Provider Directory

Therapy is a challenging experience. Having thirty + years of experience as a licensed psychologist working with adults and adolescents, I know that finding a "good fit" can be difficult, yet is critical to the therapeutic process. Ultimately the best results are achieved when the therapeutic relationship is one of trust and comfort.

Interactive and collaborative, psychodynamically-informed, empirically-based psychologist specializing in college/graduate populations and adult life transitions.

I am a Columbia-trained psychiatric nurse practitioner specializing in general psychiatry and women's mental health concerns. I have a warm, empathic, personable style and use my training in psychopharmacology with CBT, dynamic therapy and supportive therapy to approach my patient's mental health concerns. Before starting my practice, I had spent the past 4 years in Columbia Psychiatry's faculty practice and was trained in the Women's Program at Columbia University Medical Center. Prior to this, I practiced as a psychiatric nurse practitioner in several psychiatric emergency rooms in NYC.

Dr. Hila Sachs is a NY + FL- licensed clinical psychologist. She is the founder of Bloom Parenthood- a private practice providing therapy for intentional motherhood.

Her mission is to create a safe space for all, assisting women/birthing individuals in successfully adapting to the unique challenges of the perinatal period and building resilience on their journey through parenthood.

Dr. Sachs received her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from PGSP-Stanford Consortium and completed her pre-doctoral internship at North Central Bronx Hospital, focusing on working with complex trauma in women and marginalized populations. She has also received extensive training at Stanford University School of Medicine and The Seleni Institute, where she cultivated her passion for guiding women through intentional transitions to motherhood.

I believe in creating a safe, collaborative, and judgment-free space to explore your inner world with empathy and care. I hold a Master’s from Columbia University and have provided therapy to both adults and teenagers in hospital and school settings. My background also includes working with nonprofits that support LGBTQ+ and immigrant communities, as well as survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. These experiences shape my commitment to affirming, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive care.

I focus my practice on managing anxiety, depression, anger, relational conflict, substance abuse, personality disorders, trauma, and impulsive behavior. I specialize in populations affected by minority stress, including stigma associated with ethnic, gender, and sexual identities. I take a non-judgemental and compassionate stance with my clients. By attuning to their unique needs, I help clients understand the cause of their suffering and pain and work to help them facilitate change in pursuit of a life that feels authentic, valued, and worth living. I am fluent in English and Mandarin.

Nancy Turret is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who treats individuals, couples and families in her private practice. Treatment approaches utilized vary from cognitive behavioral therapy to supportive psychotherapy. Her specialty includes providing Prolonged Grief Disorder Treatment for individuals who continue to remain stuck in an acute state of grief. As a therapist in the Complicated Bereavement Protocol, Nancy Turret provided an innovative individual psychotherapy developed by Katherine Shear, M.D. for the treatment of prolonged grief.
As a senior clinical and research psychiatric social worker at The New York State Psychiatric Institute for the past thirty-five years, Nancy administered diagnostic assessments and ongoing rating scales for the Adult and Late Life Depression Clinic as well as individual, family, and group services on the in-patient General Clinical Services Unit, and the in-patient Schizophrenic unit. Ongoing services were also delivered in outpatient departments treating affective disorders, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders and a variety of other psychiatric illnesses.

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.

My approach is active, compassionate and goal oriented. My areas of expertise include relationships, couples therapy, stress, depression, anxiety, trauma, parenting, learning, and career development. I work with clients to replace negative, rigid or chaotic patterns with creative, positive and fulfilling alternatives. Each session is focused, goal directed, and collaborative to set the stage for transforming personal narratives and behavior patterns. I guide clients to overcome obstacles/blind spots and shift in positive and proactive ways to improve their relationships and to experience well being. In my 3 decades of clinical experience, I have had the joy of witnessing many clients become more purposeful, creative, and productive in their lives.

I am trained in both the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), two evidence-based approaches to couples work. Together, they give me a rich framework for helping couples feel truly heard, have better conversations, and rebuild the connection, friendship, trust, and intimacy that brought them together in the first place, including rediscovering the lightness and fun that can get lost over time.
The same principles that guide my couples work inform my approach with individual clients as well, because how we relate to others is inseparable from how we understand ourselves.

I am a NYS licensed psychologist (bilingual Spanish) in private practice working with young adults and adults from an integrative psychodynamic, attachment, systemic, multicultural, and neurobiological theoretical frame. My areas of work include trauma, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, substance use, chronic medical conditions, and immigration adjustment, among others.

Kerin Nadler is a Psychoanalyst, Group Psychotherapist and Creative Arts Therapist.
Kerin provides individual and group psychoanalytic psychotherapy for people struggling with depression, psychosis, mood disorders, PTSD, personality disorders, anxiety and relationship issues. She has previously worked as an individual and group therapist at Brooklyn Community PROS (outpatient) and Mt. Sinai Hospital (inpatient). Kerin teaches a course on Group Psychotherapy to psychiatric residents at Mt. Sinai Hospital. Kerin has been a guest lecturer at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and Yeshiva University/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She has also presented at local and national group psychotherapy conferences.

My name is Dr. Laura Berssenbrugge, a licensed clinical psychologist and registered yoga teacher. I help my clients create meaningful, sustainable change through a warm, evidence-based approach that builds on their strengths.

Whether you’re considering therapy for the first time or looking for a new therapist, you've already taken a step toward creating positive change. I provide an inviting, safe space for you to discuss your family, relationship, or personal concerns. Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), you will learn skills that create lasting change to manage life’s stressors more effectively.

I work with individuals across the lifespan, specializing in anxiety disorders, depression, ADHD, OCD, autism spectrum disorder, PTSD, and stress-related conditions, as well as dating and relationship challenges. I provide in-person and teletherapy to clients in New York and Hawaii, and teletherapy to clients in New Jersey and PSYPACT states (AL, AZ, AR, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, ME, MD, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NC, ND, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY, MP).

AASECT certified sex and couples therapist and author specializing in sex and relationships. I love working to access bodily autonomy, sex positivity, and supporting couples in any type of relationship find freedom and deep connection. I also work with AI attachment and relationships, as well as sexual OCD.