Provider Directory

Lisa Schneider, LCSW, MA, CCM, is a seasoned psychotherapist and social worker with over 20 years of experience, serving as the founder and Owner/Operator of A Calm Place Therapy in the NYC metro area. She specializes in women’s mental health, including anxiety, infertility, postpartum care, and supports high‑level athletes, offering both virtual and in‑person therapy across NY, CT, PA, and CO. She is also a SPACE provider helping parents with anxious children.

Elizabeth specializes in reproductive and perinatal mental health, from preconception to postpartum transitions into and through motherhood including fertility challenges, managing stress, relationships and identity shifts. I work dynamically to support women, couples and families looking to shape healthy relationships and boundaries.

I am a clinical psychologist in private practice in New York City. I work with adults treating trauma, mood and anxiety disorders, interpersonal difficulties, and life transitions. I am Certified in Perinatal Mental Health and have a specialized interest in working with clients experiencing perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, pregnancy loss, and fertility challenges. As an EMDRIA Certified EMDR therapist, I draw from psychodynamic, attachment, and cognitive behavioral frameworks in my work and strive for a warm, supportive collaboration with my clients.

I am a licensed psychologist providing multiculturally-sensitive psychodynamic therapy for adults in Downtown Brooklyn. I work with individuals struggling with the impacts of early trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, perfectionism and self-criticism, low self-esteem, and more.

Dr. Emily Arnstein is licensed as a clinical psychologist practicing in Manhattan on the Upper East side. She specializes in the treatment of anxiety, depression, and trauma and primarily uses a cognitive-behavioral approach.

I am a therapist licensed in NY & NJ in private practice seeing clients virtually. My specialty is working with women and queer folks in their 20's-30's who may appear successful or high functioning externally, but are struggling inside. Commonly I see depression, anxiety and ADHD or other neurodivergences that manifests in these clients in the form of harsh self talk or self doubt, despite the things they've achieved. Many of the clients I see have experienced traumas and benefit from a relational approach and my use of EMDR.

Psychotherapist and Psychoanalyst in Private Practice

Affiliated with New York Presbyterian Hospital

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

Anna R. Edwards, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders and related conditions. Her areas of expertise include the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), social anxiety disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder, agoraphobia, and depression

Specializing in CBT, DBT, and evidenced-based trauma treatment for adolescents, adults, couples, and families.

I help people dealing with a range of issues and concerns, including work and career stress, relationship issues and difficult life transitions. I have extensive experience working with people dealing with depression, anxiety, gender identity, addiction, low self-esteem, trauma and grief as well as working with the LGBTQ+ community. I am certified in Levels 1-3 of EMDR and utilize this technique in work with trauma. I am trained in IFS. Additionally, I have specialized training in Maternal Mental Health, including fertility issues, miscarriage and neonatal loss.

Seasoned psychodynamic psychotherapist practicing for over 20 years in the heart of New York City.
Treating adults both in person and virtually using an integration of cognitive behavioral techniques, supporting strengths, mindfulness techniques, and the offering and development of a strong empathetic relationship with gentle, clear and present boundaries embodies the work I do with my clients. I have long standing training and experience in substance abuse treatment, EMDR, trauma treatment, relationship counseling, couples therapy, postpartum, infertility and parenting issues.

Erica Alter LCSW is a NYS and CT licensed couples and individual therapist, with private practices in Upper Westchester and in Greenwich Connecticut. She hold an advanced certification in couples therapy from the Training Institute of Mental Health and specializes in working with couples at all stages of conflict and chapters of life. Erica has almost a decade of experience helping couples turn their relationship issues into constructive opportunities rather than destructive dynamics. Through EFT, she works with them to identify patterns, reconstruct attachments, and exchange lasting empathy. She also works with individuals who struggle with anxiety, depression, career dissatisfaction, sleep disorders, and the transition to parenting.  Through mindfulness-based therapies and CBT, Erica works with individuals and the power of self-compassion to help clients become their own agents of change.

I am a trauma therapist working with individuals, couples, (co)parents & groups and am trained in: EMDR, IFS, IFIO, Emotionally Focused Therapy, & Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. I am also a certified parent coach from Dr. Becky's Good Inside program & provide parent guidance sessions to parents.