Provider Directory

Catherine Birndorf, MD is co-founder and medical director of The Motherhood Center of New York. She is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics/Gynecology and founding director of the Payne Whitney Women’s Program at The New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan.

I’m a NYC psychotherapist specializing in anxiety, ADHD, obsessive thinking, and self-esteem. I'm trained in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) and use evidence-based methods for effective change.

Sue Sugarman, MSW, LCSW-R, BCD, is a licensed clinical social worker with a rich background of over 25 years dedicated to working with children, adolescents, and families. Sue also has a subspecialty in working with youth athletes. She played a pivotal role in co-authoring the inaugural master's-level course in social work focused on the mental health of athletes. Since the spring of 2022, she has been imparting her expertise through the course "An Introduction to Mental Health in Athletes and Clinical Social Work" at NYU Silver School of Social Work. When collaborating with athletes, Sue places a strong emphasis on cultivating a high-performance mindset, recognizing its potential to be the defining factor between success and failure. This mental skill set encompasses goal setting, diligence in training, sustained motivation, and maintaining a positive outlook in the face of challenges or unmet expectations—all crucial components for fostering resilience.

I am a NYS Licensed Clinical Psychologist with over a decade of experience providing psychotherapy, neuropsychological evaluations, and critical case consultations for healthcare professionals. My specialties include working with clients with acute and chronic health conditions, anxiety, depression, life transitions, learning difficulties, conflictual relationships, and those in the perinatal period. Above all, I am committed to bringing empathy, openness, and honesty to the therapy space to foster growth and positive change.

I am a licensed clinical social worker located in Brooklyn, and available virtually for New Jersey. I work with individuals, couples, and families, and clinical supervisees. I consider myself a general practitioner of psychodynamic psychotherapy, seeing adults of diverse backgrounds and concerns who are open to relational, longterm work.

Marlee Madora, MD is a Women's Mental Health Psychiatrist who practices in-person in NYC, and also offers her services virtually in NY, MA, and NH. She identifies as an integrative, comprehensive psychiatrist who offers both medication management and psychotherapy for women during reproductive changes and life transitions.

Kerin Nadler is a Psychoanalyst, Group Psychotherapist and Creative Arts Therapist.
Kerin provides individual and group psychoanalytic psychotherapy for people struggling with depression, psychosis, mood disorders, PTSD, personality disorders, anxiety and relationship issues. She has previously worked as an individual and group therapist at Brooklyn Community PROS (outpatient) and Mt. Sinai Hospital (inpatient). Kerin teaches a course on Group Psychotherapy to psychiatric residents at Mt. Sinai Hospital. Kerin has been a guest lecturer at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and Yeshiva University/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She has also presented at local and national group psychotherapy conferences.

Melissa Walker, LCSW-R, LICSW, is a psychodynamic psychotherapist in Greenwich Village, in practice since 2007. She works with individuals, couples and other pairs, and groups, with a particular focus on recurring relationship patterns and a sub-specialty in working with adoptees. She also provides consultation and supervision to clinicians. In person and by telehealth in NY, VT, and FL.

I’m Elizabeth (she/her), a second-career social worker specializing in relational challenges, trauma, addiction, communication, and identity. My practice is LGBTQ+-affirming, sex-positive, trauma-informed, and I welcome clients from all backgrounds and life experiences for short-term and long-term therapy.

I'm Lora Sasiela, LCSW, offering depth-oriented, trauma-informed, and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy that is kink-affirming and sex-positive. I hold space for the full complexity of your desires, relationships, and identity, with warmth and understanding. Nothing about you needs to be hidden or softened here. Telehealth across New York.

Becca is a therapist and former musical theater actress who specializes in supporting performers, creatives, and others navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, OCD, eating disorders, and life challenges. She takes a relational, client-centered approach, believing that authentic connection is central to healing. With warmth and compassion, Becca creates a safe, inclusive space for clients to explore growth, healing, and creative confidence.

Certified EMDR therapist and Consultant in Training, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (September 2022), Certified in Clinical Hypnosis, trained in IFS and SP. Offices in Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Madeline Fischer, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist providing individual and couples therapy to adults in New York, Connecticut, and PSYPACT-participating states. Her clinical work focuses on anxiety, OCD, trauma, grief, relationship dynamics, and life transitions. Grounded in a warm, collaborative, and evidence-based approach, she helps clients deepen self-understanding, shift longstanding patterns, and create meaningful, lasting change.

My style of work is active and collaborative. I respectfully challenge you to self-reflect on your habitual ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving, with the goal of recognizing both the positive and negative consequences on you as an individual and on your relationships. While listening to the content of what you speak about, I am simultaneously paying attention to your dynamics and patterns of thought, tone and body language. Together we find effective additional ways for you to self reflect and make changes.