Provider Directory

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.

I am a clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of adolescents, young adults, and adults. I have expertise in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and mindfulness-based approaches.

I am a licensed LCSW in New York and New Jersey. Clients come to me feeling unsure and insecure, repeating the same frustrating patterns over and over again, and afraid to let go of what’s not working. Our work together helps them tame that feeling of being overwhelmed, ditch old and unhealthy cycles, and finally move forward on the life path that they want. I am a graduate of the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, and I have also completed additional advanced clinical training through the Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Study Center and the Embody Lab. My specialties include CPTSD, Bipolar Disorder, psychosis, severe depression, religious trauma, and navigating complicated family dynamics.

Jennifer Uhrlass, LMFT, is an experienced couples and individual therapist known for her warm, attuned, and deeply effective approach to healing. With over 15 years of clinical experience, Jennifer specializes in helping clients navigate relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, traumatic stress, major life transitions including the transition to parenthood, and family-of-origin dynamics. Her work is grounded in evidence-based modalities and shaped by advanced training from the Ackerman Institute for the Family, the New York Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy, and Syracuse University’s Marriage & Family Therapy program.

Jennifer is particularly recognized for her ability to create a calm, emotionally safe environment where clients feel understood and supported from the very first session. She blends practical tools with meaningful relational insight, helping people make changes that stick. Clients consistently report noticeable relief within the first few sessions and meaningful improvements in clarity, communication, and emotional well-being within the first few months.

In addition to long-term psychotherapy, Jennifer offers Modern Accelerated Programs (MAPs)—specialized, short-term intensives designed for individuals and couples facing acute stress, relational ruptures, or major life shifts. Her holistic and contextual approach honors each client’s lived experiences and integrates the latest research in attachment, trauma, and relationship health.

Jennifer is a clinical fellow of the American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (AAMFT) and a certified Gottman Bringing Baby Home Educator. She is passionate about helping people create lasting change, deepen connection, and rebuild trust in themselves and their relationships.

Kate is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over a decade of experience supporting adults and teens through life transitions, emotional struggles, and identity development. Known for her warmth, humor, and attuned presence, she creates a safe, compassionate space where clients feel seen, understood, and gently challenged.

Her work is grounded in the belief that healing happens through meaningful connection. Kate draws from extensive training in CBT, DBT, IFS, and psychodynamic approaches, with additional certifications in perinatal mental health and family therapy. She is committed to inclusive, justice-oriented care, and serves both as a therapist and a clinical supervisor.

I am a Manhattan-based "thera-coach" specialized in ADHD & the variety of coexisting conditions that accompany it. Whether clients are struggling with executive functioning, anxiety, relationships, family dynamics, career or academic challenges, substance misuse or general life transitions, I take a kind, collaborative, supportive yet direct approach to therapy. My goal is to empower clients with the tools and confidence to understand their past without judgment, take ownership of their present and take positive steps towards their ideal future.

I blend elements from various types of evidence-based therapy and tailor treatment to clients' individual needs as they evolve. I draw most from CBT, DBT, Mindfulness-based practice, Motivational Interviewing, Gottman and Structural Family Therapy.

I work with adults, teens, couples and families, primarily virtually.

I help individuals and couples make meaning from their experience and understand what they need.

Jessica is a psychotherapist (LMFT) practicing in downtown Manhattan. She specializes in working with emerging & young adults, young professionals, adoptees of all ages & their families, and those seeking culturally responsive services.

Shlomit Rubin, LCSW, SEP, was born in Israel and is fluent in Hebrew. She worked as a photographer and educator before pursuing her MSW at Fordham University. After earning her degree, Shlomit trained extensively in the mental health field.

I am an experienced clinician certified in EMDR and with a specialization in perinatal mental health.

I offer integrative, trauma-informed psychotherapy for adults and young adults, grounded in mindfulness-based, somatic, and experiential approaches. I work collaboratively to support nervous system regulation, emotional integration, and meaningful, sustainable change.

My career in mental health as a licensed psychologist spans more than 25 years and includes various professional roles which include running my private practice, working as a university professor, and at different points, as a clinician, clinical supervisor or director in various NYC hospitals, schools, and community clinics. My professional background of direct service, scholarly work, and teaching at the graduate and doctoral level has given me a well-rounded perspective when working alongside my patients. I feel fortunate that due to my training I can provide the most effective, cutting edge, and evidence-based techniques to my patients. I work hard to empower individuals to effectively reach their goals and gain insight into what is most concerning them. On a personal level, I am multilingual and multicultural, and I often work with clients who are navigating the intersections of their various identities related to their family of origin, culture, and religion, as well as their race, gender and sexual identity. My style is warm, down-to-earth, direct and interactive. I work with children, adolescents, and adults of all ages, either in person or through virtual sessions. I work with couples as well as individuals.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist on the Upper West Side of NYC. I work with adults, teenagers/adolescents, and children. My specialties include anxiety, trauma, depression, life transitions, relationship issues, and work/school stress. My approach blends Relational Psychodynamic therapy, Attachment theory, CBT and DBT techniques, Mindfulness, and Play Therapy (for children).

Melissa Nesle, LCSW, is a licensed psychotherapist with a private practice in downtown Manhattan since 2004 with over 20 years of experience practicing extensively with young adults, couples and families in the area of mental health and substance misuse.