Provider Directory

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.

I am an LCSW based in New York City for over 10 years, and I've had the opportunity to help people grappling with depression, anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, relationship issues, and major life transitions. I use a holistic therapy approach to help people address challenges in their relationships and/or behavior patterns. I've been told by clients that I create a warm and non-judgemental space for them to explore and heal.

I'm a licensed clinical psychologist offering virtual sessions for patients in NY and FL. I specialize in couples therapy, as well as individual therapy for relational concerns, anxiety, depression, identity exploration, stress management, and grief.

I take a warm and collaborative approach to therapy with a strong belief that the therapeutic alliance between the therapist and client is paramount to the client's work. I welcome clients of all backgrounds and lived experiences. I am skilled working with individuals struggling with intense emotions/behaviors, I am effective with clients who have not succeeded in previous therapy. With specialized training through PSI I am uniquely equipped for issues surrounding anxiety, depression, low self esteem, family conflicts as well as individual struggles.

Jane Halperin, PhD, MS
Associate Director
Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training & Research
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology
Dept. of Psychiatry
College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University

Practice of psychotherapy: adolescents and adults
Practice of psychoanalysis: adults
Couples treatment
Supervision: psychology externs, interns, fellows; clinicians in private practice

Areas of Interest/Additional Training:
Young Adult Development
Alcohol/Substance Misuse
Psychological Adjustment to Medical Illness
Prenatal Diagnosis, Pregnancy Loss
Couples Treatment; Parenting Skills

I am a LCSW-R in private practice for 24 years. I also have a MSED in education.
In addition I completed a 4 year psychoanalytic in adult psychoanalysis in 2004.
I am also certified in EMDR and a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner.
I am a PACT trained couple therapist. I work with Adults, young adults and couples in my upper west side office.

Debra Koenig is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Westport, CT with a tele-health practice in New York. Clients often seek psychotherapy because something feels “off” in their lives or there are struggles which develop as a result of developmental and life transitions in their families. Unexplored behavioral and emotional responses can keep us feeling “stuck” and prevent us from fulfilling relationships and careers. Each client is unique and there is no such thing as “one size, fits all” therapy. Successful therapy is a collaboration between the client and therapist. I provide both long-term treatment as well as shorter term support for clients facing a major setback/transition.

I Wang, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist in New York State. She provides psychotherapy and psychoanalysis for individuals and couples in English or Mandarin. She is an Adjunct Clinical Supervisor in the Clinical Psychology PhD Program at The City College of New York and a post-degree candidate of Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at NYU. Dr. Wang’s specialties include working with anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, perfectionism, cultural and identity issues, and relationship and family conflicts. Her style is genuine, empathic, and interactive. She is sensitive to cultural histories that may include trauma and is attuned to racialized interactions and microaggressions.

In couples work, Dr. Wang assists couples in improving communication, helping each person to listen in a way that can lead towards conflict resolution and repair of the relationship. Attending to relationship dynamics and client’s family histories, Dr. Wang guides couples to address each partner’s attachment needs and facilitate true emotional engagement.

I am a Harvard trained child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist & psychotherapist based in Manhattan and licensed in NY and CT. I specialize in working with youth and young adults who struggle with emotional dysregulation from ADHD, anxiety, OCD, or medical conditions. I am trained in psychodynamic, DBT, and IFS psychotherapies.

I am in private practice in the Flatiron District of Manhattan and work primarily with young adults and adults with anxiety disorders, depression, relationship and adjustment problems, and emotion regulation.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist and trained psychoanalyst and I see my role as helping you to understand and resolve the conflicts that are making you feel unsatisfied. I work with adults, adolescents, couples and families. My treatment approach is informed by my psychoanalytic training, though I draw on many different orientations and models. I specialize in working with people facing, loss, life transitions and early and midlife career changes. I also have worked with many 2nd and 3rd generation Holocaust survivors. I have a strong interest in the impact of the transmission of trauma from one generation to another, about which I teach, present and write.

Laura Impert, LCSW-R has been practicing for over 25 years in the field with primarily students and adults. She has published in the field on grief and loss. Her belief is that therapy is most helpful when patients can understand the arc and narrative of their lives. Initially trained as a psychoanalyst, she believes some patients especially benefit from finding tools to regulate states of distress and heightened emotional arousal. Most valuable are the lifelong capacities to be curious and to self-reflect.

In the course of her practice, Laura has worked with patients around LGBTQ issues including work in the kink and poly community. Her work with the college age population focuses on helping students work through the developmental challenges of leaving home. First as a college counselor at Sarah Lawrence College, she sees students in the NYC area in her private practice. In addition to students, she is particularly interested in working with patients as they transition through new life stages, such as entering adulthood, divorce or separation issues, or patients facing illness and death.

Her publications in professional journals on clinical topics include mourning and grief and working with the isolated patient. These articles can be accessed on her website. www.lauraimpert.com

Anne Wennerstrand, MS, MSW, LCSW-R, is a clinical social worker, psychotherapist, supervisor, and educator with more than 25 years of experience working with adolescents and adults across the gender identity spectrum. Grounded in contemporary psychodynamic and feminist-relational perspectives, her clinical interests include eating and body-image concerns, trauma, anxiety and obsessive patterns, identity, relationships, and life transitions.

I OFFER REMOTE SESSIONS VIA A HIPAA COMPLIANT VIDEO PLATFORM, INCLUDING TO NY and FL RESIDENTS.
Dr. Gur is a clinical psychologist in the Grand Central area and a clinical supervisor at the Wellness Center of CUNY's Graduate Center. Dr. Gur has extensive experience providing psychotherapy and integrating various treatment modalities (psychodynamic, CBT, ACT, IPT). Dr. Gur specializes in treating worry & anxiety (including panic, social), depression, low self worth, attachment/relationship issues, perinatal depression/anxiety, and in adjustment to parenting. Dr. Gur provides psychotherapy to those who are dissatisfied with their interpersonal relationships or with their career and who aspire to lead a more meaningful life. Psychotherapy leads to greater self-knowledge, to making healthier life choices, to improving relationships and to greater self acceptance and confidence. Ineffective coping are replaced by healthier ones.
Dr. Gur published both in scientific journals and at the HuffPost, and contributed to published pieces about mental health at BuzzFeed, Mic, Self Magazine, and the Economist. She strives to increase awareness to mental health issues, while providing high quality personalized care.