Provider Directory

I am a reproductive psychiatrist and psychotherapist with specialty training in women's mental health issues across the reproductive lifespan. I am on the faculty at NYU School of Medicine and also served as Associate Director of the adult psychiatry residency training program. I currently teach the supportive psychotherapy curriculum to NYU psychiatry residents and have a private practice in Greenwich Village and Brooklyn Heights.

I work together with my patients to identify what is getting between them and their most vibrant lives, meaningful relationships, and substantive work. Examining perceptions and relationship patterns, many of which have been in place for years, can help people to understand what isn't working for them and lead to insight and growth.

As a PhD-level clinician and Certified Sex Therapist, I specialize in a wide-range of sexual concerns, as well as complex relationship issues, infidelity, body image concerns, personality dynamics, parenting conflict, personality disorders and LGBTQIA+ issues. For over 20+ years, I have provided psychotherapy to individuals and couples throughout NYC and Long Island (in-person and remotely).

I am a Columbia-trained Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner specializing in medication management for women’s-related psychiatric issues ranging from menses to menopause and everything in-between. I also see dads for male PMADs. Additional areas of interest include adult ADHD/executive dysfunction in adult professionals, acute mania, impulse control and psychotic disorders. In my private practice, Mindful Medication Psychiatry, I provide care virtually to patients in NY and NJ. In-person sessions can be arranged on an as-needed basis at locations throughout NY & NJ.

I'm Dr. Caitlin Gasperetti, a licensed psychologist in New York City specializing in anxiety, perfectionism, and the quiet exhaustion of always keeping it together. I work with high-achieving young adults, adolescents, and parents who appear capable from the outside and are struggling underneath. I offer sessions virtually throughout New York, Connecticut, and Florida, and in person on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

Dr. Yacoob is a Cornell trained clinical psychologist specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for adults coping with life transitions, anxiety and mood disorders, and a variety of other symptoms causing distress. She also has expertise in working with patients who are coping with chronic and acute medical conditions, having completed advanced training in behavioral medicine at such facilities as Weill Cornell Medical College and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Yacoob offers a warm, empathic, and collaborative approach to help individuals achieve their goals within a reasonable time frame. She often draws from schema, psychodynamic, meaning-based and mindfulness-based therapies to create a personalized program of treatment to best meet the needs of each individual.

Joni S. Mantell, LCSW is a psychotherapist specializing in donor conception, adoption and infertility, with both personal and professional experience in donor conception. After more than 30 years specializing in these areas, she discovered she herself is donor conceived. She is the Founder and Director of the Infertility and Adoption Counseling Center in New Jersey and New York City, where she works with late discovery and always known donor conceived persons, recipient parents, adoptive parents, birth parents and adoptees. This unique perspective has given her a deep understanding of the lifelong identity, relational, and emotional issues in adoption and donor conception.

She holds a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania and completed a four-year Certification Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy at the Post-Graduate Center for Mental Health in NYC. In addition to her family-building specialization, she works extensively with couples, performing artists, and writers.

Dr. Saltzman is a licensed psychologist in midtown Manhattan near Grand Central Station. Areas of specialty and interest include anxiety, stress management, depression/mood disorders, women's mental health, managing life transitions, and marital/relationship difficulties.

I am a Doctoral trained Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with 20 years of health care experience and 18 years of psychopharmacology and psychotherapy expertise. I received my Doctorate and Master’s degrees from the prestigious Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) IHP in Boston. I provide a safe environment and partnership with my clients. I customize pharmaceutical and therapy solutions based on individual needs.

I help clients explore their inner selves, heighten awareness, and address maladaptive behavior patterns to promote healing and growth. I provide a safe environment to help clients unlock their potential and achieve the lives they desire. Specialized training in relational work, polyvagal theory and somatic interventions related to developmental trauma.
Affiliated with Kratsios Psychotherapy, a fast-growing, premier provider of evidence-based treatment for PTSD and developmental trauma based in Manhattan, offering both telehealth and in-person meetings.

Erica G. Rojas, Ph.D. is a Columbia University trained, licensed psychologist who works with adults of all ages to address concerns specific to anxiety, depression, life transitions, relationship difficulties, and women's issues.

*Now offering secure and confidential teletherapy appointments*

My name is Nneka Symister, and I am a licensed clinical social worker with over two decades of experience in social services, including more than ten years in private practice. I have worked with diverse populations throughout New York.

I specialize in supporting individuals navigating perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, infertility, grief and loss, relationship challenges, and life stressors. My work integrates CBT, EMDR, interpersonal therapy, mindfulness, stress management, and meditation.

Dr. Sydney Shope, DNP, PMHNP-BC, is a psychiatric nurse practitioner who works with children, adolescents, and adults to address a wide range of social, emotional, and behavioral issues. Through evidence-based, patient-centered care, Sydney provides the best care for patients. By using a practical, solution-focused, holistic, empathic, and collaborative approach, Sydney effectively treats mental health conditions to meet each client’s unique needs.

Justena believes that therapy is the most effective way to create profound, lasting change and a life richer in meaning and fulfillment. She will help you identify and transcend the barriers holding you back, and empower you in your journey.