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Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MBA
Ferne Traeger, LCSW, MBA is a psychotherapist/psychoanalyst and executive coach whose work is informed by her many years' experience in both clinical practice and business management. She specializes in life transitions, (including the transition to working parent and returning to work after a career hiatus), work/life integration and career conflicts

I am a CBT/DBT trained therapist specializing in mood, anxiety, and personality disorders in adolescents & adults. I also work a great deal with individuals going through transitions and relationship difficulties, particularly college-aged and young adults. Finally, I have an interest and specialized training in perinatal mental health.

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.

Jane Halperin, PhD, MS
Associate Director
Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training & Research
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology
Dept. of Psychiatry
College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University

Practice of psychotherapy: adolescents and adults
Practice of psychoanalysis: adults
Couples treatment
Supervision: psychology externs, interns, fellows; clinicians in private practice

Areas of Interest/Additional Training:
Young Adult Development
Alcohol/Substance Misuse
Psychological Adjustment to Medical Illness
Prenatal Diagnosis, Pregnancy Loss
Couples Treatment; Parenting Skills

Dr. Marni Rosner is a New York City-based licensed psychotherapist, specializing in providing psychotherapy to individuals and couples struggling with anxiety, relationship issues, trauma, loss, and infertility. She believes that anxiety, loss, and trauma are universal experiences that may interfere with our ability to realize our hopes and dreams.

Dr. Rosner received her doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania, and her Master's degree from Columbia University. Her post-graduate education includes psychoanalytic training from the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center (PPSC) as well as training in group therapy at the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society (an affiliate of the American Group Psychotherapy Association). She is the recipient of the University of Pennsylvania’s Dr. Ram Cnaan award.

In addition to private practice, Dr. Rosner provides supervision and consultation to other clinicians, and has been a field supervisor for Columbia University’s School of Social Work, Hunter College’s School of Social Work, and Fordham University’s School of Social Service.

Experienced psychodynamically-oriented therapist (LCSW), with a focus on attachment and relational trauma. My practice welcomes clients from all racial, ethnic, religious and national backgrounds, social and economic classes, genders. sexual identities, and orientations.

Lexi Mulee, MS, LMHC, CASAC-T, founder of Wise Mind Individual Counseling, maintains a private psychotherapy practice specializing in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Through the use of genuine support and sincere validation, Lexi works closely with each client to ensure their personalized goals are being met. It is the DBT belief, and Lexi’s personal style, to view the relationship between client and clinician as equal partners in your journey. As if both are in a rowboat, rowing in sync towards your goals!

Dr. Dana Siperstein is the Founder of Blossom Health, a completely virtual practice designed specifically for young adults. As a Board Certified and Harvard Trained psychiatrist, Dr. Siperstein specializes in working with college and graduate students who are navigating life transitions.

Licensed clinical psychologist with a decade of clinical experience working across a lifespan who provides integrative, trauma-informed and culturally responsive treatment. I have specialized training in helping individuals with chronic illnesses, trauma survivors and parents. Regarding my own journey to and through motherhood, I am passionate about supporting women struggling with perinatal & postpartum concerns and work-life balance.

As a couples therapist and creative arts therapist, I help partners and individuals explore their inner worlds with curiosity and compassion. Together, we’ll work to understand the origins of your struggles, illuminate unconscious patterns that shape your relationships, and cultivate new ways of relating—to yourself, to others, and to your life.​ My work is grounded in psychodynamic, attachment-based, and trauma-informed therapy, with an emphasis on creating a thoughtful, supportive, and collaborative therapeutic space.

In couples therapy, I work with partners experiencing recurring conflict, emotional distance, attachment injury, or difficulty reconnecting. My approach helps couples slow down reactive patterns, understand what’s happening beneath conflict or withdrawal, and move toward greater emotional clarity, repair, and intimacy, particularly during periods of rupture or life transition. I have helped couples navigate fertility, loss, sexual intimacy, gender transition, affairs, non-monogamy, financial stress, parenting, and trauma.

I also offer individual psychotherapy and creative arts therapy for adults experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and relational challenges. Creative arts therapy is integrated as a clinical tool to support emotional processing and insight when words alone feel limiting.

I am a licensed clinical social worker with a private practice on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. I work with women of all ages and stages of development, as well as families and couples. My areas of special focus include relationships, family and life transitions, parenting, adoption, depression and anxiety, adolescent development, grief/loss and complex families. I have been in practice since 2008, and I also offer supervision for new LMSW's and other clinicians. Married for 30 years and a parent to three young adult children, I bring years of personal and professional experience to my work.

I provide research-based psychotherapy to individuals, couples and families. I work with adults who are struggling with self-criticism, anxiety, grief, depression, or relationship problems. I specialize in helping individuals heal from experiences of trauma and have expertise in women's issues that can impact mental health like pregnancy, parenting, infertility, menopause, and pregnancy loss. I also offer therapy for couples and families who are wishing to heal from conflict or infidelity and improve relationship satisfaction.

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.

Specialized in all aspects of couples counseling, including affair recovery, sex therapy, CNM, and discernment counseling. I offer couples intensives to help create meaningful momentum and connection. With individual clients I focus on adult relationship/attachment issues. Available for in-person (CT) and telehealth (CT+NY).