Provider Directory

Dr. Menken developed her career at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, where she conducted women’s groups and trained psychology interns. After developing a specialty in Maternal Mental Health, Dr. Menken co-founded The Pregnancy and Postpartum Resource Center at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.

Hi! I'm Alyssa Kushner, LCSW, a psychotherapist, educator, group leader, and founder of AK Psychotherapy and AK Alignment & Growth. Through my private practice, I specialize in relational and attachment trauma, anxiety, hypervigilance, codependency, people-pleasing, self abandonment, and the patterns that leave high-functioning women feeling responsible for everyone around them. I integrate relational therapy, EMDR, attachment, IFS, nervous-system regulation, and somatic approaches.

Through my second business, AK Alignment & Growth, I bring this work outside the therapy room through educational resources, workshops, group programs for women, and self-paced programs focused on over-responsibility, over-giving, boundaries, self-trust, and learning to care for others without abandoning yourself. I also offer business & marketing consultation for therapists and run a bi weekly consultation group for over thinking & over-giving therapists in private practice.

I am passionate about supporting you to be free from fear and anxiety, align to inner guidance, develop nourishing relationships, and make choices from a place of love, curiosity, and possibility. I’ve supported individuals struggling with anxiety, panic, life transitions, relationship issues, and questions of meaning and purpose.

My experience as a therapist includes working with recently immigrated youth, high school and college students, and individuals of all ages, identities, and backgrounds in community mental health. Before training as a therapist, I worked in international women’s rights, food justice, and bilingual education. I draw from psychodynamic, relational, somatic, mindfulness, and compassion-based approaches.

I am a Licensed (NY & PA) Clinical Psychologist with expertise in behavioral and cognitive-behavioral therapies for individuals with problems related to alcohol use, anger, anxiety, depression, relationships, and coping with other life stressors. I practice evidence-based treatment for these conditions, including Motivational Interviewing, Behavioral Self-Control Training, Unified Protocol, and other Cognitive Behavioral Treatment modalities. I have specialized experience working with individuals with alcohol use disorders who are interested in reducing or stopping their alcohol use. I also work with families of individuals struggling with substance related disorders.

Alexandra Aguilar is a licensed clinical social worker who works with adults seeking mental health treatment. She works with individuals who suffer from trauma, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and a myriad of other life transitional issues. Together, she helps you identify adaptive and sustainable coping strategies to enhance your overall mental health and well-being.

Art Psychotherapist in Union Sq, NYC, with 20+ years experience working with adults struggling with trauma, depression, anxiety, self-esteem; have a particular focus on relationships/attachment struggles; also work with individuals on life and career transitions, as well as blocks to creativity. Trained in IFS, AF-EMDR, AEDP, ISP, and coaching through CTI. Additionally, I create/facilitate arts based workshops, and am a practicing visual artist.

Dr. Brielle Cardieri, MD, is a Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist on the Upper East Side in New York City. She is the founder and medical director of Insight MD, a psychiatric private practice that specializes in the treatment of adults using a combination of individual psychotherapy and psychopharmacology. She completed her MD and residency training at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

Hi, I’m Maria! While I have an office in Putnam County, NY, I enjoy bringing therapy outdoors for clients who want to incorporate nature and movement. I use a Health at Every Size approach to support people of all sizes who may be experiencing a myriad of issues: grief, trauma, disordered eating, self-esteem issues, life transitions, depression and anxiety.

I am a fully trained Gestalt therapist and a Certified EMDR Therapist through EMDRIA. I have been practicing since 2008.I currently see individuals on Tues Wednesdays and Thursdays in person as well as virtual in my office located in the West Village

As a psychodynamic, trauma-informed therapist and psychoanalyst, I offer a space to explore relationships and the roles one plays in them, honoring strengths and uncovering the meanings that underlie challenging areas. Goals would include connecting thoughts and emotions, to enhance insight into how one moves through one's life and to increase healthier coping skills to stressors. I value diversity including but not limited to race, religion, sexuality, gender, and culture, working to understand how these aspects of identity influence a person’s experience of themselves, to provide an environment that fosters continuous growth in all areas of being.

I specialize in working in with high achieving women navigating complex chronic illness, chronic pelvic pain and women’s health issues as well as the anxiety and grief that come along with it. My clients are striving to find stability with illness all while juggling their career, relationships and family. I absolutely love what I do and am a firm believer that day to day life can get so much better with a support team behind you.

You may be wondering why I niched in women’s health. Simply put, I get it. After living with chronic illnesses for fifteen years, struggling to find correct diagnoses, surgeries and countless treatments, I understand first hand the impact of women’s health issues on your mental health. I empathize with the toll it takes on your body and your most important relationships. I get the grief that comes with the loss of dreams you had for your future, struggling with your identity as a woman and feeling betrayed by your body. My hope is to use my therapeutic skills and real life experience to help you get to the other side.

I founded New York Women’s CBT and expanded to group private practice with the goal of providing niched, expert care for more women in New York. Our clinicians are experts and passionate about working within women’s health issues. We want to walk together through pain and grief you are feeling, help you cope with anxiety and feel the fog of depression lifted. Complex chronic illness and health issues are a part of your story-they do not have to be all of your story.

I am a trauma therapist working with individuals, couples, (co)parents & groups and am trained in: EMDR, IFS, Brainspotting, IFIO, Emotionally Focused Therapy, & Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. I am also a certified parent coach from Dr. Becky's Good Inside program & provide parent guidance sessions to parents.

Lucia Vail, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist with offices in midtown Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Vail practices individual and couple therapy with adults. She has been in private practice since 2005. With extensive experience and advanced training in both the cognitive-behavioral and psychodynamic traditions, Dr. Vail specializes in helping individuals who struggle in stormy relationships, those who feel lonely or isolated, and those who too often feel frustrated and disappointed by their interactions with others, including in past experiences of psychotherapy. They may have experienced trauma or other early life stress, and may feel anxious and depressed. They may have been diagnosed with mood or personality disorders.

Hi! I'm Katherine Bourgeois, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker offering virtual EMDR therapy. I am licensed in both New York and New Jersey and specialize in working with medical professionals, individuals in high-stress environments, as well as those dealing with trauma and anxiety.