Provider Directory

Alison Kalfus is the former Co-Director of the Family and Couples Treatment Service, a division of the Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy, in NYC, (2014-2025). She is also in private practice, treating individuals and couples. Sub-specialties include developmental trauma, post-partum issues, parenting, and addictive disorders.

Pam Skop is a licensed mental health counselor whose focus is on women’s mental health issues, with a particular interest in the postpartum period and parenting. Pam has received additional training in behavioral therapies and is also a 200 hour registered yoga teacher and postpartum doula. Her practice focuses on the importance of the mind-body connection.

Dr. Yacoob is a Cornell trained clinical psychologist specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for adults coping with life transitions, anxiety and mood disorders, and a variety of other symptoms causing distress. She also has expertise in working with patients who are coping with chronic and acute medical conditions, having completed advanced training in behavioral medicine at such facilities as Weill Cornell Medical College and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Yacoob offers a warm, empathic, and collaborative approach to help individuals achieve their goals within a reasonable time frame. She often draws from schema, psychodynamic, meaning-based and mindfulness-based therapies to create a personalized program of treatment to best meet the needs of each individual.

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.

Katherine offers career-related therapy and life coaching. She helps individuals design work lives that fit who they are. Her areas of expertise include adult development, career assessment, crafting a personal vision, improving interpersonal skills, changing careers, and creating work/life balance. Katherine also helps individuals navigate emotionally charged situations at work. Her understanding of interpersonal dynamics at work combined with her empathy make Katherine a favorite go-to person for career-related therapy.

Jeffrey Harper, LCSW, ACSW, is a Harvard-educated psychotherapist and the former Assistant Director of a university mental health clinic in Manhattan with over 35 years’ experience treating a broad range of life challenges – anxiety, depression, transition from adolescence to adulthood, transition to retirement, marital and family conflict, career challenges, sexual identity issues, divorce and remarriage, and others. He has also worked with clients of family law firms, treating, counseling and assessing persons engaged in divorce and child custody matters before Family Courts.

I am a psychotherapist (LCSW) in private practice in New York City. My therapeutic orientation is psychodynamic, and I specialize in working with adults suffering from anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, as well as relationship issues.

As a psychotherapist who has worked in the field of psycho-oncology and mental health for over 17 years, I have extensive clinical understanding of the needs of patients and caregivers throughout the disease continuum, from initial diagnosis, through treatment, to end of life, survivorship, recurrence, chronic illness, bereavement and life transitions. I have advanced training in CBT, psychodynamic psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, complicated grief therapy, and meaning-center psychotherapy and have published or presented on topics such as coping with chronic cancer, survivor guilt, fear of cancer recurrence, dating after treatment, and grief, loss and bereavement. 

I've been in private practice since 1999, working with adolescents and adults of all ages in individual, couples, and group therapy. I have a special interest in working with college students, recent college graduates, and emerging adults. I also provide clinical supervision to psychotherapists at varied stages of practice and experience, including candidates pursuing psychoanalytic training, LMSWs working toward New York State licensure, and seasoned social workers, psychologists, and psychoanalysts.

I hold a Doctorate of Social Welfare (DSW) and Master of Social Work (MSW) from New York University’s Silver School of Social Work, where I also became certified in social work field instruction. I holds a Certificate in Psychoanalysis from the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center (PPSC), and am a graduate of The Women’s Therapy Centre Institute (WTCI), which trains clinicians to help women with eating problems and body image issues.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of depression, anxiety, relationship and identity issues, grief, and trauma. I have found that a collaborative, down-to-earth relationship paired with a tailored treatment approach paves the way for lasting therapeutic success. I offer individual psychotherapy to adults of all ages and am trained in CBT, EMDR, and Motivational Interviewing modalities.

I am a psychotherapist with 25 years of experience in the NYC area working with diverse adult clinical populations. In my private practice, I work with overwhelmed adults ready to let go of shame and treat themselves with compassion, including those navigating complex mental health, substance use, neurodivergence, or 2e parenting.

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and have a certification in hypnosis and Neurolinguistics Programming. With 35 years of experience in the mental health field as a counselor and psychotherapist, I have maintained a well-established practice in Bergen County for 30 years. I am highly experienced in individual, group and family counseling and psychotherapy in addition to workshops, lectures, program development and administration. I am a psychotherapist and the owner of Balance & Thrive Counseling & Psychoeducation Center. 

I am a NY state and NJ licensed clinical social worker who specializes in working with individuals with mood disorders, problematic substance use, chronic illness/pain, and living losses. Through empathic listening and supportive feedback, I utilize a strengths-based approach to create a safe environment that encourages the process of change. I work from a relational framework and work collaboratively with my clients to identify goals for treatment and a pathway to achieve them.