Provider Directory

Muriel Weikel

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LICSW

With a background in social work, I believe that effective psychotherapy involves treatment that includes a bio-psycho-social approach. Clients receive a comprehensive assessment, then collaboratively outline treatment goals. Treatment is always tailored to the individual person, using their strengths in combination with my experience and training, to help them achieve their treatment goals.

Joni Mantell

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, Director IAC Center, Psychotherapist

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.

Sabina Preter

Psychiatrist, MD

I am a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, practicing on the UES in Manhattan, offering individual assessments, second opinions, as well as ongoing treatment. The focus of my practice are children, adolescents, and young adults, in particular (but not exclusively) girls, and young women. Every consultation starts with a thorough evaluation process to define the nature of the issues, prior to making recommendations for treatment.
I evaluate and treat a wide range of conditions, examples are anxiety disorders, mood disorders (depression and bipolar disorder), adjustment reactions, attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder, developmental disorders, and post-traumatic conditions. I recently published a co-authored treatment manual for anxiety disorders in youth: "Child and Adolescent Anxiety Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, A Treatment Manual"(https://global.oup.com/academic/product/child-and-adolescent-anxiety-psychodynamic-psychotherapy-9780190877712?q=Preter&lang=en&cc=us).

I was trained in the European medical tradition in France and Germany and a particular interest of mine is working with international families. I provide services in English, French, and German.

I am Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Besides the clinical work in my private practice, I serve as Director of Child Clinical Services at the Treatment Center of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, where I also supervise psychotherapy students.

I have been nominated Castle Connolly "Top Doctor" in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry since 2015 for four consecutive years.

Cora Goldfarb

Psychoanalyst, LP, LCAT

I am a licensed psychoanalyst and a licensed creative arts therapist and I work with adults, couples, adolescents, and children in downtown Brooklyn and virtually. Through utilizing relational psychoanalytic psychotherapy, mindfulness, and creative arts therapy techniques my patients work towards increasing their self-esteem, improving their relationships, understanding family conflicts, and accepting themselves for who they are. My specialties include working with women who are struggling with fertility issues, perinatal mood disorders, and the challenges of parenting. In addition I have experience in working with creative people, ADHD, patients who have a history of trauma, eating disorders, and people who are affected by addiction.

Sheba Antony

Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, LPC, CCMHC, NCC

Sheba Antony is specialized in the treatment of eating disorders, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders. Sheba has a South Asian background and has an interest in working with BIPOC clients. She works from a Health-At-Every-Size perspective and a trauma-informed approach. She has experience working in higher levels of care and working with children, adolescents, and adults.

Sari Cooper

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, AASECT Sex Therapist, LCSW-R, AASECT Supervisor, Media Expert, Writer

Sari Cooper is Founder and Director of The Center for Love and Sex in NYC, she’s a licensed individual & couples therapist and an AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist, sex coach, writer, Educator, supervisor and media expert. She and her team of therapists at CLS specialize in working on issues such as sexual disorders, sexual avoidance, discrepant desire, couples communication, affairs, separation, depression, anxiety, non-monogamy and alternative sexual interests.
Ms. Cooper is nationally recognized as a relationship and sexuality expert and has been a regular commentator on television shows like CBS This Morning, and Dr. Oz to discuss relationship issues. Sari is the host of Sex Esteem® with Sari Cooper on Youtube and offers private Sex Esteem groups to women and parents on the topic of sexuality. Her blog Sex Esteem can be found on her site, and she is a featured writer for HuffPost and PsychToday. Sari is continually called upon to discuss issues in modern relationships in the press including The Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Greatest, Vice, Bustle, Cosmo, Men’s Health, Shape, Brides Magazine, Barron’s, New York Post, and Marie Claire. Her website is now www.centerforloveandsex.com.

Johanna Wekar

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and have been in practice for over 20 years. I am intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). I also specialize in ACT, DBT-PE and CBT. I enjoy working with older adolescents, adults and seniors. I work with a variety of presenting problems including depression, anxiety, PTSD, maladaptive behaviors and dysregulated emotions.
I have supervised and trained other clinicians utilizing DBT.
I am only providing Teletherapy.

Anne Josephson

Psychologist

My practice focuses on providing evidence-based therapy to individuals across the lifespan. I care deeply about the individuals and families I work with, and together we collaboratively identify their goals in treatment. I specialize in childhood anxiety, specific phobias, behavioral disorders, parenting, selective mutism, executive functioning, and depressive disorders. I have intensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), as well as Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). In addition, I have extensive experience in psychoeducational assessments. I work with schools, parents and patients to understand the results of the evaluations. Further, I explain how their challenges impact them on a daily basis, and ways to help them learn strategies to accommodate for weaknesses, and leverage their strengths.

I would be happy to speak with you about my experience and approach. Please see my website for more information https://drannejosephson.com/

Kimberly Ahearn Young

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

I am a psychodynamic psychotherapist specializing in trauma, anxiety, depression, and bereavement. I also practice Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to help clients process through traumatic memories and experience symptom relief. I worked for 14 years with first responders and 9/11 family members at the FDNY, and have worked extensively with veterans and people impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault.

Kathleen Niegocki

Psychologist

I’ve devoted my 15-year career as a licensed psychologist and therapist to supporting the well-being of college students and young adults. I love helping people understand and navigate their emotions, beliefs, needs, values, and intuition so they can experience more authenticity, freedom, joy, and ease in their lives and relationships.
My other passion is supervising, training, and mentoring graduate students and early career therapists in counseling, clinical/counseling psychology, and social work.

I currently work part time in private practice (NY state - virtual only) and part time for Northwell Health as a Senior Psychologist in the counseling center of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. I have previously worked at Barnard College, Princeton University, The University of Pennsylvania, Ball State University, and on Semester at Sea's Fall 2024 voyage.

Adrienne Katzow

Psychologist

Dr. Adrienne Katzow is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 14 years of clinical experience working with adults in individual psychotherapy. She specializes in women’s mental health with a focus on perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, reproductive concerns, and eating and body image issues. She also has expertise in the treatment of developmental trauma and trauma related to the perinatal period. She has a particular interest in supporting individuals as they navigate and adjust to motherhood.

Deborah Schoenblum

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

I am a psychotherapist offering virtual therapy in NY and NJ. I specialize in issues related to fertility, family building, pregnancy loss, perinatal mental health and the transition to parenthood.
I also conduct third party consultations for intended parents building their family using a donor or gestational carrier.

Cecily Portillo

Psychologist, Ph.D., DBT-LBC

Dr. Cecily Portillo is a licensed psychologist in private practice who practices in New York, Connecticut and FL (Telehealth certificate). Dr. Portillo is a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™—specializing in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), a gold-standard treatment for: intense emotions, suicidal thoughts, self-injury, impulsive and high-risk behaviors. I currently offer adherent and comprehensive DBT to a select few individuals.

Melissa Nesle

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Melissa Nesle, LCSW, is a licensed psychotherapist with a private practice in downtown Manhattan since 2004 with over 20 years of experience practicing extensively with young adults, couples and families in the area of mental health and substance misuse.