Provider Directory

Dr. Melanie Love is Columbia-trained clinical psychologist specializing in working with men, relationship issues, self-esteem, anxiety, and substance use. From her years in university mental health, she particularly enjoys working with college and graduate students or other young adults navigating the transition into career. She practices from a psychodynamic and relational lens while integrating skills as needed to help build confidence and self-worth, create more fulfilling relationships, and develop ways to cope with difficult emotions.

Dr. Ariel Blum is a licensed psychologist with a specialization in pediatric and perinatal mental health.

Kristina received her MSW from NYU Silver School of Social Work and completed postgraduate training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the William Alanson White Institute. Kristina provides direct care to individual patients and couples using psychodynamic and relational approaches. Kristina is passionate about working with clients in the perinatal period, especially those navigating the impact of early trauma on motherhood, those struggling with perinatal anxiety and depression, those suffering through the aftermath of birth or pregnancy trauma, and families managing perinatal loss. Kristina is dedicated to working with clients undergoing fertility treatment for reasons related to infertility, genetic concerns, and third-party reproduction.

Debaki Chakrabarti is a Clinical Psychologist in Midtown, Manhattan who specializes in addiction, trauma, depression, anxiety, and mindfulness. She enjoys working with adults in various life stages and has extensive experience working with a wide range of identities and cultures. Many of her clients are looking to address a specific issue (such as healing from a traumatic event or coping with substance use) but also find themselves working on other important aspects of their life including developing meaningful relationships and improving their communication. Debaki is licensed in New York, New Jersey, and with PsyPact (https://psypact.org/mpage/psypactmap).

Dr. Mayville specializes in couple therapy and individual therapy focused on improving relationships and reducing anxiety. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine and uses CBT, acceptance strategies, and empathy.

I completed graduate and post-graduate training in psychotherapy and neuropsychological assessment and for 5 years was Director of Neuropsychology in Neurosurgery at Montefiore Medical Center. My breath of experience allows me to communicate effectively with parents, educators and physicians and ensures that the most appropriate therapeutic interventions are instituted.

Wendy Perello, LCSW has a specialized focus on helping individuals navigate through life transitions, trauma, career-focused stress, and self-esteem challenges. As a relationship expert, Wendy works closely with those who struggle with anxious attachment and other relationship difficulties. Her holistic approach allows her to curate a combination of modalities that include psychodynamic, narrative therapy and CBT.

With a concentrated focus on women's issues, Wendy incorporates the transitions women go through in relationships, careerhood, parenthood, generational caretaking, and reproductive health especially perimenopause and menopause in her practice.

Wendy is also certified in Traumatic Stress Studies which critically informs her practice. Licensed in NJ, NY and MA.

Lindsay Nickens, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and Co-Founder & Clinical Director of Modern Talk, a boutique practice serving clients in Manhattan and South Florida. With over a decade of clinical experience, she specializes in working with high-achieving individuals, couples, and families facing complex emotional and relational challenges, including trauma and substance misuse, with a focus on creating meaningful, sustainable change.
Her approach combines in-depth psychodynamic psychotherapy with direct, practical intervention, allowing her to effectively treat high-conflict dynamics, infidelity, and the intersection of career, family, and relationships. Lindsay also oversees clinical training and supervision within her practice, positioning her as a trusted leader and mentor in the field.

I'm Lora Sasiela, LCSW, offering depth-oriented, trauma-informed, and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy that is kink-affirming and sex-positive. I hold space for the full complexity of your desires, relationships, and identity, with warmth and understanding. Nothing about you needs to be hidden or softened here. Telehealth across New York.

I am a clinical psychologist (PhD) working in a New York with adults, children, and couples. My collaborative approach helps clients introspect, make connections between the past and the present, and gain a wider perspective on their difficulties. I help my clients heal past wounds by fostering an authentic and caring attitude that nurtures hope and connectedness. In sessions, intend to go beyond symptom alleviation and support my clients in a manner that promotes greater independence, freedom, and playfulness.

My nature as a therapist is authentic and open. I like to build an honest, vulnerable and trusting dynamic with you, where we collaborate on exploring and maintaining a curiosity about your life experiences that inform who and how you are (in the way that you think, feel and behave). I specialize in working with folks who struggle with Anxiety, OCD, and relational issues. I have extensive experience working with the LGBTQ+ community and I foster a safe and inclusive space for all of my clients. I'm licensed to practice in New York, New Jersey and Florida, am currently seeing clients in person in New York and virtually.

Roxanna Namavar, DO, is a board certified adult psychiatrist and a fellow in the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. Her private practice on Manhattan's Upper East Side specializes in integrative medicine.

I am a licensed psychotherapist and trauma therapist serving clients in-person in NYC, and virtually in New York State and Connecticut. I work with individuals and couples who want to break cycles of intense emotional reactivity that can include: aggressive acting out (openly or in secret), infidelity, uncontrollable floods of tears or fits of rage, dissociation, or complete shutdowns. I use an eclectic and relational approach where I draw from EFT, IFS, and EMDR. I work well with those who crave authenticity, want to be "called out", and need to be sure they won't be judged.

Dr. Laura Beth Kaplan, M.D., is a double board-certified psychiatrist who specializes in distress related to parenting, pregnancy, and early adulthood. She treats a wide range of difficulties, including depression, anxiety, relationship struggles, role changes, and loneliness. Moreover, she has particular expertise in postpartum depression and anxiety, in prescribing psychiatric medications during pregnancy and breastfeeding, in grief related to infertility and pregnancy loss, in adjusting to parenthood, and in other mental health challenges related to women's reproductive lifecycle. Dr. Kaplan emphasizes psychotherapy alongside the thoughtful use of psychiatric medications when appropriate. Her practice centers on warm, personalized, and respectful care.