Provider Directory

Jen Hastings

Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, LCAT

I'm a psychotherapist of 25 years, specializing in Internal Family Systems, Gestalt, and Creative Arts therapies. I work well with patients who have experienced relational trauma and struggle with dysregulation that can result in issues such as anxiety, the inability to make decisions, and avoidance of intimacy.

Shama Goklani

Clinical Social Work/Therapist

I am a first generation Indian American who offers an integrative approach to explore different attachment and interpersonal patterns, along with identity, acceptance and trust. I modify different techniques to meet your needs, which includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamics techniques, Mindfulness, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and EMDR.

Erika Malm

Clinical Social Work/Therapist

In my work with individuals, couples, and families, my goal is to help you reconnect, or connect for the first time, with your personal sense of meaning in order to carve out a life that is fulfilling.

Omer Leshem

Psychologist, PhD

I am a clinical psychologist (PhD) working in a New York with adults, children, and couples. My collaborative approach helps clients introspect, make connections between the past and the present, and gain a wider perspective on their difficulties. I help my clients heal past wounds by fostering an authentic and caring attitude that nurtures hope and connectedness. In sessions, intend to go beyond symptom alleviation and support my clients in a manner that promotes greater independence, freedom, and playfulness.

Justena Kavanagh

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R

Justena believes that therapy is the most effective way to create profound, lasting change and a life richer in meaning and fulfillment. She will help you identify and transcend the barriers holding you back, and empower you in your journey.

Jessica Nadel

Psychologist, Ph.D

I am a licensed clinical psychologist in New York offering in-person and virtual psychotherapy for adults and adolescents. I have a special interest in supporting mothers in early motherhood and young adults navigating life transitions.

Courtney Policano

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

I specialize in maternal mental health and provide attachment based, trauma focused therapy. Additionally, I work with individuals who are experiencing anxiety and depression, grief and loss, trauma and difficult life transitions.

Heidi Cox

Psychologist, Ph.D., PMH-C

Dr. Heidi Cox is a licensed clinical psychologist and Director of The Centered Space Psychology Group. Her private practice treats perinatal mental health, anxiety, and relationship issues from a holistic, integrative lens. She supports patients through life transitions, anxiety, depression, grief, and creative blocks. Heidi sees adults aged 18+, from emerging adulthood and college students up to older adults. Heidi's specialization in women's issues includes pelvic and birth trauma, perimenopause and menopause related issues, perinatal mood and anxiety, pelvic pain/trauma, and parenthood.

Pamela Haynes

Master Social Worker, LMSW

Pamela is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) with a passion for social justice and helping people to empower themselves to grow, learn and create change in their lives.  Through a biopsychosocial lens, she utilizes a strengths-based and non-judgmental approach to collaborate with clients to help them achieve their goals. Including humor and authenticity, her clinical style is warm and engaging to foster a supportive therapeutic relationship.

Andrew J. Gerber

Psychiatrist, MD, PhD

Dr. Gerber is a child and adolescent psychiatrist whose career combines his work as a clinician, scholar, research scientist and executive. He completed his medical and psychiatric training at Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Hospital and Weill Cornell and Columbia medical schools; he completed his PhD in psychology at University College London and the Anna Freud Centre.

Prior to joining Silver Hill, Dr. Gerber was Director of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Program at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia Medical Center and Medical Director and CEO of the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Among his many affiliations, he serves as associate clinical professor in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center and as associate clinical professor at the Child Study Center, Yale University.

Ellen Jacobs

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, Ph.D

Dr. Ellen Jacobs is a Manhattan-based psychotherapist, author and educator with more than two decades of experience. Dr. Jacobs specializes in working with adults, adolescents and children who are experiencing a range of emotional and social difficulties. Her primary goal is to help individuals and families improve the quality of their lives, increasing self- awareness and self-confidence, and helping her patients to develop and thrive.

Kathleen Springer

Psychologist, Ph.D.

Dr. Kathleen Springer is a clinical psychologist specialized in treating depressive, anxiety, and trauma-related disorders.

Melissa Walker

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-R, LISW, LICSW

Melissa Walker is a psychotherapist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in New York City, practicing in-person in New York and via telehealth in Vermont and Florida. Melissa has been practicing for over fifteen years with individuals, couples, and groups.

Mandana Ashrafi

Psychiatrist, MD

Adult psychiatrist, in-person, virtual, English, Farsi, Aetna, UMR Mount Sinai top tier, medication management, psychodynamic psychotherapy; Depression, Bipolar disorders, trauma related disorders , OCD, trichotillomania.