Provider Directory

Rachel Proujansky

Psychologist, Psy.D.

Dr. Proujansky is a licensed clinical psychologist and Director of Trauma Services at the Center for Motivation and Change, where she specializes in working with individuals with trauma and substance misuse. She earned her doctorate from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University and completed her internship at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai West Hospitals. Dr. Proujansky completed her post-doctoral fellowship in DBT with adolescents, adults, and family members at the Center for Cognitive and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

Lauren Bronstein

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing virtually in New York and New Jersey. My focus is on providing individual therapy to adults struggling with a cancer diagnosis or other chronic illnesses, caregiving, grief, relationship issues, anxiety, depression, trauma, work stress, and women's issues. Before becoming a Social Worker I had a career in finance, so I can also provide therapy and career counseling to individuals working in high-stress environments.

Cara Maniaci

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Specializing in eating disorders and body image disturbances, couples/ relationship issues particularly postpartum. Insight-oriented psychotherapy with practical, here-and-now focus.

Natalie R Cohen

Psychologist, PsyD

Dr. Cohen is a psychologist/psychoanalyst. She is a graduate of the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis and has also received specialized certificates through Fluence in psychedelic harm reduction and integration, including ketamine- and psilocybin-assisted therapy, and completed the MDMA-Assisted Therapy Training Program through MAPS.

Kate Gallagher

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PMH-C

Kate is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over a decade of experience supporting adults and teens through life transitions, emotional struggles, and identity development. Known for her warmth, humor, and attuned presence, she creates a safe, compassionate space where clients feel seen, understood, and gently challenged.

Her work is grounded in the belief that healing happens through meaningful connection. Kate draws from extensive training in psychodynamic and relational approaches, with additional certifications in perinatal mental health. She is committed to inclusive, justice-oriented care, and serves both as a therapist and a clinical supervisor.

Driola Dega

Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT- D

I primarily use psychodynamic, systemic, experiential and culturally sensitive approaches to accompany the client throughout the journey of self discovery. With emphasis on awareness and insight, I encourage individuals and couples to seek solutions that resonate with their individual and relational needs. The struggle to overcome adverse experiences, can be a product of sociocultural system, family context, early attachment and relationships which reflect a stigmatized idea of self.

Peggy Loo

Psychologist, Ph.D.

I'm a NY and NJ-licensed psychologist with a special interest in working with high achieving women experiencing anxiety, grief, or trauma related to fertility preservation, miscarriage, the perinatal period, and matrescence. I'm also a certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional (PMH-C) through Postpartum Support International and passionate about BIPOC maternal mental health.

Lily Thrope

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Lily works individually with clients to identify and meet their goals. Lily has found that therapy works best when there is authenticity in the relationship, and she strives to be her most authentic self. With an active and engaging approach, Lily creates an environment where clients can feel comfortable to be themselves fully.

Using an active and humanistic approach, Lily brings her true self to each session and helps clients to feel comfortable, matching that authenticity. Working in tandem, Lily empowers clients to identify meaningful shifts they would like to make in their lives and supports them in making those changes.

Lily works from a weight inclusive care model. She is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and helps her clients move beyond eating disorders, disordered eating and body image issues through a pursuit of food freedom.

Yuliya Golubev

Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, LPC, CASAC

I am a bilingual and bicultural therapist in the state of New York. I have been seeing clients for over 15 years. Before starting my private practice, I worked with a diverse set of clients in various clinical settings: college counseling, outpatient substance abuse program, crisis call center, and hospitals.
I support young women going through major life transitions such as
starting a relationship or dealing with the breakup, having work-related
stress, climbing the career ladders, becoming an entrepreneur, or getting
through the competitive graduate school.
I also provide support to millennial women who are in various stages of
parenthood journey: dealing with infertility, healing after a miscarriage,
experience anxiety about becoming pregnant or experiencing postpartum
anxiety and depression.

Solimar Santiago-Warner

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, DSW, LCSW, PMH-C

Dr. Solimar Santiago-Warner, DSW, LCSW, PMH-C is a psychotherapist specializing in women's mental health, reproductive trauma, and perinatal mental health. She works with individuals and couples navigating infertility, pregnancy loss, traumatic birth, NICU experiences, postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, and life transitions with a trauma-informed, culturally responsive approach. She is licensed in New York and Connecticut and offers virtual therapy.

Adam Benson

Psychologist, Psy.D.

I use IMAGO relationship therapy to help individuals, couples and caregivers as they attempt to create healthier relationships in their lives. Together we figure out their relationship patterns, the causes of conflict in their relationships, and ways to heal those parts of the self that are more difficult to access. Through our work, clients learn to increase their flexibility, become more effective in their relationships, and live with more intention.

Laurel Mercer

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

I specialize in working with individuals and couples living in New York State, Connecticut, and New Jersey - offering both in-person (NYC) and virtual sessions. As an attachment-oriented therapist, I help clients process trauma and attachment injuries, shift out of problematic behaviors and patterns, and deepen their connection to themselves and others.

Stacia Thiel

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

I am an experienced NY/NJ licensed integrative clinical social worker offering a trauma informed approach to treat adult individuals, couples and families. I am EMDR certified, hypnotherapy certified, and have extensive experience and training in marriage & family therapy incorporating EFT for couples, attachment based interventions and Discernment Counseling Certification for Couples. I work collaboratively and holistically with my clients to address personal and relational challenges specializing in anxiety, depression, OCD, grief, behavioral struggles as well as unresolved emotional injuries from childhood. Equally, I work with and provide support for couples & families navigating life transitions and challenges such as; parenting, health diagnosis, retirement, divorce, grief/loss, intimacy, parenting and, infidelity. I frequently work with artists, designers, writers & actors and support creative exploration and the mind/body connection as a path toward healing.

William Pitts, III

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Co host on the podcast, "Fables in Finance: The Unconscious Stories We Tell Ourselves About Money," I am a therapist and educator at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies. I focus on helping young adults and their families navigate the psychological complexities of multi-generational wealth. Co host on the podcast, "Fables in Finance: The Unconscious Stories We Tell Ourselves About Money," I am a therapist and educator at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies. I focus on helping young adults and their families navigate the psychological complexities of multi-generational wealth. I help them discover the values and implications of money in relationships while clarifying financial beliefs and practices that promote emotional prosperity. In addition, I have a more general practice focused on couples, gender/sexuality, depression, substance misuse, and life transitions.
My postgraduate training includes psychoanalytic techniques, money management, Gottman, EFT, Imago, and studies in sexualities/gender. I work with intergenerational wealth, depression/disregulation, gender creativity and queerness, sexual abuse/trauma, conflicts in family and work, infidelity and sex life, parenting, artistic challenges, substance misuse.