Provider Directory

As a clinical psychologist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, my area of specialty is somatic psychotherapy. In my previous role as Director of Counseling Services at Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center, I created the Postdoctoral Psychology Training Program in University Counseling: Trauma and Somatic Studies that focuses on issues of embodiment and intersectionality in psychotherapy with an eye toward the impact of trauma, whether that be acute trauma, developmental trauma, and/or structural trauma, such as racism, transphobia, and the like. I offer an embodied psychotherapy approach which anchors therapeutic work in awareness of sensation and uses the body as a touchstone in guiding the process.

Dr Baitler is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Private Practice.
I specialize in young adults and adults seeking individual or couples counseling for issues related to relationships, professional difficulties, depression and anxiety.

Fanny Tristan, LCSW-R, is a trauma-trained psychotherapist and founder of Restority Space, a virtual practice serving eldest daughters and high-achieving women across NY, NJ, & CT. She specializes in helping clients unlearn perfectionism, build self-trust, and create healthier relationships. She also facilitates weekly virtual therapy groups for women of color.

Katie Down, (LCAT, MT-BC, MMT, MM )is a trauma-informed psychotherapist, Licensed Creative Arts therapist, Music Therapist, and sound healing practitioner. She has certifications in EMDR, MBSR, Deep Listening, and Reiki and runs workshops in sound, music therapy, mindfulness meditation and Deep Listening. Her space in the Hudson Valley, The SoundWell Barn, offers workshops, concerts, retreats, and healing sessions. She is also co-director for the Arts and Wellbeing Gathering, a consortium of artists and healing arts practitioners.

As an experienced maternal-child nurse, IBCLC and psychiatric nurse practitioner, Meg's work has always been at the intersection of women's well-being. As a PMHNP, Meg offers diagnostic evaluations and medication management specializing in reproductive psychiatry, ADHD and OCD.

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'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.

Paula Lamanna, LCSW, CASAC (she/her) is a licensed clinical social worker, credentialed alcoholism and substance use counselor, Level III EMDR provider, certified yoga teacher and certified psychedelic-assisted therapy provider. Paula received her master’s degree from New York University. She received her post-graduate certifications from The Integrative Psychiatry Institute and the Parnell Institute for EMDR.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over twenty years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults. I have always loved helping others. My passion for working with people in their 20s and 30s stems from years of working with children and adolescents in schools. I’ve helped students find their own path into adulthood and see my current work as a continuation of offering that guidance and support. Previous clients describe me as very kind, empathetic, non-judgmental, and caring. Counseling is in my blood, it's all I have ever done and I feel as passionate about it today as I did when I started.

I am expert at working with and through extreme emotional states: panic, rage and grief. A good therapy can put some ballast in your boat so that when storms come, you can still navigate.

Kristin specializes in working with overwhelmed adults and is a dually licensed social worker in New Jersey and New York. She spent 20 years working with children, families, and adults in the education & parent coaching industry before becoming a clinician. Kristin focuses on anxiety, depression, work-life balance, rebuilding networks during new stages of life, stepfamilies/blended families. She is a solution-focused & collaborative clinician.

I provide Individual, Couples and Family Therapy (Families with young adult and adult children) and Clinical Case Consultation for Professionals.

Areas of focus Include: Specialization in Mind/Body Healing,
stress management, work/life balance, infidelity, relationship discourse, family conflict, grief/loss, sibling loss, sibling relationships, PTSD/trauma, sudden loss, illness/disease, life transitions, depression and anxiety.

I Utilize Somatic Experiencing, EFT (Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy), Attachment theory, Neurobiology, Mindfulness, Guided Visualizations and Cognitive- Behavioral techniques.

Reine is a trauma informed LCSW working with adult individuals and couples. Reine sees clients remotely and in person in Downtown Manhattan.

Reine trained as an Ambassador of Compassion from Stanford’s CCare program and brings this approach into all their work.

Dr. Kafker specializes in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), which helps families strengthen relationships and teaches caregivers to be the therapist at home and effectively manage their young children's difficult behaviors. In addition to PCIT, she is highly experienced with and passionate about working with adolescents and adults to manage symptoms of anxiety, depression, and trauma.