Provider Directory

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.

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.

Joni S. Mantell, LCSW, a psychotherapist specializing in infertility and adoption since 1993, is the Founder and Director of the Infertility and Adoption Counseling Center, located in New Jersey and New York City. Through her extensive work with birth parents, adoptive parents, and adoptees of all ages, Joni has cultivated a deep understanding of the life cycle and interrelationship issues in the adoption constellation.
She holds a Masters in Social Work from The University of Pennsylvania; completed a 4-year Certification Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy at the Post-Graduate Center for Mental Health in NYC;.
In addition to specializing in family building options, infertility and adoption; she works extensively with couples, performing artists and writers.

I am a psychotherapist with a private practice based in Westchester and offer online sessions across New York. I specialize in the experiences of young adulthood. My areas of expertise include family and relationship issues, sexuality and gender identity concerns, career and life transitions, and grief. I also work with people looking for love and navigating the dating process. Lastly, I support clients going through the pregnancy and postpartum experience.

I primarily use psychodynamic, systemic, experiential and culturally sensitive approaches to accompany the client throughout the journey of self discovery. With emphasis on awareness and insight, I encourage individuals and couples to seek solutions that resonate with their individual and relational needs. The struggle to overcome adverse experiences, can be a product of sociocultural system, family context, early attachment and relationships which reflect a stigmatized idea of self.