Provider Directory

Rachel Dagny Besvinick

Master Social Worker, LMSW

I believe that therapy is a partnership and I work in collaboration with my clients to understand how we can work together to best support them in overcoming challenges and achieving their goals. I have received extensive training and supervision for the treatment of eating disorders and related concerns, including anxiety, clinical perfectionism and self-esteem issues. I work with Clients and their families, utilizing evidence-based approaches, including CBT, ACT, and Compassion Focused Therapy, to empower and support them in achieving their goals.

Elsa Pelier

Art Therapist, LCAT, CLAT, ATR-BC

Elsa Pelier is a board-certified licensed art therapist, a psychotherapist, guest lecturer, educator, and published author and expert in chronic illness, bereavement and loss, and trauma treatment. Ms. Pelier maintains a private practice on the Upper east Side of Manhattan, working with children, adolescents, and adults.

Catherine Taylor

Mental Health Counselor

I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who offers individual psychotherapy sessions for folks living in New York and Maine. My practice is fully virtual to support client access to care. I am a reflective-based practitioner who strives to better understand individual thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. I work to help each individual increase their assertive communication, identify underlying negative beliefs, and develop flexible coping strategies for life's many stressors.

Jen Rose Alexander

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, native to and trained in NYC. My work is committed to helping you manage whatever life is currently challenging you with- be it anxiety, depression, relationship issues or more subversive existential angst. I am easy to talk to, inquisitive and direct; my approach combines modern psychoanalytic and psychodynamic principles, CBT and mindfulness. I look forward to getting to know you.

Kara Grayson

Clinical Social Work/Therapist

Kara is a licensed clinical social worker trained through New York University specializing in cognitive, behavioral, interpersonal, and supportive therapies. She is a SPACE-trained provider with expertise in helping parents of anxious children, as well as certified in Perinatal Mental Health. She is compassionate and a highly skilled provider who specializes in supporting women through every stage of life.

Betsy Brown

, LCSW, PMH-C

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who graduated from Columbia University School of Social Work. I work as a clinician at the Center For Anxiety's Brooklyn office and as a study therapist in the Solomonov Lab at Cornell. I specialize in anxiety, mood disorders, maternal mental health, and supporting clients navigating life transitions, challenging relationships, or questions around identity. I have particular expertise in women’s mental health. My approach is relational, humanistic, and compassionate. I strive to create a collaborative, safe, and inclusive environment rooted in a trauma-informed, anti-oppressive framework. I use an eclectic treatment style, tailoring therapeutic modalities to each client’s unique needs.

Janine Cheng

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, DMFT Candidate

Janine Cheng is the founder of Atlas Therapy, a boutique relationship-therapy practice in Manhattan serving clients in New York and California. She works with women who have built their lives on competence: the over-functioners, eldest daughters, perfectionists, and caretakers whose reliability has begun to cost them in their relationships, their families, and their bodies. Her approach is structured and active, drawing on Emotionally Focused Therapy, the Gottman Method, Internal Family Systems, and somatic and mindfulness practices. She offers individual, couples, and family therapy in person and online, with evening and weekend availability, and has particular depth in the Asian American experience.

Stephanie Freitag

Psychologist, PhD

Hi, I'm Stephanie. I'm a licensed clinical psychologist and adjunct professor at the Emory School of Medicine. I strive to provide a warm and safe space where patients can feel comfortable sharing without fear of judgment. My goal is to help my patients reflect on their values so that they can work towards what it means to be their "best self." I will always focus on treating the symptoms and not the "disorder," in an effort to tailor my approach to the individual. I believe deeply in fighting stigma associated with mental illness and am involved in advocacy and research outside of treating patients. I am well-versed in a variety of evidence-based treatment modalities such as CBT and third wave treatments including ACT, DBT, and MI. However, I tend to integrate psychodynamic theory into case conceptualization, often from an attachment-framework. I have particular clinical and research experience working with survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence. Please check out my practice website at: https://www.newgenerationpsych.com/

Carol Bloom

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Carol Bloom LCSW, PC is a psychotherapist in private practice in the West Village. She is also co-founder of The Women's Therapy Centre Institute where she is on the board, faculty and is a supervisor. She has expertise in eating and body based symptoms as well as analytically oriented psychodynamic and relational treatment. She is co- author of Eating Problems and numerous articles pertaining to Women's psychological issues.

Samantha Southard

Mental Health Counselor, LMHC

Hi there! My name is Samantha, aka The Blonde Therapist, and I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor based in New York. I believe in challenging the notion of a "blank slate therapist, and encompass my own personality into my role as a therapist. I understand that therapy cannot utilize a "one size fits all" approach in order to best meet the needs of each client.  I work with teens, young adults, and adult women who may be struggling with anxiety, trauma, perfectionism, relationship issues, and people-pleasing tendencies.

Deborah Levin

Psychologist

Deborah Levin, Psy.D. is a licensed psychologist in Midtown Manhattan and Westchester who provides individual psychotherapy for adults. She helps clients navigate anxiety, mood-related issues, trauma and loss, life transitions and relationship struggles with a compassionate, thoughtful and insight-oriented approach.

Julie E Surbaugh

Psychologist, Psy.D.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice. My office is located at Columbus Circle. I received my training at Rutgers University (Graduation 2007).

Batya Srolovitz

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

I am a psychotherapist with almost a decade of experience treating couples and adults. I integrate psychodynamic therapy, CBT, logotherapy, and mindfulness. I specialize in relationship dynamics, addiction, anxiety, grief, eating disorders, and trauma, and am a certified Intuitive Eating Counselor.

Sarah Lewin

, LCSW

Hi! I'm a psychotherapist specializing in maternal mental health and disordered eating. Prior to my work as a therapist, I supported families as a labor doula in NYC. I write about weight stigma and maternal health as well as facilitate workshops on weight inclusive care.