSW

As a trauma therapist, I am trained in EMDR, Progressive Counting and also skilled in DBT, CBT, Mindfulness-Based SR, Schema Therapy and Solution-Focused therapy. I work with any individual who desires to grow and heal. Anyone who is ready to armor-up and make a commitment to show up for yourself on this healing journey. Learn copious skills, i.e. emotion regulation skills, interpersonal skills and how to manage symptoms of depression & anxiety e.g. rumination, negative thoughts, negative internal dialogue, difficulty with sleep (too much, not enough). Learn how these symptoms may be rooted in past trauma and how to break free from the past. I look forward to working with you.

Sarah Dumoff

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Through a warm and integrative approach, I use the mind-body connection as a focal point of much of my work with clients. I work with clients struggling with anxiety, depression and the need for change. They are typically looking for someone to help them through relationship challenges, family dynamics, chronic illness, career stressors and greater self-discovery. My sessions are guided by my empathy, warmth authenticity and humor.

Eugenia Cherkasskaya

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Eugenia Cherkasskaya is a clinical psychologist who provides individual, couples, and family psychotherapy to children, adolescents and adults. She has expertise in the realm of trauma and sexuality and how these intersect in shaping one's sense of self and relationships as well as in the treatment of personality disorders and Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP). She has conducted research and written on women's experiences of sexual desire, their bodies, and their parental relationships.

Paige Sweet

Psychoanalyst

I'm a licensed psychoanalyst in private practice currently seeing children, adolescents, and adults virtually and in-person in Manhattan and Brooklyn. I specialize in matters related to the body, wants and desires, as well as relationships of all kinds. I also have expertise working with people who are struggling with anger, traumatic events, feeling stuck, or who simply feel like something's not quite right. Whether using play therapy with children or working psychodynamically with adults, I approach the therapeutic process as a collaboration to gain insight and support meaningful change.

Katherine Bourgeois

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Hi! I'm Katherine Bourgeois, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker offering virtual EMDR therapy. I am licensed in both New York and New Jersey and specialize in working with medical professionals, individuals in high-stress environments, as well as those dealing with trauma and anxiety.

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.

Lily Thrope

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Lily works individually with clients to identify and meet their goals. Lily has found that therapy works best when there is authenticity in the relationship, and she strives to be her most authentic self. With an active and engaging approach, Lily creates an environment where clients can feel comfortable to be themselves fully.

Using an active and humanistic approach, Lily brings her true self to each session and helps clients to feel comfortable, matching that authenticity. Working in tandem, Lily empowers clients to identify meaningful shifts they would like to make in their lives and supports them in making those changes.

Lily works from a weight inclusive care model. She is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and helps her clients move beyond eating disorders, disordered eating and body image issues through a pursuit of food freedom.