Provider Directory

Melanie Stern

Mental Health Counselor, LMHC

I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor specializing in alcohol and substance use issues and individual adult therapy. I see clients in my Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, office and virtually on zoom.

Xiaofeng W. Koswatta

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

I work with clients who experience trauma, whether it is childhood sexual, physical, or emotional abuse, or more recent traumatic events. I would like to help you work through it and separate the past from the present so you can move on with your life.

Robin Halpern

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R, DCSW

Robin Halpern, LCSW, DCSW
Psychotherapist in Private Practice and
Assistant Director, Psychotherapy and Training Collective of NY

Nicole Van Nortwick

Psychologist, Ph.D.

Dr. Nicole Van Nortwick, a licensed clinical psychologist with over two decades of experience, specializes in individuals and couples/families. Her expertise encompasses relationships, attachment, and perinatal mental health. Dr. Van Nortwick is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at New York University (NYU) and formerly held a position at Columbia University, where she co-founded the Women’s Program Team at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Additionally, she served as the Chief Clinical Service Officer and Director of Training at The Motherhood Center. Dr. Van Nortwick’s extensive clinical experience, expertise across the lifespan, and compassionate approach enable her to support women’s mental health and family systems effectively, with a keen ability to translate psychological theory into practical tools that benefit her patients.

Merritt Juliano

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PMH-C

I’m a certified perinatal mental health therapist who works with adult women through major life transitions, from young adulthood to menopause. I also support women navigating ADHD, and as a neurodiverse therapist myself, I understand how differently minds can work and how exhausting it can be to keep up with systems that weren’t built for you.

Sydney Shope

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, DNP, PMHNP-BC

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.

Mandana Ashrafi

Psychiatrist, MD

Adult psychiatrist, in-person, virtual, English, Farsi, Aetna, UMR Mount Sinai top tier, medication management, psychodynamic psychotherapy; Depression, Bipolar disorders, trauma related disorders , OCD, trichotillomania.

Erica Harris

Psychologist, PhD

I am a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice, and work with individuals, couples, families, and groups through a primarily psychodynamic framework. Through insight-oriented work with a focus on interpersonal relationship dynamics, attachment, and family systems, I help adults uncover repressed trauma from childhood and adolescence in order to help them gain a more nuanced understanding about their unhealthy relationship dynamics, from past and present, in order to live healthier and more fulfilling lives.

Michelle Lippitt

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

I specialize in working with emerging adults, adults, and older adults who struggle with self-acceptance, complex PTSD, anxiety, depression, trauma, identity, relationships, belonging, and existential and spiritual concerns. I value working with the full spectrum of human identities and welcome all forms of diversity. It takes tremendous courage and vulnerability to open to the deepest parts of you - I welcome every part and offer my attuned and compassionate presence as we create a path together toward liberating change and wholeness.

Beth D. Weinstein

Mental Health Counselor, M.A., LMHC, Psychotherapist, Certified by EMDRIA

Virtual Telehealth Services and In-person Availabile
Certified EMDR Therapist
RTM Certified

Beth is a trauma-informed psychotherapist who works collaboratively, is goal-oriented and compassionate, integrating talk-therapy, EMDR and other evidence-based therapies with Contemplative Psychotherapy such as Mindfulness in the treatment of adults and older adults.

Her background in the international corporate sector and clinical mental health settings gives her insight into and the sensitivity to work with people from diverse backgrounds.

Post-Graduate Certification in Mindfulness and Psychotherapy/Contemplative Psychotherapy
EMDR Certification by EMDRIA /Advanced Certification in Trauma & Disaster Mental Health

Ellen Katz Westrich

Psychologist, Ph.D

I am a licensed clinical psychologist with over 20 years experience, specializing in the treatment of emotional states that get expressed through the body. This can include eating and body image issues, anxiety, and trauma. I also have extensive experience helping clients navigate personal and professional life transitions . I work collaboratively, with an emphasis on exploring one’s past as a way of understanding present issues and concerns.

Kelly Meyering

Psychologist

Dr. Meyering is a clinical psychologist licensed in New York and Connecticut and the founder of Riverside Psychology, LLC. She flexibly applies advanced training in evidence-based treatments, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), cognitive processing therapy (CPT), and family systems therapy. Dr. Meyering also serves as an adjunct clinical supervisor to CBT trainees at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology.

Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke

Master Social Worker, LMSW

I’m a psychotherapist who works with people navigating anxiety, depression, grief and loss, relationship challenges, parenting, caregiving, and major life transitions. I’m particularly interested in the ways change and loss can affect our sense of identity and how we understand ourselves and our relationships. I mainly work from a psychodynamic perspective and adapt my approach to each client. I see clients in person in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and remotely.

Alyssa Austern

Psychologist

Dr. Austern is a licensed psychologist in New Jersey, New York, and across the US via PsyPact. She sees patients across the lifespan, specializing in couples and family therapy, parenting skills, and individual therapy for adolescents, teens, college students, and young adults. Her areas of expertise include anxiety and depression, relationship and interpersonal difficulties, family and/or peer conflict, behavioral concerns, adjustment difficulties, and life transitions. Currently, Dr. Austern is seeing patients exclusively via teletherapy.