Provider Directory

I am the founder of The Center for Intimacy Recovery which focuses primarily on intimacy and relationships. What I have found is that without a sense of intimacy with oneself, people can’t fully experience intimacy with someone else. Our hearts are fragile, so we develop strategies to keep them safe and avoid getting hurt. Often, these strategies later become maladaptive and hold us back from achieving the connection and intimacy we are actually seeking. The Center for Intimacy Recovery helps clients to find ways to have the intimacy and connection in life that they are seeking. To gain a better understanding around healthy sexuality and treatment for compulsive and destructive sexual behaviors and the trauma created through intimate betrayal, have studied at the Modern Sex Therapy Institute where I have studied healthy sexuality. I have also studied with the International Institute of Trauma and Addiction Professionals where I became a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist.

I am a licensed clinical social worker (NY, NJ, CT) and psychotherapist. I received both my Masters and Ph.D. from Columbia University School of Social Work. I am trained in a wide range of therapeutic approaches including Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). I work extensively with individuals (both adults and teens) at risk of suicide and non-suicidal self-injury. 

I focus on the treatment of adolescents and adults by integrating both psychodynamic and CBT principles. I aid my clients in achieving meaningful and lasting change by helping them better understand their thoughts, feelings and behaviors.

Laurie has over two decades of experience in mental health and education. Specializing exclusively in women's mental health, Laurie empowers her clients to lead more connected, authentic, and fulfilling lives. She helps clients challenge self-doubt and negative self-judgment, resolve emotional pain and trauma, reduce stress and anxiety, and rediscover their innate joy. She has specialized training in trauma recovery and post-traumatic growth.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist practicing in Manhattan in Chelsea and via Telehealth. I have developed a speciality in treating parent-infant dyads, young children, adolescents, parents, and young adults with a range of presenting concerns, including: emotion regulation difficulties, issues with attachment, complex trauma, anxiety, depression, interpersonal and relationship issues, life transitions, family conflict, and parenting challenges. I also provide parenting support and family therapy. I am trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy and cognitive-behavioral techniques, and work from an integrative, attachment based, and developmental lens.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in working with individuals in the perinatal period, parenthood, adolescence and family life. My style is collaborative as we work to increase your understanding of your own life and build insight into conflicts you may be experiencing. I have trained in Psychodynamic Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Parent Management Training (PMT) and I am comprehensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), which is highly effective for individuals struggling with emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance. I integrate modalities to meet your needs and adopt a nonjudgmental stance and compassionate approach.

Trained in the tradition of psychodynamic psychotherapy, I spent many years initially treating patients with severe and persistent psychiatric disorders and eventually teaching and supervising in the residency and psychology internship programs at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. After some additional years doing administrative work for the NYS Office of Mental Health (several facilities), I switched my focus from a public health perspective to independent practice, continuing my work individually with adults as well as with couples and families. Although my primary orientation toward psychopathology and treatment continues to be psychodynamic, I occasionally integrate some cognitive behavioral tools into the psychotherapy; I was certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy when the treatment was initiated at the facility in which I was an administrator.

I am a board-certified psychiatrist, specializing in the treatment of mood, anxiety, attention, and eating disorders in adults. I connect easily, and take a patient-centered approach to treatment, offering psychopharmacology and an array of specialized psychotherapeutic techniques. My goal is primarily to meet individuals where they are at, to develop treatment plans that are comfortable and effective over the long term. I often collaborate with other clinicians as well, to provide a team-based approach to treatment when necessary.

"for over 30 years, david has treated creative and gifted people from around the world, engaging in deep, rich cognitive and analytic work with movers and thinkers from over sixty countries. His expertise converges on issues of anxiety, performance anxiety, depression, relationships, creative blocks and identity-building. Intertwining analytical and cognitive styles while firmly rooting in developmental models, he brings a positive warmth and distinctive strength towards his work with a diverse group of backgrounds, hearts and minds."

I treat adult individuals and couples. I am intensively-trained in DBT through Behavioral Tech and also have training in DBT-PE, ExRP, DBT for couples, and EFT. My practice is mission-based and focuses on increasing accessibility to DBT for clients with less means.

I help individuals, couples, and families in New York City navigate life transitions, strengthen intimacy, and foster self-understanding. My practice is supportive, anti-racist, LGBTQ+ affirming, and experienced in working with first responders, fathers, men’s issues, and BIPOC clients.

I am a psychodynamically oriented therapist based in Manhattan specializing in the treatment of adults and adolescents struggling with anxiety, trauma, eating disorders, depression, family/relationship conflict, identity issues, and other life stressors.

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.

Carol J. Kramer, LCSW is a sought after clinical Imago Faculty trainer, therapist and workshop presenter specializing in working with couples. She was trained by Dr. Harville Hendrix and has presented courses and trainings with him at Fordham University Graduate School of Social Work, Continuing Ed; Omega Institute, Kripalu and the Cape Cod Institute for over 15 years.

Carol believes that Imago skills and foundational theory can help couples move from rupture to repair. She also presents workshops on deepening one's ability to improve communication in all types personal and professional relationships