Provider Directory

I am a NY state licensed clinical social worker who specializes in working with individuals with mood disorders, problematic substance use, chronic pain, and life transitions. Through empathic listening and supportive feedback, I utilize a strengths-based approach to create a safe environment that encourages the process of change. I work from a relational framework and work collaboratively with my clients to identify goals for treatment and a pathway to achieve them.

FRANCESCA MAXIMÉ, LMSW, SEP, RLT, FOT, IFOT, CMT-P
Psychotherapist
Francesca Maximé, LMSW is a Haitian-Dominican Italian-American licensed psychotherapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Indigenous Focusing Oriented Therapy Practitioner, Focusing Oriented Therapy Practitioner, IMTA-accredited Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, certified Relational Life Therapy Couples therapist, award-winning poet/author, and former television news anchor/journalist.

Linda is on the faculty of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy in the Family And Couples Training Program where she teaches Infidelity, Parenting, and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). She runs workshops for clinicians interested in the treatment of Infidelity.

Melissa Walker is a psychotherapist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Union Square and Park Slope. In practice for over a decade, Melissa works with adults and teens to address issues related to painful past experiences and traumas, depression, anxiety, problems managing overwhelming emotions, and difficulties in relationships with others.

Dr. Vivian Lee graduated summa cum laude at Harvard University and received her medical degree from Cornell Medical College. She completed her training in adult psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital – Cornell Medical Center.

Nancy Freeman-Carroll is a clinical psychologist-psychoanalyst in private practice in Manhattan. Areas of interest include: Lifespan development for women, transition to motherhood, response to infertility, disclosure of assisted conception, early infant development; general clinical concerns of depression, anxiety, trauma, struggles with self definition, choices in work and relationships. A supervising analyst at the WAWI, Dr. Freeman-Carroll is available for supervision with candidates, graduate students and mental health professionals. Consultations are also available for potential recipient parents of assisted conception, known and anonymous donors, and surrogates. Support for parental anxiety regarding school admissions--from nursery programs to college--is also an area of expertise.

I approach therapy with a psychodynamic, analytic and interpersonal orientation. I also lead interpersonal groups to help people learn how to open up and better identify and express their emotions.

I am a general psychiatrist and have been caring for women throughout my three decades of practice. I practice general psychiatry and specialize in the areas of eating disorders, mood disorders and the management of illness in pregnant and postpartum women.
I practice psychodynamic psychotherapy, supportive psychotherapy and also utilize cognitive-behavioral techniques. I provide pharmacologic treatment to my patients as well as to those of referring colleagues. I am a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders. Throughout my career, I have taught and supervised medical students and psychiatric residents. I have lectured to the public on women's stress, eating disorders and postpartum depression.

Rated one of New York Magazine's Best Doctors in Psychiatry, Dr. Barbara Bartlik is a recognized expert clinician, teacher, and author in integrative medicine, psychiatry, and sexual health. She has been in private practice in Manhattan, New York City, New York, for more than 30 years. In all her clinical work, Dr. Bartlik applies an evidence-based, holistic, integrative medical approach to treatment, emphasizing lifestyle and nutritional strategies, and seeking to responsibly minimize the use of pharmaceuticals while optimizing health and well-being. She uses sophisticated laboratory tests (hormones, nutrients, genetics, toxins) to reveal underlying sources of micronutrient depletion and inflammation that contribute to medical and emotional problems, and addresses these through conventional treatments as well as dietary change, nutritional supplementation, and the elimination of toxins and other detrimental environmental factors.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MBA
Ferne Traeger, LCSW, MBA is a psychotherapist/psychoanalyst and executive coach whose work is informed by her many years' experience in both clinical practice and business management. She specializes in life transitions, (including the transition to working parent and returning to work after a career hiatus), work/life integration and career conflicts

Shira Kaufman Danzig, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist in private practice with offices on the Upper West Side and Scarsdale, NY. Dr. Danzig specializes in the treatment of young adults and women's mental health issues.

I am a licensed clinical social worker with extensive experience working with teens, adults, couples and families. I have vast experience working with individuals and families who are struggling with couples issues, parent-child relationships, anxiety, depression, trauma, and parenting and co-parenting.

I am psychodynamically trained psychotherapist providing treatment to individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, and relationship issues. I have additional training in Perinatal Mental Health and enjoy working with expecting or new mothers and fathers.

I am a licensed clinical social worker and certified psychoanalyst who has been working with individuals and couples on a range of issues for over 20 years. My specialty is grief and trauma and I run bereavement groups in cycles throughout the year. I have offices in both SOHO and Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.