Provider Directory

Nirit Gordon

Psychologist, Ph.D.

Dr. Gordon has specialized training in trauma treatment, women's mental health and immigration. In her clinical work, she integrates relationship-focused, trauma-informed treatment with evidence-based techniques, including EMDR.

Dr. Gordon received her M.A. from the Transdisciplinary Violence and Trauma Studies Program at New York University and completed her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at New York University’s Department of Applied Psychology.
Nirit is an EMDR Supervisor (consultant) and offers training about using EMDR within the treatment of women's mental health, treating trauma and providing trauma informed care.

Ayla Sitt

Psychologist

I am a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in using cognitive-behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy to help individuals struggling with anxiety disorders, depression, OCD, low self-esteem, and perinatal issues. I enjoy helping people effectively cope with difficult life transitions and most recently have enjoyed focusing on women's health issues, especially perinatal issues and the transition to motherhood. I believe in working collaboratively with my clients to help them develop and work towards their goals, with a focus on building a more satisfying and rewarding life.

Kelsey Bates

Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, CRC

I specialize in working in with high achieving women navigating complex chronic illness, chronic pelvic pain and women’s health issues as well as the anxiety and grief that come along with it. My clients are striving to find stability with illness all while juggling their career, relationships and family. I absolutely love what I do and am a firm believer that day to day life can get so much better with a support team behind you.

You may be wondering why I niched in women’s health. Simply put, I get it. After living with chronic illnesses for fifteen years, struggling to find correct diagnoses, surgeries and countless treatments, I understand first hand the impact of women’s health issues on your mental health. I empathize with the toll it takes on your body and your most important relationships. I get the grief that comes with the loss of dreams you had for your future, struggling with your identity as a woman and feeling betrayed by your body. My hope is to use my therapeutic skills and real life experience to help you get to the other side.

I founded New York Women’s CBT and expanded to group private practice with the goal of providing niched, expert care for more women in New York. Our clinicians are experts and passionate about working within women’s health issues. We want to walk together through pain and grief you are feeling, help you cope with anxiety and feel the fog of depression lifted. Complex chronic illness and health issues are a part of your story-they do not have to be all of your story.

Jessica Heller-Nili

Art Therapist, ATR-BC, LPAT, LCAT

I am a licensed therapist specializing in creative arts therapy and mindfulness practices. My holistic and relational approach is diverse, including not only creative expression, but mindfulness practices, spirituality, and traditional verbal therapies to support my clients' needs through the ebb and flow of life.

Some of my areas of focus include trauma, anxiety and depression, stress, loss and life transitions, as well as family and relationship difficulties, among others. I have experience working with a broad spectrum of ages from children to adults as well as with couples and groups.

Sharon Itkoff Nacache

Art Therapist, LCAT, LPAT, ATR-BC, PMH-C

I am a perinatal art therapist supporting those who identify as caregivers--professionally or personally--in cultivating creative resilience in the workplace, throughout their family building journeys, and beyond. I am a trauma-informed, attachment-based, relational clinician with a virtual practice serving NY & NJ. I have a special focus on maternal, parental, and reproductive wellness using creative clinical approaches grounded in principles of cultural humility, humanism, and the healing power of an empathic creative process. I also provide integrative arts-based wellness workshops on site or remotely for employees in both the public and private sectors to bring creative healing spaces to work. Contact: sharon@cocreatearttherapy.com

Yuliya Golubev

Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, LPC, CASAC

I am a bilingual and bicultural therapist in the state of New York. I have been seeing clients for over 15 years. Before starting my private practice, I worked with a diverse set of clients in various clinical settings: college counseling, outpatient substance abuse program, crisis call center, and hospitals.
I support young women going through major life transitions such as
starting a relationship or dealing with the breakup, having work-related
stress, climbing the career ladders, becoming an entrepreneur, or getting
through the competitive graduate school.
I also provide support to millennial women who are in various stages of
parenthood journey: dealing with infertility, healing after a miscarriage,
experience anxiety about becoming pregnant or experiencing postpartum
anxiety and depression.

Kat Safavi

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, M.Ed.

Kat Safavi has nearly 20 years of experience working with patients experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma and grief. She has extensive experience working with patients diagnosed with ALS, Parkinson’s and movement disorders, brain tumors and Glioblastomas, epilepsy, dementia, MS, and other neurological disorders who are adjusting to diagnosis and disease progression. Kat is well-versed in palliative and hospice care and end of life planning and bereavement counseling. Kat has worked with patients who are seeking gender-affirming care. Kat’s approach to therapy is psychodynamic and trauma-informed and she tailors therapy to individual needs drawing from her training in CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness

Alexandra Rau

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PC

I’ve been in private practice since 2004, working with adults individually, in couples, and in groups. My style is warm, empathic, and collaborative. I strive to create a non-judgmental space where you can be yourself and share freely. You’ll find me listening intently, asking questions, but also allowing for moments of quiet reflection. My approach is informed by my training in psychoanalysis as well as cognitive behavioral therapies, and I believe that a good therapeutic fit, where you feel truly seen and heard, can be transformative.

Monica Pombo, LCSW-R

Clinical Social Work/Therapist

I’m a bilingual (Spanish/English) Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 25 years of experience working with adults facing trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, fertility journeys, relationship issues, loss, and burnout. My approach integrates psychodynamic, CBT, mindfulness-based, and relational techniques, with a strong focus on culturally responsive, trauma-informed care.

Throughout my career, I’ve held leadership roles at institutions such as NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, Columbia University, and other systems, where I provided direct care, supervised clinical teams, and designed trauma-focused programs. In 2020, I was honored to receive the Rape Crisis Professional Award from the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault, and I’ve had the privilege of supervising master’s-level social work students throughout my career.

I currently offer telehealth psychotherapy across New York State and welcome referrals for adults seeking a seasoned, compassionate clinician.

www.monicapombo.com

Racheli Miller

Psychologist

Dr. Racheli Miller is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who specializes in mindfulness and compassion-based therapies for anxiety, perfectionism, and body image concerns. She is the founder and director of The Compassion Practice, a private practice and training center based in New York City.

Monica Cepin

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, BCD

I am a clinical social worker with over 15 years of experience working directly with individuals. I provide individual therapy for adults. My goal in working with patients is to help them identify behaviors or thinking patterns that may be keeping them from reaching their full potential in all aspects of their lives. I work primarily from a psychodynamically informed perspective.

Cynthia Pizzulli

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW, CST

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).

Victoria Blumberg

Psychoanalyst, LP, LCAT

As a psychodynamic, trauma-informed therapist and psychoanalyst, I offer a space to explore relationships and the roles one plays in them, honoring strengths and uncovering the meanings that underlie challenging areas. Goals would include connecting thoughts and emotions, to enhance insight into how one moves through one's life and to increase healthier coping skills to stressors. I value diversity including but not limited to race, religion, sexuality, gender, and culture, working to understand how these aspects of identity influence a person’s experience of themselves, to provide an environment that fosters continuous growth in all areas of being.

Jessica January Behr

Psychologist, Psy.D.

I am a Licensed Psychologist and the Founder and Director of Behr Psychology. We are a group psychotherapy practice based in NYC. We provide individual therapy to adolescents and adults as well as group and couples therapy and psychological testing.